History & political education

The Leipzig Packs

Der Workshop beginnt mit dem Film „Kein Bock auf HJ“ (30 min). Anschließend erschließen sich die Teilnehmer:innen mithilfe von Arbeitsbögen selbstständig verschiedene Gerichtsurteile, Zeitzeugeninterviews und …

Jewish School Stories

The starting point of the workshop is the exhibition on the „Carlebach School“ with worksheets and interviews with contemporary witnesses. In this way, the participants gain an insight into the ...

BREAKS – school in Saxony since 1989/90

Nach einem kurzen Rückblick in das Schulsystem der DDR erforschen die Teilnehmer:innen anhand der Ausstellung die Umbrüche, die die sächsische Schule seit 1989/90 beschäftigten. Dabei …

Exhibitions 1212-1933 and 1933-1989

The exhibitions are dedicated to Leipzig's remarkable school and educational history. Instead of a complete and chronological presentation, the focus is on the time periods 1212 to 1933 and ...

Historical lesson "Local history 1985 - GDR lesson"

Dieses Angebot ist deutschlandweit ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal des Leipziger Schulmuseums. Nach einer Kurzdarstellung des DDR-Schulsystems anhand von originalen Objekten und anderen Quellen erleben die Teilnehmerinnen und …

Children in Uniform

The workshop begins with a look at the two youth organisations, with the pupils using worksheets to gather information from the „Children in Uniform“ exhibition. Afterwards, the ...

Against the current – school in the resistance

Für diesen Workshop werden Archivquellen und gefilmte Zeitzeugeninterviews von widerständigen Schüler:innen und Lehrkräften in beiden deutschen Diktaturen verwendet. Die Arbeit in Gruppen ermöglicht es den …

Selbst gestaltete Buntpapiere werden zum Trocknen ausgelegt

Creative courses

Various courses on printing, writing and paper invite you to try out new things. Image ideas can be realised as etchings or linocuts, we design our own paste paper and in the creative paper workshop we create origami boxes, booklets or fanfolds. We use natural materials, letter stamps and much more to create colourful letterpress images. The full programme can be found on our website. / More information on our website: https://www.druckkunst-museum.de/de/vermittlungsangebote.html

Ein Kind beim Setzen mit beweglichen Lettern.

How come the characters in the book?

On a tour of the museum, the educational staff give the children a lively introduction to the fascination of historical printing technology and craftsmanship. They learn why the invention of printing was so world-shattering and how books were produced over 500 years ago. In the type foundry, the preschoolers experience the manual and mechanical production of lead type before they see how texts are set and printed from the moulded letters. Using easy-to-operate hand presses, the children print their own postcards, which are a great souvenir of the museum visit and can be personalised during a later craft session in the kindergarten. After the guided tour, the ...

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