GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig

At the GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig you can learn everything about life, belief and action in different cultures of the world.

At the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde in Leipzig, colourful clothing, figurines, vessels, weapons, jewellery and other accessories show visitors what life and art are like in diverse parts of the world. Arranged by continents and regions, the museum offers a journey from Asia and Mongolia to Tibet, to Africa and on to America, Oceania and Australia.

 

Good to know

Accessibility

Saxony Barrier-Free

Notes on accessibility / deviations from the pictograms:

  • Extra entrance for wheelchair users with lift (controls 120 cm)

  • The museum has about 100 large and small tactile objects in its exhibitions
  • Majority of the displays have signs in Braille and large print
    Rental of brochures in large print with the main texts of the exhibition
  • No guidance system

  • Tours with a sign language interpreter take place at 4:30 pm every first Thursday of the quarter
  • Please register beforehand at mvl-grassimuseum@ses.museum or by fax (0341 9731909)
Parking
  • indicated disabled parking space available

Entrance to the facility / paths within the facility
  • Door width min. 90 cm

  • Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp

Lift
  • Door width min. 90 cm

  • Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp

  • Floor area of lift min. 110x140 cm

Accessible toilet
  • Door width min. 90 cm

  • Stepless access (max. 3 cm) or ramp

  • Movement area in front of toilet bowl min. 150x150 cm

  • Area left or right of the toilet bowl min. 90 cm

  • Hinged hand rails at the side of the toilet bowl provided

Additional aids / offers
  • Aids / offers for blind and visually impaired persons

Additional aids / offers
  • Aids / offers for deaf and hearing-impaired persons

Author

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Bautzner Straße 45/47
01099 Dresden

Organization

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH