Stadtmuseum Leonberg

About the museum

The listed building on Pfarrstraße, next to the town church, has an eventful history: it served, among other things, as a Beguine house and as a German school and Latin school. The composer Daniel Speer taught here from 1670 to 1672. The best-known pupil was the later astronomer Johannes Kepler, who attended the school in 1577–1579 and 1581–1583.

Over three floors, the museum shows the town's history from the New Stone Age to the recent past. Archaeological finds document more than 5,000 years of settlement history, and one room is devoted to the Nazi era and the concentration camp in Leonberg. The "Sacharchiv" (object archive) arranges the collection by theme and by stages of the town's history, telling the big and small stories of its citizens, up to the Leonberg Dog.

On December 27, 2021, just in time for Kepler's 450th birthday, the Kepler Room opened: an interactive, multimedia space modeled on outer space, devoted to Kepler's dream worlds, places of life and letters. Another room commemorates the philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, born in Leonberg in 1775. It shows first editions, portraits, original letters and two early collected editions of his works.

Highlights

• Kepler Room: interactive space in the astronomer's former school building
• Schelling memorial room with first editions, letters and engravings
• Archaeological finds from more than 5,000 years of settlement history
• History of the Leonberg Dog
• Documentation on National Socialism and the Leonberg concentration camp

Permanent exhibitions

• Keplerraum – An interactive room modeled on outer space, on Johannes Kepler's dream worlds, formative places, network and letters.
• Schelling-Gedenkraum – Permanent exhibition on Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling with first editions, portraits, original letters from 1812 and 1813, and engravings.
• Stadtgeschichte im Sacharchiv – The history of the town from the New Stone Age to the present, organized by theme, with the Leonberg Dog and the Nazi era.

Operated by

Stadt Leonberg

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is at Pfarrstraße 1, next to the town church.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent

The city museum can be rented as an unusual venue for conferences and celebrations; a leaflet provides information.