Sales exhibition with 80-Euro-Waldi and Thomas Jankowski
An inspiring atmosphere unfolds in the gallery, where the fascinating works of 80-Euro-Waldi, known from "Bares für Rares", and Thomas Jankowski are on display, waiting to be admired and taken into new homes.
Dauerausstellung
Im Sortiment finden sich Werke lokaler und nationaler Künstler wie Karl-Heinz Richter, Klaus Süß, Ingo Andratschke, Otto, Udo Lindenberg und Originalzeichnungen von Star Wars – eine vielfältige Auswahl zum Anschauen und Kaufen.
Hans Hendrik Grimmling/ Wolfgang Mattheuer
Hans Hendrik Grimmling und Wolfgang Mattheuer vereinen in der Ausstellung beeindruckende Malerei und Grafik, die durch ausdrucksstarke Motive und meisterhafte Techniken Kunstliebhaber begeistern.
Exhibitions: Women's Places Saxony and Feminist Prague
The exhibition highlights key sites of the women's movement in Prague and Saxony as well as the work of important feminists. It invites visitors to rediscover forgotten stories and experience feminist perspectives across borders.
40 years Gallery Art Forum of the Kulturverein Burgstädt e.V.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Art Forum gallery, the sewing, pottery and art circle is exhibiting its own work.
Galerie Art Forum Burgstädt09217 Burgstädt
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today 15:00 - 18:00 clock
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Karl Anton: The little theater
Paintings by the Leipzig artist Karl Anton will be on display.
Kleine Galerie09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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today 14:00 - 17:00 clock
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Amore Europe
Under the title "AMORE Europe", eighteen talented artists from the gallery and guests present their multifaceted perspectives on Europe, ranging from love and irony to critical approaches and thought-provoking ideas.
CKB + 5
The CKB will be enriched by five new artistic styles - from graphics and painting to jewelry, ceramics and photography - presented by Bianca Hallebach, Robin Heydenreich, Doreen Grün, Ulrike Sandner and Susanne Weiss.
Out of the blue II
"Aus den Häuschen" is entering its second round. For Part II, artists from Künstlerhaus 188 Jena have been invited to show their work in a group exhibition in Chemnitz.
Galerie Hinten09126 Chemnitz
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02.05.25 18:00 - 22:00 clock
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Exhibition: Jusche Fret
Leipzig-based artist Jusche Fret presents her exhibition "Metamorphoses" at the Dorfgalerie Auerswalde. Sculptures, drawings and collages focus on the close connection between humans, animals and nature - inspiring, enigmatic and full of meaning.
Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Auerswalde09244 Lichtenau
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04.05.25 15:00 - 17:00 clock
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Archaeology in Saxony
The smac permanent exhibition shows Saxony's history from hunters and gatherers to industrialization on 3000 m². 6200 exhibits, the floating sculpture of Saxony and a section of the earth's strata bring the cultural and historical development to life.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
today 10:00 - 18:00 clock
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Silver luster & miner's death
The exhibition on mining brings to light what went on underground for thousands of years. It reveals the dark secrets of miners from the Bronze Age to the 21st century. A laboratory for technical, social and economic innovation.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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From rubble and ashes
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, the smac is exhibiting objects that document the suffering and destruction of the Second World War. Exhibits from prisoner-of-war camps and layers of rubble from Saxon cities were recovered during excavations.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
today 10:00 - 18:00 clock
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The history of the Schocken department store
The smac dedicates separate exhibition areas to Erich Mendelsohn, Salman Schocken and the department store group. In curved bays along the window front, timelines provide a chronological orientation to the history of the building and its protagonists.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
today 10:00 - 18:00 clock
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Collection stories
This collection presentation draws various threads through the holdings of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. It follows the course of these stories through three centuries, interweaving the different genres of art from painting to textile art.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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today 11:00 - 18:00 clock
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Schneeberg braid
Schneeberger Geflecht combines art and everyday life. The exhibition shows handicraft design with natural materials and recycled fabrics. An interactive workroom invites visitors to join in, experiment and experience.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Gallery Oben and Clara Mosch
The exhibition at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz sheds light on the alternative art scene in the GDR with Galerie Oben and Clara Mosch. Documents, works and conversations with artists bring the period back to life.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and the bridge
The exhibition shows important paintings and documents by the expressionist, who grew up in Chemnitz, from all phases of his work, as well as representative works by Brücke artists and representatives of classical modernism.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Medullosa stellata
Since October 2023, the museum has been presenting the fossil of the year: Medullosa stellata, a fossil seed plant with fern leaves. The exhibition reveals parts of the sensational find and presents a digital reconstruction model for the first time.
Fossil of the year 2025
Chemnitz, the city that coined the term "fossil", is delighted to receive the "Fossil of the Year" award in 2025 for the 330-million-year-old shark capsule Fayolia sterzeliana. The Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibition ensemble to celebrate.
Museum für Naturkunde09111 Chemnitz
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The fascination of machines under steam
Demonstration of the single-cylinder back-pressure steam engine from 1896.
Industriemuseum Chemnitz09112 Chemnitz
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Highlights of archaeology in Saxony
Insights into Saxony's cultural history: from hunters and gatherers to farming cultures and industrialization, objects tell fascinating stories. A guided tour makes you curious to find out more.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
01.05.2517:00 clock
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Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Treasures & Tragedies - Guided Tour in English
Guided tour in English.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
01.05.2518:00 clock
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Dauer ca. 1 Stunde
keine Mindestteilnehmerzahl, individuelle Termine für Gruppen ab 5 Personen auf Anfrage
Guided tours in the Wendt & Kühn world in Grünhainichen
Various guided tours such as "Discover - Experience - Marvel", "History to Enjoy", "Give the Gift of Joy", a curator's tour or the flower children's walk offer unique insights into the history, craftsmanship and art of the Wendt & Kühn manufactory.
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The SCHOCKEN department store in Chemnitz
In this tour, you can get to know the so-called oriel exhibitions. They deal with the star architect of the time, Erich Mendelsohn, the SCHOCKEN department store group and the fascinating personality of Salman Schockens (with sign language).
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smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
03.05.2514:00 clock
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Teilnahme kostenfrei; nur Eintritt der Dauerausstellung
Führung durch die Ausstellung
Silberglanz & Kumpeltod
Führung durch die Sonderausstellung
Offers in sign language
On certain dates, the spoken word is translated into German sign language by an interpreter
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smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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03.05.2514:00 clock
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Nur Eintritt zur Sonderausstellung
Overview tour: Silberglanz &Kumpeltod
The greed for ore has been driving people into the mountains for thousands of years. Wealth and power, but also the exploitation of nature and people are the result. The tour reveals the dark secrets of the miners from the Bronze Age to the 21st century.
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smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
03.05.2515:00 clock
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Public guided tour: European Realities
The Gunzenhauser Museum invites you to a guided tour of the European Realities exhibition. The tour offers exciting insights into the realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s - between social change, cultural prosperity and technical modernity.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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03.05.2514:30 clock
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Time travel experience
Time travel is impossible? Not at Augustusburg Castle! A "time machine" catapults visitors back to the Renaissance. Dressed in period costumes, you can experience everyday life back then and learn interesting facts about courtly etiquette.
Family tour: European Realities
Together and in a playful way, they will go through the European Realities exhibition, which shows a multifaceted picture of the 1920s and 1930s with around 300 works from 20 countries. Afterwards, they create their own small works of art to take home.
Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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04.05.25 13:00 - 14:30 clock
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Kosten: Eintritt (Kinder unter 18 Jahren sind frei) + 2,00 € Materialpauschale für Erwachsene und 0,50 € Materialpauschale für Kinder
Osmar Osten: Top With
Softly colored columns made of natural Saxon stone nestle together and form the support for a whole bundle of figures cast from silver-colored aluminum. A clash of contradictions that invites speculation.
Schillerpark/Schillerplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Leiko Ikemura: Usagi Greeting (180)
The pictorial-poetic encounter of the figure of the hare with representations of Buddhist bodhisattva beings and Christian iconography of mercy refers to the collection in the adjacent Schatzkammer Museum and opens the view to East Asia.
Schloss und Park Lichtenwalde09577 Niederwiesa
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Karolin Schwab: My Floating Home
The sculpture stands between the banks of the Mühlgraben like a fleeting three-dimensional sketch of a house. There, as the seasons change, constantly changing images are created in the water, posing the question of what it means to be at home, to be anchored.
Mühlgraben Niederwiesa09577 Niederwiesa
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Olaf Holzapfel: Two woven into one
The sculpture by the Dresden conceptual artist is reminiscent of trigonometric towers, as they were once used for surveying. An allusion to the technical revolution, paired with a view of a cultural landscape measured and shaped by man.
Dittersdorfer Höhe Amtsberg09439 Amtsberg
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Jeppe Hein: Modified Social Benches for Jahnsdorf
Hein's bench, specially designed for Jahnsdorf, continues a worldwide project and forms a course that invites you to sit, lie down or slide around dynamically. An encouragement to use art and conquer public space.
Park Jahnsdorf09387 Jahnsdorf/Erzgeb.
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Tanja Rochelmeyer: Glance
The installation, made up of 171 rectangular panels along the 100-metre-long tunnel, shows frames, stylized brickwork, rectangles and letters that make up the city name. Depending on the perspective, they create mental afterimages for the day.
Bahnhof Flöha09557 Flöha
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Michael Sailstorfer: Floating equilibrium
Inspired by the side mirror of a motorcycle, the construction towers about 4.50 meters above the Zschopau and shows the river and cityscape distorted in retrospect and in the course of history - with the same energy of flowing equilibrium
Uferstrand in der Gerbergasse09405 Zschopau
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Caroline Mesquitas: Motorbike / Medusa Motorbike
The two sculptures made of sheet steel and pipes are reminiscent of futuristic vehicle designs, their function is to transport the imagination. They refer to the location with its legendary race track and the imaginary journeys of Karl May.
Textil- und Rennsportmuseum Hohenstein-Ernstthal09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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today 13:00 - 17:00 clock
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Friedrich Kunath: Include me out
The humorous group of spruces with lowered eyelids and pointed noses, to which a tree does not belong, touches on social and societal primal fears. At the same time, the sculpture is reminiscent of the concept of forest sustainability (von Carlowitz, 1713).
Buntsockenpark09380 Thalheim/Erzgeb.
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Jan Kummer: Heimat Ensemble II
Resembling enlarged crown corks, the elements made of thin sheet metal fit together and become a work of art in a playful and ironic exaggeration. The arrangement is reminiscent of Mickey Mouse, and a little bit of naive tinkering with a cult factor.
Hauptstraße (am Hegebach) in Gersdorf09355 Gersdorf
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Holy names for Chemnitz
An artistic exploration of the names of saints and their significance for Chemnitz. The exhibition invites visitors to discover, reflect and discuss in a stylish atmosphere.
Women in a divided Germany
More than 30 years after reunification, clichés still characterize the image of East and West German women - the exhibition "Women in Divided Germany" sheds light on the realities of their lives and asks: Where do these images come from and what do they really say?
Volkshochschule Chemnitz im Tietz09111 Chemnitz
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todayopen until 19:00 o'clock
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Regional showcase
All 38 cities of the Capital of Culture Region 2025 are on display in the TIETZ courtyard, with information, dates and QR codes on steles. In addition: central projects such as Purple Path & Makers as well as a stage for creative contributions from the region.
Kulturzentrum DasTietz09111 Chemnitz
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Exhibition - The story of Moritz Lippmann, his furniture store and his family
The exhibition tells the story of Moritz Lippmann, his furniture store and his family. It is an example of how undemocratic and totalitarian regimes intervene in the lives of individuals and leave lasting traces.
Schaufenster gegenüber dem Stadtbad09111 Chemnitz
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The lost modern age
In "Die verlorene Moderne", Leipzig-based photographer Gunter Binsack captures the ephemeral beauty of decaying "Neues Bauen" buildings in Saxony and inspires reflection on their value and preservation.
Architektenbüro Sachsen09111 Chemnitz
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Inventor culture in Chemnitz and the region
The exhibition shows how important innovations from the region were created and patented. Visitors can experience discoveries such as the first fully synthetic mild detergent or modern indoor navigation.
Universitätsbibliothek TU Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Vernissage: Claudia Pfeifer
On display are originals by the artist in various techniques, which are printed as postcards, bookmarks and art prints. She is represented at various art markets under the label "blueArtz".
MIDEA Veranstaltungsagentur 09111 Chemnitz
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Good God
Via Lewandowsky's work of light art adorns the tower of Chemnitz Castle Church. The striking neon installation shines far into the city and artfully addresses the tension between faith, doubt and social issues.
Schlosskirche Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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Exhibition: Saxon State Prize for Building Culture
Visitors can discover outstanding projects from the fields of architecture, urban planning and landscape design. The exhibition shows winners and nominees of past years of the "Saxon State Prize for Building Culture".
Alte Baumwolle Flöha09557 Flöha
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todayopen until 12:00 o'clock 13:00 - 18:00 clock
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Bettina Hain's portrait series about women in Hoheneck
The artist Bettina Hain's encounters with women formerly imprisoned in the Hoheneck women's prison resulted in a series of portraits that can be seen at this exhibition.
Bürgerzentrum Mitte West Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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todayopen until 17:00 o'clock
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Model train exhibition 2025
Discover fascinating, detailed model railroad layouts at the Model Railway Exhibition 2025. A highlight for all fans of railroads and model making who want to immerse themselves in a world full of precision and passion.
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Stadthalle Limbach-Oberfrohna09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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25.10.25 10:00 - 18:00 clock
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Zur Museumsnacht 10.05. bis 22 Uhr geöffnet
Out of the blue II
"Aus den Häuschen" is entering its second round. For Part II, artists from Künstlerhaus 188 Jena have been invited to show their work in a group exhibition in Chemnitz.
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Galerie Glaskasten09130 Chemnitz
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02.05.25 16:00 - 20:00 clock
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