Merry Christmas
Also open on public holidays from 11.00 to 18.00.
The museum is closed on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
Family Night
“What we dream of” – Naemie Schmidt-Lauber and Sven Tjaben freely retell lesser-known fairy tales from Albania, Uzbekistan and Mongolia, told with musical accompaniment and for children ages 6 and up.
Saturday, October 7, 2023
18.00 to 19.00
Free admission for children, adults pay 4 euros
Donation to the Kollwitz Museum
September 21, 2023
The Kollwitz Museum recently received a generous donation of over 30 letters and letter cards from Käthe Kollwitz to Dr. Heinrich Becker, the then director of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld.
Private collection meets museum exhibition
Selected, special Kollwitz sheets from private collections will complement the general overview of the work in the exhibition “Aber Kunst ist es doch” (But it is art after all) and shorten the time without special exhibitions until the final exhibition rooms on the 1st floor of the theatre building are occupied. The second of three “Interventions” will run from 25 August to 29 October 2023, extendet till November 5, 2023.
From November 10, 2023, drawings and studies on “Simplicissimus” will be presented in the third and last INTERVENTION.
Printing at high level
Private workshop
Date on request
Duration 3 hours
400 euros per group (up to 8 persons) incl. materials and museum entrance fee
Suitable for people between 8 and 99 years
“And yet it is art”
in German, English and French language
Appointment by arrangement
Duration ca 60 minutes
90 euros tour fee plus admission
High, the print!
Experimenting with linocuts
School project day for primary school, secondary I and II + after-school care
Dates on request
time frame 10.00-13.00
costs 140 euros per class, 100 euros up to 15 students
materials and equipment will be provided
Happy Birthday, Käthe Kollwitz!
156 years ago, on 8 July 1867, Käthe Kollwitz was born. In the Kollwitz house, they knew how to celebrate birthdays, and so we are dedicating ourselves to the birthday rituals of the Kollwitz family on the occasion of the anniversary of our house artist.
Explore museums
International Museum Sunday on May 21, 2023
Explore the art of Käthe Kollwitz and try it out for yourself in the drawing workshop with free admission.
Workshop: 14.00 – 17.00
Beginners and advanced learners are equally welcome!
On the anniversary of Käthe Kollwitz’s death
On 22 April 1945, Käthe Kollwitz died at the age of 77 in Moritzburg near Dresden. In the “Rüdenhof”, a manor house on the castle pond of Moritzburg, she found refuge from the war and spent the last months before her death there. In the end, her eyesight and physical strength were no longer sufficient…