Events

AG Robot Revolution

for children and teenagers aged 8 to 14

In this working group, we combine technical know-how with creativity.

Picnic Concert with the Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra

Steam-driven industry meets natural idyll meets a rich musical experience.

The Robert Schumann Philharmonic Orchestra, joined by members of the opera chorus, warmly invites visitors to a picnic concert.

Guided Tour at ligenium GmbH Chemnitz

Experience Industrial Culture

How can wood revolutionize industrial processes? And what happens when technical expertise meets one of the world’s oldest materials?

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

Guided Tour at Siemens AG Chemnitz

Experience Industrial Culture – Guided Tour in German

Siemens AG Chemnitz opens its doors to external visitors.

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Cycling Tour

Tracing the Path of Transformation

Cycling Tour

Tracing the Path of Transformation

Experience Saxon industrial culture from three centuries

Public tour of the permanent exhibition

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

Nazi Forced Labour and the Wartime Economy, 1939–1945

The Deployment of Foreign Forced Labour in the German Reich and Saxony

Between twelve and fourteen million people were forced to work under the National Socialist regime, forming the backbone of Germany's wartime economy by 1944. Despite its scale, this crime only entered wider public awareness decades later.

View of the Textile Street at the Chemnitz Museum of Industry, foreground: circular knitting machine
Free places available. Read all details

Experience Saxon industrial culture from three centuries

Public tour of the permanent exhibition

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

View of the Textile Street at the Chemnitz Museum of Industry, foreground: circular knitting machine
Free places available. Read all details

Experience Saxon industrial culture from three centuries

Public tour of the permanent exhibition

Depot guided tour

Collecting and preserving contemporary historical evidence from various areas of life is one of the core tasks of museums.

Free places available. Read all details

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

The Fascination of Steam-powered Machines

Public demonstrations of the 1896 steam engine

View of the Textile Street at the Chemnitz Museum of Industry, foreground: circular knitting machine
Free places available. Read all details

Experience Saxon industrial culture from three centuries

Public tour of the permanent exhibition