International Museum Day 2026

At the Bauhaus Museum Dessau, the family tour “Bauhaus Time Capsule”, the curators’ tour “Bakelite | Glaze | Colour”, the open workshop “What Remains?”, and an open typography lab offer a variety of ways to explore Bauhaus topics — in a playful, experimental manner and through shared discussion.

International Museum Day at the Bauhaus Dessau is aimed at families, interested visitors from the region and guests who wish to use the anniversary year as an opportunity to discover the Bauhaus for the first time or rediscover it.

In the Bauhaus Building, the programme includes curator-led tours of the centennial exhibition “Glass | Concrete | Metal”.

Bauhaus Museum Dessau Programme:

11 am
Family tour Bauhaus Time Capsule
with Lenki Hoppekamps

Visitors will get to know the Bauhaus artists through a tour of the exhibition and discover how our everyday lives are still shaped by the Bauhaus today. More info. The tour is already fully booked.

11 am – 2 pm
Open workshop on the exhibition Soda | Linsen | Fluff
with Antje Schiffers and Thomas Sprenger

To mark International Museum Day, artist Antje Schiffers and her partner Thomas Sprenger invite you to explore their exhibition at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau together. The open workshop combines a dialogue-based exhibition tour, practical experiments and collective reflection. More info and registration

2.30–5 pm
Open Laboratory for Type Design
with the Leipzig-based type collective Camelot Typefaces

Using their “variable font” Beta Bauhaus as a starting point, the session demonstrates how letters can be developed from simple forms and the design possibilities inherent in their transformation. Using stencils – based on characteristic forms – as well as materials such as coloured foils and Plexiglas scraps, experimental letter compositions are created.

4 pm
Curator’s tour of Bakelite | Glaze | Colour
with Torsten Blume

On International Museum Day, curator Torsten Blume offers insights into the exhibition Bakelite | Glaze | Colour at the Bauhaus Museum Dessau. The exhibition brings together selected donations that have been added to the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation’s collection since the museum opened in 2019, highlighting their diversity and significance.

Admission to the Bauhaus Museum Dessau is free on International Museum Day. Tickets for the guided tours can be purchased via our ticket shop.

Programme at the Bauhaus Building:

2 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm
Curator-led tour of Glass | Concrete | Metal

These three curator-led tours offer in-depth insights into the centennial exhibition in the Bauhaus Building. The three-part exhibition focuses on the industrial materials that shaped architecture and design in the 1920s, exploring their creative, technological and social dimensions.

2 pm – Guided tour of the Metal section of the exhibition with Torsten Blume
3 pm – Guided tour of the Concrete section of the exhibition with Peter Biewer
4 pm – Guided tour of the Glass section of the exhibition with Dr Regina Bittner

Duration: 60 minutes each

Admission to the Bauhaus Building is not free on International Museum Day. Tickets for the guided tours can be purchased via our ticket shop.