Chemnitz Art Collections
Art collections on Theatre Square
Today, the art collections on Theaterplatz are among the largest civic collections in Germany and house all genres of artistic production, from painting and sculpture to graphic art and arts and crafts, with an important focus on expressionism, textiles and contemporary art.
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Museum Gunzenhauser
The Gunzenhauser Museum is the most recent addition to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. It houses the collection of the Munich gallery owner Dr Alfred Gunzenhauser with more than 3,000 works by 270 artists with a focus on art from the turn of the century around 1900, Expressionism, New Objectivity and 20th century abstraction.
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Castle Hill Museum
The old monastery and palace building houses the extensive collections on the history of Chemnitz, whose most beautiful pieces of painting and sculpture, historical textiles, jewellery, furniture and everyday objects from the 12th to 20th centuries can be seen in the permanent exhibition Bildersaal Chemnitzer Geschichte.
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Rabenstein Castle
Rabenstein Castle sits enthroned on a steep cliff in the middle of a park-like setting on the outskirts of Chemnitz. It is one of the oldest preserved buildings in the city. It is often referred to as the "smallest castle in Saxony". From 1 May 2025, the new permanent exhibition will showcase the life and work of Hans Carl von Carlowitz.
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Henry van de Velde Museum / Villa Esche
Villa Esche was designed in 1902 by the Belgian architect and designer Henry van de Velde as a family residence for the Chemnitz textile entrepreneur Herbert Esche. Henry van de Velde was one of the most sought-after artists in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. Villa Esche was his first architectural commission in Germany and was of great importance to his work.
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House
The former family home of the artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, one of the most important German artists of the 20th century as a co-founder of the expressionist artists' group "Die Brücke", has been restored and reconstructed in recent years in line with its listed status. The exhibition in the Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House gives interested visitors an insight into the life and works of the artist.
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