English translation
For our international visitors, there are English translations available in our exhibition via QR code. These codes are placed in the lower corners of the exhibition showcases as well as the printed panels. You can also participate in our visitor survey via QR code on your way out.
Temporary Exhibitions 2025
- "Sensory and Extrasensory Worlds." Wilhelm Wundt and the Birth of Psychology in Leipzig.
4 July–19 October 2025, curated by Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs, design by Stefan Gunnesch - EinBlick #8: 20 Jahre Digitalisierung an der UBL
10 May–22 June 2025, curated by Olaf Mokansky - EinBlick #7: Vom Sozialismus geprägt
20 March–04 May 2025, curated by Dr. Christoph Mackert and Thomas Uhlmann - EinBlick #6: Unsere Papyri – wirklich unsere?
30 January–09 March 2025, curated by Dr. Almuth Märker
Temporary Exhibitions 2024
- tief unten – hoch oben. Bücher, Mineralien, Erdsystem
25 October 2024–26 January 2025, curated by Thomas Thibault Döring, Design: Stefan Gunnesch - We Will Hurt Each Other (von Hyejeong Yoo)
14.09.–29.09.2024, Meisterschüler*innen-Festival der HGB (27.–20.09.2024) - EinBlick #5: Was ist dran? Arsen im Bibliotheksbestand
03 August–06 October 2024, curated by Fanny Bartholdt and Lucia Hacker - "Exit allowed?" Iranian Artists meet Iranian Manuscripts
24 April–21 July 2024, curated by Dr. Christoph Mackert with artists Mahshid Mahboubifar and Pooya Sedighi, Design: Stefan Gunnesch - EinBlick #4: Leipziger Schacholympiade
01 March–07 April 2024, curated by Steffen Hoffmann - EinBlick #3: Словник війни – Wörterbuch des Krieges
13 January–25 February 2024, curated by Dr. Sophia Manns-Süßbrich
Temporary Exhibitions 2023
- EinBlick: Eine Handschrift aus dem Drucker
11 November 2023–07 January 2024, curated by Dr. Christoph Mackert and Katrin Sturm, Design: GRUETZNER TRIEBE - EinBlick: Daguerreotypie. Das Licht-Bild wird erfunden
16 September–29 October 2023, curated by Dr. Almuth Märker, Design: GRUETZNER TRIEBE - BUCH AUF! Zu Tage geförderte Schätze aus der Annaberger Kirchenbibliothek
26 May–27 August 2023, curated by Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs, Dr. Christoph Mackert, Thomas Thibault Döring and Katrin Sturm, Layout: GRUETZNER TRIEBE
- Einladung zum Tanz. Aus der Plakatsammlung des Tanzarchivs Leipzig
08 November 2022–26 February 2023, curated by Thomas Fuchs, Melanie Gruß; Layout: GRUETZNER TRIEBE - Ein 1300 Jahre alter Papyruskodex tritt ans Licht. Das koptische Markusevangelium P.Lips. inv. 3000
23 June–28 August 2022, curated by Almuth Märker - mitgesammelt und eingekapselt. Beinahe-Bücher im Bibliotheksregal
24 March–25 September 2022, curated by Lena Dahlberg, Ella Jaeschke, Christina Jakob, Irina Nekrasov, Ulrich Johannes Schneider, Christian Schrödel; Layout: Stefan Gunnesch - Übersetzte Religion. Im Dickicht der wahren Worte
08 October 2021–13 March 2022, curated by PD Dr Katja Triplett; Layout: Carla Selva and Paul Zech
- The Beauty and Suffering of Horses
March 05–November 22, 2020, curated by Mustafa Haikal; Layout: Katharina Triebe - Zauerbücher. Die Leipziger Magica-Sammlung im Schatten der Frühaufklärung
November 15, 2019–February 16, 2020, curated by Prof. Dr. Marco Frenschkowski; Layout: Stefan Gunnesch
- Politische Literatur und unpolitische Kunst. 50 Jahre MÄRZ Verlag – 100 Jahre Karl Quarch Verlag
July 05–November 03, 2019, curated by Prof. Dr. Thomas Fuchs and Martin Hochrein; Layout: Tim Grützner - Studium – Reisen – Projekte. Skizzenbücher von Fischer-Art
March 08–June 23, 2019, curated by Laura Rosengarten; Layout: Katharina Triebe - Buchkultur in Miniatur. Exlibriskünstler um 1900
Kabinettausstellung January 14–March 03, 2019
- Geist aus den Klöstern. Buchkultur und intellektuelles Leben in Sachsen bis zur Reformation
October 13, 2017–January 07, 2018, curated by Christoph Mackert; Layout: Klara Binnewitt, Juliane Trinks, Christopher Utpadel, Elisabeth Würzl - Ein halbes Jahrtausend Handschriften: geschenkt! Die Stiftung der Fragmentsammlung Peter Bühner an die UB Leipzig
Kabinettausstellung July 11– October 10, 2017 - Bildwechsel. Buchillustration in der Reformationszeit
March 10–July 09, 2017, curated by Thomas Fuchs, Thomas Thibault Döring; Layout: Franziska Becker, Frank Übler - August Leskien. Der erste Slawist in Leipzig
Kabinettausstellung February 02–March 07, 2017
- Textkünste. Buchrevolution um 1500
October 7, 2016–January 29, 2017, curated by Gilles Eboli and Ulrich Johannes Schneider; Layout: Dona Abboud - Unheimliche Nähe. Menschenaffen als europäische Sensation
April 01–September 25, 2016, curated by Ulrich Johannes Schneider; Layout: Katharina Triebe
Permanent Exhibition
Online here and in the form of sixteen illuminated panels at Bibliotheca Albertina.
- Publication to accompany the permanent exhibition (2015), [german only]
- Publication on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition room (2009), [german only]