Bach-Museum Leipzig

Museum · Leipzig ·

Bach-Museum Leipzig

Museum · Leipzig ·

Interactive museum with manuscripts, baroque instruments, and music

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Thomaskirchhof 15/16, 04109 Leipzig, Germany Get directions

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"A focused musical museum devoted to Johann Sebastian Bach, containing instruments, original manuscripts and memorabilia that illuminate the composer’s life and work during the nearly three decades he spent in the city." - Lindsay Cohn Lindsay Cohn Lindsay Cohn is a writer, editor, and avid traveler who has visited 45 countries across six continents — and counting. She contributes to Travel + Leisure, Hotels Above Par, InsideHook, Well+Good, The Zoe Report, and more. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

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Bach-Museum Leipzig

J L (.

Google

The museum isn’t very big, and that’s exactly what makes it so enjoyable. What makes this museum especially fun are the interactive elements. You’re not just a spectator, but also a participant. There are installations you can try out or listen to, which makes the experience more vivid and personal. For anyone who loves classical art and culture, this place is truly worth a visit.

Da S.

Google

We enjoyed our visit very much. The museum is light, bright and well laid out. The exhibits are engaging and varied and we learnt a lot about Bach and Leipzig. I couldn't ask for more from a museum.

Dan K.

Google

Such a cool museum! The audioguide is laid out in a really clever way. There are so many little nuggets of info. And it's cool how they tell you what we still don't know about Bach, and give a peek into their research. It is rather awe inspiring to see the papers with his hand written notes on them.

Barry L.

Google

Such an amazing venue to learn about the timeline of one of the best composers of all time. The house is quite big with detailed description of Bach's musical stories. Interactive listening session is available inside. Highly recommended for anyone who enjoys Bach's music!

Soonyata M.

Google

We love the museum— informative, fun, beautiful— especially the room where you could compose a song and the orchestra room. The young lady staff member inside the museum was lovely. The only downside was when we purchased the ticket. The old lady was incredibly grumpy and rude. How can you put a person like that as the first tourist touchpoint!?!

Handan B.

Google

🍉The accoustic design must have been a big challenge. In the moderate space of the msueum packed with stories of family and music lineage, the curators have to fit in different types of music and narration. Sometimes, the same room, the size of your own living room, would have multiple sound stations. They got really creative in there! 🍉The graphic design and data visualization is also top notch. We spent a good two hours in there and wished we had more time. A must for music buffs.

d. po1è (.

Google

Relatively small museum, located just opposite the Thomas kirche in the building that belonged to Bose family, merchants who were in close relations with Bach family. Really nice interactive experience with music and instruments.

D S.

Google

This is definitely a must see museum. We were lucky to have come on a day that it’s free admission. It’s usually €8/person. We just donated €€. The audio guide was very interactive. It depicted the important highlights of the life of Bach and his lineage. We spent more than 2 hours. There are samples of audio of Bach’s musical pieces which takes you back to this time era. What an amazing museum.

Maureen G.

Yelp

Informative museum housing an organ Bach played, his family trunk with family crest, a bust based on his skull, and his handwritten sheet music.

Ilene B.

Yelp

If you are at all interested in musical history, I would highly recommend stopping here. It is a pretty small museum but has great interactive exhibits, a collection of rare/archaic musical instruments, manuscripts, movies, music. It was really well done and a unique, interesting experience. All exhibits were bilingual. The air conditioning was a big plus, too.

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Bach-Museum Leipzig

J L (.

Google

Da S.

Google

We enjoyed our visit very much. The museum is light, bright and well laid out. The exhibits are engaging and varied and we learnt a lot about Bach and Leipzig. I couldn't ask for more from a museum.

Dan K.

Google

Barry L.

Google

Soonyata M.

Google

Handan B.

Google

d. po1è (.

Google

D S.

Google

Maureen G.

Yelp

Informative museum housing an organ Bach played, his family trunk with family crest, a bust based on his skull, and his handwritten sheet music.

Ilene B.

Yelp

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