Meisterhäuser Dessau

Actuele tentoonstellingen

Over het museum

Alongside the Bauhaus Building, the city of Dessau commissioned a small estate for the teachers in 1925/26, designed by Walter Gropius, in a pine grove on what is now Ebertallee: a detached house for the director and three identical semi-detached houses. Gropius wanted to build them from prefabricated elements on a modular principle; the interlocking cubes with glazed studios, terraces and colored accents, along with central heating, hot water and built-in cabinets, made them showpieces of modern living.

The first residents were Gropius himself as well as László Moholy-Nagy and Lyonel Feininger, Georg Muche and Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee; later residents included Hannes Meyer, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Josef and Anni Albers, and Gunta Stölzl. After the Bauhaus closed in 1932, the houses were rented out and heavily altered. In 1945 bombs destroyed the director's house and the Moholy-Nagy half; the conventional "Haus Emmer" was built on the basement of the Gropius house in 1956.

After 1990 the surviving houses were restored in line with heritage standards: Feininger in 1994, Kandinsky/Klee in 2000 and Muche/Schlemmer in 2001. Since 1996 they have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the Bauhaus Building. Rather than reconstructing the lost buildings, an abstracting reinterpretation by the Berlin firm Bruno Fioretti Marquez was chosen; the New Masters' Houses Gropius and Moholy-Nagy opened in 2014. Today the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau (Bauhaus Dessau Foundation) manages the ensemble; the Muche/Schlemmer House serves as a residence for visiting artists, and the Feininger House is home to the Kurt-Weill-Gesellschaft.

Hoogtepunten

• Kandinsky/Klee semi-detached house with reconstructed color scheme
• New Masters' Houses Gropius and Moholy-Nagy by Bruno Fioretti Marquez (2014)
• Light installation "Le pigment de lumière" by Olaf Nicolai
• Feininger House, home of the Kurt-Weill-Gesellschaft
• Muche/Schlemmer House, furnished by artists (guided tours only)

Vaste collectie

• Gracious Hosts im Meisterhaus Muche/Schlemmer – International artists have furnished the semi-detached house on the theme of hospitality; can be seen on guided tours.

Beheerder

Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau

Directie

Barbara Steiner

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Free admission also for recipients of Bürgergeld (basic income support) and journalists with press ID.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The listed houses are only partially accessible; the Moholy House has an elevator with little turning space. Portable museum stools, handrails and high-contrast signage are available; loaner wheelchair at the Bauhaus Building. Accessible parking spaces at the Bauhaus Building; drop-off possible on the shoulder of Ebertallee. Advance notice recommended (inklusiv@bauhaus-dessau.de).

Kinderen & gezin

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

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Bicycle garage on the Bauhaus grounds (March–October daily 10:00–18:00, 38 spaces, charging for e-bike batteries).

Service & horeca

Dining in the Bauhaus building and in the Bauhaus Museum.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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