UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus Weimar

Main Building

The building was erected in 1911 according to plans by Henry van de Velde as a studio building for the »Großherzoglich Sächsische Hochschule für Bildende Kunst in Weimar«, renovated in 1999 and is considered one of the most important art school buildings of the turn of the century. Walter Gropius founded the »Staatliche Bauhaus Weimar« here in 1919.

Van-de-Velde-Bau

The building of the former »Großherzoglich Sächsische Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar« was built in 1905 and 1906 by Henry van den Velde as an angular building and fundamentally reconstructed in 2009. Today it is the place of the Faculty of Art and Design.

Haus Am Horn

The Haus Am Horn is the only architecture realised by the Bauhaus in Weimar. It was built in 1923 as an model house for the Bauhaus exhibition and today belongs to the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. Here, the masters and students presented for the first time how they envisioned contemporary building and living.

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.«

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Exploring World Heritage at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Experience the historic Bauhaus and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Weimar today. Walk through the historic sites in the footsteps of the early Bauhaus individually or with a student guides of the Bauhaus Walk and experience the history and present of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Bauhaus Walks

Eine Menschengruppe läuft im Hauptgebäude der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar die Treppe hoch.

Students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will guide you through the founding sites of the Bauhaus on the Bauhaus Walks, conveying the history and present of the University. You can visit all three Weimar Bauhaus sites as part of the Long Bauhaus Walk.

»Where is Walter?« AudioWalk

No time for a Bauhaus Walk? Let our AudioWalk »Where is Walter?« accompany you virtually on your personalised tour of the historic buildings.

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»Bauhaus Murals« Special Walk

From May 2025, the Bauhaus Guides will be offering a special monthly walk (German) to the reconstructed murals at the university and in Adolf Meyer's flat, which were created as part of the Bauhaus exhibition in 1923.

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»Living space Adolf Meyer« spatial artwork

In spring 1923, Adolf Meyer and his Bauhaus artist friends designed his living room as a complete work of art under the motto »ET IN ARCADIA EGO’« The long-lost murals can now be viewed again.

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Discover even more Bauhaus!

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.

Bauhaus Weimar

The Bauhaus comes from Weimar. It was here that Walter Gropius founded the State Bauhaus in 1919, the most influential design school of the 20th century. Today, you can still visit the founding sites at what is now Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, but also discover the first Bauhaus architecture built, the Haus Am Horn, and the treasures of the world's oldest Bauhaus collection in the Bauhaus Museum built by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar in 2019.

Bauhaus Dessau

On its second stage, from 1925 to 1932 in Dessau, the Bauhaus experienced a high phase in architecture. Numerous buildings such as the Bauhaus Building managed by the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, the Meisterhäuser, the Siedlung Dessau-Törten, the Kornhaus, the Haus Fieger, the Stahlhaus and the Arbeitsamt can be seen here. In 2019, the Dessau Bauhaus Museum also opened with the world's second largest collection of Bauhaus exhibits worldwide.

Bundesschule Bernau

Since 2017, the Bundesschule has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site »The Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau«. Far away from the city and the hustle and bustle, the Bundesschule of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (ADGB) was intended to provide its members with education, recreation and a modern way of life. With the construction of the school (1928-30), the Bauhaus architects Hannes Meyer and Hans Wittwer combined their ideal conception of teaching and practice: all Bauhaus workshops were involved in the planning and execution.

Visit the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar!

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.

Information for guests

The Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café is the central contact point for guests of the university. In the former Brendel Studio next to the Main Building, student employees offer information, a café invites you to linger and numerous souvenirs and products from the university can be discovered in the shop.
On the following sites you will find important information in advance, the opening hours of the buildings and further links to plan your visit to us.

Centenary 23:ideas

100 years of the Bauhaus exhibition: The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is using the first major exhibition of the State Bauhaus in 1923 as an opportunity to present its current projects, discourses and future plans in the centennial year 2023. Together with our partners in Weimar and the world, we want to show what moves us, how we work together and what we can do. You can expect various exhibitions as well as insights into forward-looking teaching and research projects.

Partner and Alumni

You feel connected to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, maybe you even studied here yourself? Do you want to work with us, get involved and contribute yourself, or just refresh contact with your former fellow students? Then get in touch and support us, for example through our Career Service, the »Freundeskreis der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar« or the Alumni Office. We look forward to talking to you.