Bauhaus Museum Dessau

Bauhaus Museum on the opening day

The Bauhaus Museum Dessau at the Dessau city park opened on September 8, 2019. It presents the collection of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation .

history

Opening with Chancellor Angela Merkel

In 2015, an open international competition was announced for the new museum building. Out of 831 submissions, two first prizes were awarded: to the offices of addenda architects ( formerly González Hinz Zabala) from Barcelona and Young & Ayata from New York . The design by addenda architects (González Hinz Zabala) was selected for execution. The foundation stone was laid on December 4, 2016.

The building has an exhibition area of 2100 square meters and a usable area of 3500 square meters. A good 1000 exhibits are shown.

The opening of the Bauhaus Museum Dessau took place on September 8, 2019 by Chancellor Angela Merkel .

collection

The collection of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation comprises around 49,000 cataloged objects. This makes it the second largest collection on the Bauhaus theme in the world after the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin.

photos

The Dessau city park before the start of construction
Marquee for laying the foundation stone
Laying of the foundation stone with the Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff
Construction site Bauhaus Museum 2017
The shell construction 2018
Rush of visitors at the kick-off event on February 23, 2019
Arrival of Chancellor Angela Merkel for the opening
Opening on September 8, 2019