Unikatum Kindermuseum Leipzig

Actuele tentoonstellingen

Over het museum

Artist Annegret Hänsel founded UNIKATUM in 2010 as a civic initiative. Its guiding idea is to translate social issues into "walk-in pictures" that children and adults explore together through play. Until April 2019, the museum was run mainly by volunteers; since then the city of Leipzig has provided partial institutional funding. It is operated by the nonprofit UNIKATUM Kindermuseum gGmbH.

In 2017 the museum was significantly expanded; at the same time the Museumscafé Goetz opened, and the courtyard garden has been developed step by step ever since. UNIKATUM's awards include first place in the City of Leipzig's family-friendliness prize and the Saxon Prize for Sociocultural Engagement.

On two levels, the museum shows hands-on exhibitions it develops itself. Since World Children's Day 2026, "Ach du liebe Zeit!" has explored the past, present, and future; alongside it, the VR Lab, the career orientation show "HandWerkStadt," and the bilingual preschool world "Das Königreich der Phantasie" invite visitors to try things out. In the café, which is free to enter, the small show "Die Erfindung der Zukunft" presents utopian ideas. City rallies, school-holiday workshops, and children's birthday parties round out the program.

Hoogtepunten

• Special exhibition "Ach du liebe Zeit!" for children ages 8 and up
• VR Lab with playful stations on virtual reality
• Preschool world "Das Königreich der Phantasie" with a crawling area
• Hands-on exhibition "HandWerkStadt" on career orientation
• Museum café with free entry, hands-on kitchen, MysteryBoxes, and courtyard garden

Vaste collectie

• Das Königreich der Phantasie – Newly refurbished German-English preschool world on the upper floor with play and craft stations and a crawling area for the littlest visitors.
• VR-Lab – Virtual Reality für Kinder – Stations such as a virtual aquarium and a flight simulator let visitors experience how virtual reality works and what it can be used for.
• HandWerkStadt – Twelve hands-on stations and 360-degree videos give children and teens insights into skilled trades.

Opgericht

2010

Beheerder

UNIKATUM Kindermuseum gGmbH

Directie

Annegret Hänsel

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

All prices include 7% VAT. Online tickets are for a time slot; discounts for Duo, Trio, etc. are deducted in the shopping cart. On certain days (according to the calendar, e.g., in the afternoon or during renovations), one accompanying adult per paying child is admitted free. The museum café and garden are free to enter.

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 café and first floor are step-free; a mobile ramp between the café and museum is available on request. The upper floor ("Das Königreich der Phantasie") can only be reached by stairs.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Speeltuin / speelhoek
• Kinderfeestjes

Children's museum with hands-on exhibitions, recommended from preschool age accompanied by adults; from age 10, children may come alone. For younger children, a crawling world, building corner, and play area with a tree house on the second floor (slippers required), house scavenger hunt, and a courtyard garden with a sand ship and vehicles. Children's birthday parties with a coffee table or pancake kitchen, optionally a supervised museum adventure.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Entrance through the museum café.

Service & horeca

• Café
• Museumwinkel

Museum café Goetz with outdoor seating, homemade cake, and a hands-on kitchen (pancakes); courtyard garden. Slippers required on the second floor (limited loan slippers available). Outside food and drinks as well as dogs are not allowed.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten

Children's birthday parties and celebrations: coffee-table packages including admission from €15.50 per person, or a private party room (four group rooms with balcony €120, large room €180, plus birthday admission). Events, celebrations, and rentals also outside opening hours.

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