Collections

Explore our collection by theme, topic, century, and institution.

Themes

Explore historical and contemporary fashion and how it influences our clothing, footwear, accessories and style. Discover sketches, designs and garments as well as catwalk photographs, catalogues and videos.

Industrial Heritage

Explore the history of technology and industry, from the industrial revolution to stories of industrialists, economists and ordinary working lives.

Manuscripts

Explore hand-crafted written materials from papyrus to paper. Discover texts, illuminations and the people behind them from antiquity to the early print era.

Maps and Geography

Explore the physical and human features of the Earth. Discover maps and map-makers, landscapes and the people who have explored them.

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Topics

Features

Women's history

Discover notable women and their work throughout history

Disability heritage

Explore disability stories, narratives and heritage from Europe and beyond

Making Culture

Heritage showing how artisans and crafters have shaped and remade culture through the ages

Colouring books

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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Centuries

Latest galleries

Visby domkyrka (Sankta Maria kyrka) gravar

Architecture in Chemnitz

Chemnitz is the third largest city in German state of Saxony, with a rich architectural heritage - from Baroque to Art Nouveau to industrial, modernist and Brutalist buildings.