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Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt, pronounced [ˌzaksn̩ ˈʔanhalt]) is a landlocked federal state of Germany surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia. Its capital is Magdeburg and its largest city is Halle (Saale). Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of 20,447.7 square kilometres (7,894.9 sq mi) and has a population of 2.23 million. It is the 8th largest state in Germany by area and the 10th largest by population.
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1. Heinrich-Schutz Haus
2. Gotisches Haus
3. GLEIMHAUS Museum der deutschen Aufklarung
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
The Gleimhaus is one of the oldest German literature museums, established in the year 1862 in the former residential building of the poet and collector Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719–1803) at the cathedral of Halberstadt. It houses Gleim's estate: Pictures, books and letters. Gleim, a genius of the friendship, was friendly with many of the most important writers of his time and assembled them in portraits on his walls. So he compiled the largest portrait gallery of tall spirits of 18. Century, his so-called „temple of friendship“. Lessing, Klopstock, Herder, Jean Paul, Anna Louisa Karsch, Elisa von der Recke and many others look at the visitor. The atmosphere of these rooms is unique. Besides that Gleim built up an extensive library and an important handwriting collection. Gleim's estate is a unique historico-cultural document of the age of the Enlightenment in this interplay of pictures, books and letters with his friendship culture.
4. Cranach-Stiftung
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
5. Kunstmuseum Moritzburg
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4.0 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By blauemadeleine - Erlangen, Germany
I would not have known of the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, had it not been for an article in my paper. The large special exhibition combines top-class masterpieces from international collections with works that have rarely or not been shown before, at all. It is one of the highlights in Saxony-Anhalt in the jubilee year "100 Years Bauhaus". Until 1933, the collection of the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) was considered one of the leading in Germany in regards of contemporary art - today's classic modernism. The Kunstmuseum was then considered equal to the Collection of modern Art at the Berlin National Gallery in the Crown Prince's Palace "Unter den Linden". With Hitler’s rise to power in 1933, the systematic suppression of contemporary art quickly spread throughout Germany.Sanctions were created to forbid the exhibition and even the creation of any contemporary art not approved by the Nazi Party; such work was labeled, along with the artists who created it, as “degenerate.” The action "Degenerate Art" of the National Socialists in the summer of 1937 put an end to the collection and 147 works were confiscated and "abducted" .Some sold to private persons, mostly abroad. For the period of three and a half months in 2019, nearly 40 of the lost works of art are returned as loans from public and private international collections. Together with more than 300 works of art, which were not not confiscated in 1937,the collection of yesteryear is restored until January 12th in 2020 The Special exhibition of the "visiting works" is curated extraordinarily well. It is a delight to walk the magnificent halls of the Moritzburg. The Regular exhibition of the museum can also be seen - and is worth a wander. A delighful find is the cabinet on the second floor of the northwest tower, with the work of the Halle painter Albert Ebert (1906-1976). The museum shop has a lovely range of books and souvenirs, many of the books are surprisingly affordable. At the Café near the store one can try the tasty cakes of the region.
6. Harzmuseum
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4.0 based on 19 reviews
7. Museum Schiefes Haus
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4.0 based on 43 reviews
8. Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg
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2.5 based on 2 reviews
The Stiftung Christliche Kunst Wittenberg owns a high-calibre collection of original graphic works on religious and existential themes by internationally renowned artists from the 20th century to the present day. They include the likes of Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Käthe Kollwitz, Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Oskar Kokoschka, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg, Georg Baselitz, Werner Tübke, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Keith Haring and Damien Hirst, but also Michael Morgner, Michael Triegel, Edgar Knobloch, Katerina Belkina and Thomas A. Straub. The artists represented in the foundation deal with the existential questions of life, love and death; they draw power and hope from the stories of the Bible. The individual works are characterised by all manner of personal confessions of faith. The exhibited works offer highly expressive descriptions of human values, and thus symbolise a humanism that transcends nations, cultures and religions.
9. Kunsthaus Salzwedel
Das Kunsthaus Salzwedel zeigt in seiner Dauerausstellung "Broken Brushes" deutsche Druckgraphik von 1894 - 1945. Vertreten sind Werke bekannter Künstler des Expressionismus, Impressionismus und der Neuen Sachlichkeit. Im historischen Backsteinbau wird ein abwechslungsreiches Programm aus Sonderausstellungen, Musikkonzerten und kulturellen Events geboten.
