National Socialism meant a deep break for art. After the end of the Second World War, the (European) totalitarian dictatorships favoured realism. At the same time, art forms developed in both Eastern and Western Europe that took up abstraction, which had been defamed as “degenerate” in the course of National Socialist cultural policy. Abstraction attempted to brush aside the experienced past and was the general, almost unchallenged consensus in the 1950s and 1960s, especially in West German art. Important impulses came from France and the USA.
Alfred Gunzenhauser‘s collection also includes important artists of postwar abstract modernism such as Serge Poliakoff, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Fritz Winter and Carl Buchheister. Geometric abstraction meets dynamic, material and large-scale colourfulness here. The pictorial language of abstraction challenges the viewer again and again in a special way. The exhibition presents the different focuses of the artists in thematic rooms: on colour, form, rhythm, materiality or gestures.
The Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz are among the largest civic art collections in Germany and cover all genres of artistic production, from painting and sculpture to graphic art and decorative art, with a special focus on textiles.
General admission 10 Euros, reduced admission 6,50 Euros
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
For further information regarding individual and group admission fees and combination tickets valid for more than one of the museums within the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, please see the schedule of fees (Entgeltordnung).
For barrier-free access, a visitor guidance system with an inclusive floor guidance system, orientation boards with Braille and pyramid writing and an elevator at ground level to all exhibition floors are available at Theaterplatz. Further information can be found at inclusion and accessibility.
Theaterplatz 1, Chemnitz Getting there from Chemnitz Main Station: approx. 5 minutes walk
Museum Gunzenhauser
The Museum Gunzenhauser houses the collection of the Munich gallery owner Dr. Alfred Gunzenhauser and holds more than 3,000 works by 270 artists, including works of classic modern art and from the second half of the 20th century. The owner is the Gunzenhauser Foundation.
General admission 10 Euros, reduced admission 6,50 Euros
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
For further information regarding individual and group admission fees and combination tickets valid for more than one of the museums within the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, please see the schedule of fees (Entgeltordnung).
Der barrierefreie Eingang ist Stollberger Straße 2.
Rollstuhl·Nutzer können alle Räume besuchen.
Blinden·Hunde und Therapie·Hunde dürfen mit ins Museum.
Für blinde Menschen gibt es einige Tast-Bilder.
Schloßbergmuseum
The Museum of History of the City of Chemnitz is housed in one of the most beautiful and best-preserved monastery sites in Saxony. Around 1135, Emperor Lothar ordered to build a Benedictine monastery on a ridge above the Chemnitz River, which would exist until the age of Reformation.
General admission 8 Euros, reduced admission 5 Euros
On the first Friday of the month, admission is free.
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
For further information regarding individual and group admission fees and combination tickets valid for more than one of the museums within the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, please see the schedule of fees (Entgeltordnung).
Schloßberg 12, Chemnitz Getting there from Chemnitz Main Station: bus no. 23 (direction Heinersdorf) to the Nordstraße stop, then walk approx. 500 meters along Müllerstraße and turn right up the Schloßberg hill
Rollstuhl·Nutzer können die Dauer·Ausstellung besuchen.
Blinden·Hunde und Therapie·Hunde dürfen mit ins Museum.
Rabenstein Castle
Rabenstein Castle is located in the Rabenstein district of Chemnitz and forms part of the Schloßbergmuseum. It was built in the second half of the 12th century during the settlement of the foothills of the Erzgebirge mountains. The frequently used nickname »Saxony’s smallest castle« is somewhat misleading in that the buildings still standing today make up only the heart of a formerly much larger complex.
General admission 3 Euros, reduced admission 2 Euros
On the first Friday of the month, admission is free.
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
For further information regarding individual and group admission fees and combination tickets valid for more than one of the museums within the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, please see the schedule of fees (Entgeltordnung).
Oberfrohnaer Straße 149, Chemnitz Getting there from Chemnitz Main Station: tram no. 1 to the final stop Schönau, change there to bus no. 42 (direction Rabenstein) to the Weigandstraße stop, then walk approx. 10 minutes
Henry van de Velde Museum
Villa Esche was planned by the Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde in 1902 as a family home for the Chemnitz-based textile manufacturer Herbert Esche. Henry van de Velde (1863–1957) was one of the most highly-regarded figures in European art in the early 20th century.
General admission 6 Euros, reduced admission 4 Euros
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
For further information regarding individual and group admission fees and combination tickets valid for more than one of the museums within the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, please see the schedule of fees (Entgeltordnung).
Blinden·Hunde und Therapie·Hunde dürfen mit ins Museum.
Rollstuhl·Nutzer können die Ausstellung
bis zum 2. Ober·Geschoss besuchen.
Bitte melden Sie sich vor Ihrem Besuch an.
An Führungen können maximal 24 Personen teilnehm
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus
Together with the neighboring residential mill, where Karl Schmidt-Rottluff spent his childhood, the ensemble will become another hotspot of Expressionism in Chemnitz.
General admission 6 euros, reduced admission 4 euros
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
For further information regarding individual and group admission fees and combination tickets valid for more than one of the museums within the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, please see the schedule of fees (Entgeltordnung).
Participation in the public tour is included in the museum
admission fee. Group size: 8 people, please register: info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de or
+49 (0371) 488 4440
Limbacher Str. 382, Chemnitz Getting there from Chemnitz Main Station: Bus line 32 in the direction of Reichenbrand to the Gerstenbergstrasse stop, from there approx. 4 minutes on foot
