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Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek

Platz der Demokratie 1, 99423 Weimar, Germany

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Klassik Stiftung Weimar

How to find us:

Street
Platz der Demokratie 1
Zip, City
99423 Weimar
Country
Germany
Phone
03643545400
Fax
-

Web
https://www.klassik-stiftung.de/herzogin-anna-amalia-bibliothek/
Email
info@klassik-stiftung.de
Tags
#Fürstenbibliothek #Schätze der Weimarer Klassik
Opening times
Mon: closed
Tue: 9:30 – 18:00
Wed: 9:30 – 18:00
Thu: 9:30 – 18:00
Fri: 9:30 – 18:00
Sat: 9:30 – 18:00
Sun: 9:30 – 18:00
Standard entry fee
12,00 € (Eintritt in beide Säle der Bibliothek)
Admission charges
Rokokosaal allein: Erw. 8,00 € | erm. 6,00 € | Schüler*innen (16-20 Jahre) 3,00 €Renaissancesaal allein: Erw. 6,00 € | erm. 4,00 € | Schüler*innen (16-20 Jahre) 2,00 €

Kids
kostenfrei

Students
8,00 €

Special combinations
Kombiticket Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek: https://www.klassik-stiftung.de/ihr-besuch/allgemeine-informationen/tickets/#c6772

Annual pass
49,00 €

Description

The Duchess Anna Amalia Library is a publicly accessible research library for literary and cultural history, with a focus on German literature around the year 1800. It preserves literary documents from the 9th to the 21st century as sources of cultural history and research, catalogues them based on formal and content criteria, and makes them available for lending and use. In total, the library´s collection comprises 1 million items. The historic library building damaged by fire in 2004, with its famous Rococo Hall, has reopened and can be visited every day (except Mondays) by up to 290 people. In the historic setting of the Renaissance Hall of the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, the new exhibition "Cranach´s Flood of Images" has been dedicated since 2022 to the overwhelming number of paintings, graphics, book illustrations, and medals from the workshop of Cranach and his son. There is no medium that the court painter at the Saxon court did not master. His workshop created many thousands of images, making him the most productive artist of his time. Highlights such as the richly illuminated Weimar Luther Bible or the portrait of Princess Sibylle of Cleves as a bride are on display here. Insights into the private library of the Duchess Anna Amalia, the world´s largest Faust collection, or historical friendship books are offered by two newly designed cabinets in front of the Rococo Hall as of 2022. A tactile model invites visitors to experience the library campus in a sensory way. Newly available to explore are also the book tower and the military cabinet, which recalls the Napoleonic Wars and the knowledge of warfare.

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Services

Our museum has


WiFi
vor Ort
Audioguides
kostenfrei an der Kasse ausleihbar oder über die App Weimar+ abrufbar: https://www.klassik-stiftung.de/digital/app/
Cafe/Restaurant
Cafeteria im Studienzentrum: Mo-Fr 11-14 Uhr
Museumsshop
https://www.museumshop-weimar.de/
Notes on using your smartphone or cameras
Fotografieren während der Öffnungszeiten und zu privaten Zwecken ist in den frei zugänglichen Bereichen problemlos und ohne Entrichtung einer Gebühr möglich. Die Veröffentlichung im Internet und in den Sozialen Medien auch über private Profile stellt jedoch nicht generell eine private Nutzung dar. Unter Umständen werden Urheberrechte verletzt.
Guided tours and group offers
Jeden So halbstündlich 15-17 Uhr | Stippvisite Rokokosaal

Accessibility

Entrances and paths to the building


  • Access with ramp
  • Marking of step edges

Lifts in the building


  • Access stairless
  • Access with ramp
  • Elevator with tactile font / announcement

Others


  • Disabled toilet

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