Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum
The German Museum of Books and Writing (German: Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum (DBSM)) in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1884 as Deutsches Buchgewerbe-Museum, is the world's oldest museum of its kind, dedicated to collecting and preserving objects and documents as well as literature connected with the history of books, including paper, printing techniques, the art of illustration, and bookbinding. The museum is housed in a modern €60 million annex to the German National Library in Leipzig built in 2011. In 1886, the museum acquired the entire book collection of Heinrich Klemm, which he had sold to the Kingdom of Saxony the year before.
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- Free entry
- Wheelchair accessible
- Address
- 1 Deutscher Platz
- Hours
- Closed · opens 10 am
Weekly hours
Mon Closed Tue 10 am–6 pm Wed 10 am–6 pm Thu 10 am–8 pm Fri 10 am–6 pm Sat 10 am–6 pm Sun 10 am–6 pm - Phone
- +49 341 2271 318
- Website
- dnb.de (opens in a new tab)
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