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Leipzig: Wednesday, 30.04.2025

The reading rooms in the main building of the German National Library in Leipzig will close at 14:00 due to an event. The museum reading room, the music reading room and the service area are open until 18.00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

A time journey through the permanent exhibition of the German Museum of Books and Writing

Guided tour

Photo of a young woman wearing glasses and gazing at a book (on Einstein’s theory of relativity) with a look of surprise on her face DNB, Collection Günter-Karl Bose

begin 12.11.2023, 15:00

end 12.11.2023, 15:30

location Virtual

Follow the trail left by 5,000 years of media history.
Tally sticks, tattoos, anatomy textbooks, neon signs, disguised publications, gravestones, novels or love letters: for more than 5,000 years people have been recording information using written signs. The permanent exhibition of the German Museum of Books and Writing provides a brief history of human media based on the three media innovations.

The complete programme

Information and contact

The event will be held in German.

Access: https://meet.goto.com/693628373

Costs: Free admission

Duration: 30 minutes

Contact: dbsm-info@dnb.de

Last changes: 10.10.2023

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