Deutsches Kleingärtnermuseum

Over het museum

The museum is located at a key site of the allotment garden movement: the garden colony on Aachener Straße on the edge of Leipzig's city center was home to the first Schreberverein (Schreber garden association), founded in 1864 and today the allotment association Kleingärtnerverein "Dr. Schreber". Its clubhouse from 1896 is a listed building, like the entire colony; the exhibition occupies the upper floor, and the building also houses a restaurant with a beer garden.

The project was initiated by a friends' association founded in 1992, which still runs the museum today. After the building was renovated in 1992 and 1993, the Deutsches Kleingärtnermuseum (German Allotment Garden Museum) opened in August 1996 on the occasion of an international allotment gardeners' congress. The federal government, the Free State of Saxony and the City of Leipzig contributed to the funding, as did allotment gardeners and associations from all over Germany with donations.

The permanent exhibition traces more than 200 years of allotment garden history, from its various roots to the present day, and examines their social, ecological and cultural significance. On display are documents, photographs, club banners, medals and trophies, models of garden colonies and old gardening tools; changing small-scale exhibitions explore individual topics in depth. An archive, library and photo archive complement the collection.

Outdoors there are three demonstration gardens: an arbor garden with four historic garden sheds, a museum garden re-creating an allotment from around 1900, and a garden showing gardening under the GDR allotment gardeners' association VKSK. In the "EntdeckerGarten" (discovery garden), the museum offers environmental education, children's tours and workshops.

Hoogtepunten

• Home of the first Schreber garden association (founded 1864)
• Permanent exhibition on more than 200 years of allotment garden history
• Arbor garden with four historic garden sheds
• Museum garden in the style of an allotment from around 1900
• East German allotment garden (VKSK garden)
• Workshops and children's tours in the "EntdeckerGarten"

Vaste collectie

• Geschichte der Kleingärtnerbewegung – Overview of the origins and development of allotment gardens from the beginnings to the present, with documents, photos, club banners, models and historic tools.
• Schaugärten: Laubengarten, Museumsgarten und VKSK-Garten – Three gardens you can walk through show historic garden sheds, an allotment from around 1900 and gardening in the GDR.

Opgericht

1996

Beheerder

Deutsches Kleingärtnermuseum in Leipzig e.V.

Directie

Caterina Paetzelt

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free admission also for members of the Deutscher Museumsbund, the Sächsischer Museumsbund and ICOM. Gift vouchers at the ticket desk or by order via email/phone. On International Museum Day, reduced admission applies (2026: €4/€3); on Tag des offenen Denkmals (Heritage Open Day) 2026, the museum was open free of charge.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The exhibition is on the upper floor of the listed clubhouse, which has no elevator; the restrooms are also upstairs. The demonstration gardens can be reached by wheelchair via firm sand paths: the museum garden is accessible, the GDR garden has two low steps (approx. 6 cm), and the arbor garden has a soft, uneven wood-chip path. On request, tours can be held entirely outdoors with supplementary material on the exhibition. The "EntdeckerGarten" is step-free, with tables wheelchair users can roll under and a wheelchair-accessible composting toilet.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

For daycare and school groups (ages 4–10), children's tours with nature workshops in the EntdeckerGarten (discovery garden), depending on the season. Children and teens up to age 16 have free admission.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car from Jahnallee (B 87) onto Marschnerstraße, then onto Aachener Straße. Bike racks in the garden complex.

Service & horeca

• Restaurant
• Museumwinkel

In the historic clubhouse: "Schrebers Restaurant und Biergarten" (independently operated, reservations at 0341 9611324). Museum shop with literature, its own publication series, souvenirs and beekeeping products (also orders by email/phone). Dogs are not allowed in the exhibition rooms; leashed dogs are welcome in the garden complex and show gardens.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

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