Take a walk through Weimar, follow the traces of the early Bauhaus and experience the exciting past and present of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
The beginnings of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar can be traced back to the 19th century. Originally an art academy, it was enlarged after 1945 to include a number of engineering disciplines which gave the university a modern technical character. With the inclusion of the Faculty of Art and Design, founded in 1993, and the Faculty of Media, founded in 1996, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has once again coupled the fields of art and engineering into one institution and has been carrying the name of the famous school of design since 1996.
The Bauhaus Walking Tour Project
Originally created by students, the Bauhaus Walking Tour project is an extremely successful and integral part of Weimar’s cultural landscape. The tour guides, all of whom are prospective architects, civil engineers, cultural scholars or artists, show visitors what it means to them to study, learn, live and have fun at this unique university with its eventful history. The visitors are taken to the historic Bauhaus sites where they can relive the past and present of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Indeed studying at such an institution is like joining the ranks of the renowned Bauhaus masters whose aura is still palpable today. For this is where Walter Gropius, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger and many others taught and practiced their ideas every day.
Tours
Small Bauhaus Walk special, app. 1 hour
Long Bauhaus Walk spezial, app. 2 hours
Bauhaus Lantern Walk, app. 2 hours
›› Walks, Prices und Tickets
The buildings of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are currently closed to visitors. Therefore, the Bauhaus Walks special can only take place outdoors. Participation is limited to 15 persons per date. The current regulations on health protection apply.
Discover Bauhaus
The Bauhaus has its origins in Weimar and from here it worked through its ideas and works in Thuringia and around the world. Last year, we took the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus as an opportunity to reflect on the historic Bauhaus, its impact and our present day as a University:
- The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar celebrated 2019 with a wide-ranging anniversary programme, which focused primarily on the present of our university in a new era. You can learn more about this on our anniversary website: > more
- You can find more about the ideas of the Bauhaus, how they spread from Thuringia into the world, as well as stories about protagonists and design classics of modernism on the website of the state of Thuringia. Especially recommended: the 6-part Bauhaus film series: > more