Forum of Contemporary History Leipzig

This museum covers a great deal of former East German history since the end of WW II. It includes the peace prayers movement experienced in Leipzig in the late eighties right before the DDR government opened access to the West for their people in Oct 1989. I highly recommend this museum to anyone who wants to gain a further understanding about what life in East Germany was like under the Soviet regime.

The most impressive museum about DDR history in Germany. I can't even imagine how exhibition makers had so many ideas on their mind, because this exhibition covers every single life sphere in former DDR. It took me 3 hours just to visit half of the exhibition, because it was so impressive and interesting! Definitely going to visit again once I will be back in Leipzig.

The best tourist place for someone new in the city. It commemorates the history of Leipzig in World war 2 fairly well! Also, the sculptures and displays are eye-catching, there is also a small movie theater inside the building on the 2nd floor where one could relax for some time!

Wow! Garten Zaun Exhibit is more than one would expect. Excellent information & presentation. German & often English. Gets into the political & cultural aspects of having a garden. I spent 3 hours (!) here…went for fresh air & food in order to dive into the second half of the museum: dictatorship & democracy!! Again…amazing presentation & information (can download self-guided App). The space is like IKEA!!! Around each corner MORE great information. Highly recommend. And it’s free!!

Nice free museum. Would get 5 stars but an employee didn't let me take a picture of a certain wall sculpture and I didn't understand why.

A must visit on a trip to Leipzig, one of the best museums we have been to. Entry was free but we would have happily paid for it. It covered life under the GDR providing a view of everyday life. We visited in the morning during the week and it was not busy, taking us an hour to an hour an a half to get through the main exhibit.

Absolutely huge (maybe even too?) exposition - you need at least 2 hours to go through, but it contains a lot of stories and artifacts. Free entrance, lockers and toilet.

Wonderful museum, well curated. I found it fascinating and learnt many interesting facts, highly recommended!

The Forum of Contemporary History is a free museum in Leipzig. They have a labyrinthian setup of interesting WWII-era exhibitions, with signs and descriptions written primarily in German. There are a few tidbits of English here and there, but for the most part this is a visual experience if you don't sprechen Deutsch. Still, it's worth a wander for an hour so, especially on a rainy day.

This is a pretty comprehensive exhibition of all things GDR. I haven't seen it so detailed and yet so interesting in a long time. And it's also free, which is sort of amazing too. But what really, really puzzles me that it's all in German and not translated into other languages such as English, French, maybe Spanish? I'm not sure why those people forgot that. It would be perfect otherwise. I'm not sure if you can get a tour guide from them who explains and translates all the info, but something like that would be necessary if you take people to this exhibition who don't speak any German.