The State Bauhaus Weimar represents an important chapter in the more than 150-year history of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and is an essential part of the cultural heritage of humanity In 1996, the Bauhaus sites in Weimar and Dessau were officially added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In 2017, additional Bauhaus sites in Dessau and Bernau were also added to the list.
In its official statement, UNESCO justifies its decision as follows: »The Bauhaus, with its sites in Weimar (Thuringia) and Dessau (Saxony-Anhalt), represents the so-called Bauhaus school of architecture which, between 1919 and 1933, applied revolutionary ideas to building design and town planning. The buildings of the Bauhaus professors, from Walter Gropius to Hannes Meyer, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy to Wassily Kandinsky, founded the Bauhaus style, which made a decisive mark on the architecture of the twentieth century.«
»Our World. Our Heritage. Our Responsibility« is the motto for the 51 World Heritage Sites across Germany, which will be inviting visitors to explore, experience and experiment on the weekend of 3 and 4 June 2023. Guided tours and hands-on activities with a focus on sustainability will also be offered.
NATIONWIDE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE DAY 2023 OPENING EVENT
4 June, 11 am to 12 pm
Weimar, Marktplatz
WORLD HERITAGE MARKET
3 and 4 June, 11:15 am to 4 pm
Weimar, Marktplatz
51 German World Heritage Sites will be represented on Weimar’s Marktplatz on Saturday and Sunday. The German UNESCO Commission and the Association of World Heritage Sites Germany will be among those represented at the event’s information booths.
BAUHAUS-UNIVERSITÄT WEIMAR PROGRAMME
3 and 4 June 2023, 10 am to 6 pm
Main Building and van de Velde Building
Founding site of the Weimar State Bauhaus, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8
3 June, 2 pm
Meeting point: Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6A
Tickets are available online and at Tourist Information Weimar: »» Purchase tickets
Short Bauhaus Walk, duration: 1.5 hours
Long Bauhaus Walk, duration: 2.5 hours, includes visit to Haus am Horn
4 June, 11 am to 3:30 pm
Meeting point: Main Building, 1st floor, room 112
Admission is free of charge
Visit to the Director’s Room, duration: 15 minutes
Tours of the Director’s Room will take place on the hour and half past.
The room was designed by Walter Gropius and was first presented to the public during the First Great Bauhaus Exhibition in 1923. In 1999, the room was reconstructed in its original location.
4 June, 1 pm
Meeting point: Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6A
Tickets are available online and at Tourist Information Weimar: »» Purchase tickets
World Heritage Site Walk, duration: 1.5 h
Tour of the Bauhaus World Heritage Sites in Weimar.
4 June, 2 pm
Meeting point: Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6A
Tickets are available online and at Tourist Information Weimar: »» Purchase tickets
Short Bauhaus Walk, duration: 1.5 hours.
3 and 4 June, 9:30 am to 6 pm
Schiller-Museum Weimar, Schillertraße 12
Admission is free of charge
Power House - nova space University Gallery Exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Bauhaus Exhibition.
A cooperation between the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the nova space University Gallery and the Klassik Stiftung Weimar.
The Bauhaus originated in Weimar, then moved to Dessau and later to Berlin and the rest of the world. It has left its traces in numerous places that still inspire us today. Outstanding examples of Bauhaus and Modernism can be found throughout Germany – groundbreaking ideas and architecture that have left a lasting impact on our understanding of life, work, learning and living. These ideas can be retraced on the Grand Tour of Modernism. Three of these sites were designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1996 and 2017.
The State Bauhaus was founded in 1919 in the Main Building of the university. The term »Bauhaus«, which has been part of the university’s name since 1996, stood then as it does today for a willingness to experiment, openness, creativity and the will to find answers to central questions of art and culture, technology, science and society using contemporary methods. We are a living institution that wants to further develop its identity in dialogue with partners from all areas of society.
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