Commented feedings in Penguinland
Experience how the penguins are fed and learn exciting facts about their way of life, husbandry and peculiarities - explained in an entertaining and informative way by the zookeepers.
Amerika-Tierpark09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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23.07.2510:00 clock15:00 clock
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Commented feedings with the coatis
Exciting insights into the behavior of the curious coatis: During the commented feedings, there are interesting facts to discover about the animals' way of life, origin and special features.
Amerika-Tierpark09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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23.07.25 16:30 - 16:40 clock
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Guided tour of the visitor mine
Even though everything can be visited on foot, a tour is called a tour in miner's language. After a 30-metre-long cave tour, you are immersed in a world of stones, shimmering mountain lakes & fairytale-like, huge halls - the domes.
Mindestteilnehmerzahl 6 Personen!
Bitte Termin mindestens 1 Tag vorab per E-Mail anfragen & reservieren.
E-Mail: kontakt@salbenmanufaktur.de
Tel.: +493719094686
Guided tour of the ointment factory
Experience how natural cosmetics are made: A guided tour of the small ointment factory shows how ointments and soaps are lovingly made from fragrant herbs and fine oils - full of aromas, craftsmanship and natural inspiration.
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Beti Lue. Salbenmanufaktur09113 Chemnitz
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Eintritt: Kostenfrei
Anmeldungen: bitte mindestens eine Woche im Voraus unter kunstbus@stadt-chemnitz.de
Summer holiday program: Holiday greetings with a blueprint
During the summer vacations, children and families can discover exciting works from the "Collection Stories" exhibition on an entertaining tour. Afterwards, everyone creates an artistic postcard as a vacation greeting using the historical photographic technique of cyanotype.
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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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24.07.25 09:00 - 11:00 clock 11:15 - 13:15 clock
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Kosten: 2,00 € pro Person, Begleitperson frei (max. 2 Personen pro Kind), bei separaten Besuch der Ausstellungen ist eine Tageskarte zu erwerben
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geeignet für Kinder ab 6 Jahren in Begleitung eines Erwachsenen
Welcome to the SinnReich
A special experience in the middle of Chemnitz: in complete darkness, everyday situations can be experienced in a new way for visitors of all ages. The guided tour relies on the sense of touch, hearing and smell - sight is excluded, amazement guaranteed.
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SinnReich - Erlebnisräume im Dunkeln09111 Chemnitz
25.07.25 09:30 - 18:00 clock
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Eintritt: Kinder 5 € / Erwachsene 7 €
City park tour
The tour offers an exciting insight into the origins and history of the park and the zoo, sheds light on aspects of garden history and current developments, focusing on the most important design elements.
Amerika-Tierpark09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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26.07.2510:00 clock
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Guided tour of the oldest building in the city
The town's oldest landmark, the Red Tower from the 12th century, opens its doors to visitors on selected weekends from 12:00-14:00. Tickets are available in cash on site or at the tourist information office.
Roter Turm09111 Chemnitz
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26.07.25 12:00 - 14:00 clock
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A small round of herbology
With tour guide Carmen Petrus, children discover the world of herbs, try tasty treats from the castle garden and prepare a small spicy dish. At the end, there is a mini seed pot to take home as a souvenir.
Animal feeding and guided tour of the animal husbandry in the Botanical Garden
In the botanical garden, the animal feeding and guided tour offers exciting insights into the animals living there, their husbandry conditions and special characteristics - an informative tour full of animal diversity.
Botanischer Garten Chemnitz09114 Chemnitz
30.07.2515:00 clock
Teilnahme kostenfrei, um eine Spende wird gebeten.
Eine Anmeldung ist unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de erforderlich.
Your blind date with Chemnitz
Whether industrial culture or architecture, curiosities or facts: not all the stories about Chemnitz have been told yet. On the surprise tour "Your blind date with Chemnitz", guests only find out where they are going when the tour starts.
Eine Anmeldung ist unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de erforderlich.
Benedictine evening tour
The founding of the monastery in 1136 not only marks the beginning of the history of today's Schloßchemnitz district, but also that of Chemnitz. The monk invites you on an evening walk to the former monastery/castle grounds, Miramar & castle district.
Eine Anmeldung ist unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de erforderlich.
City Tour
There is hardly any other place where the eventful history of the city can be traced as well as in the city center, where the heart of Chemnitz beats today. This guided tour gives you an overview of the city center and its sights.
Eine Anmeldung ist unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de erforderlich.
City tour: the classic
The tour provides an overview of the city's eventful history and leads from the city center to Theaterplatz, Villa Esche, Kaßberg and Schloßberg to historic industrial monuments in new uses.
Anmeldung unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de erforderlich.
Town hall and tower tour
A newer section was added to the historic Old Town Hall in 1911. The treasures in the double town hall, such as the paintings by Max Klinger and Neo Rauch, are on display, as is the High Tower, which offers a special view over the city.
Eine Anmeldung unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de ist erforderlich.
From the city center to Kaßberg
From the city center, the tour goes to Kaßberg, one of the largest Wilhelminian and Art Nouveau districts in Europe. Stops include Jugendherberge eins, the Pfortensteg, the courthouse, the Imperial Head Post Office, the Marianne Brandt House and the Majolica Houses.
Eine Anmeldung ist unter Telefon 0371 690680 oder per Email info@chemnitz-tourismus.de erforderlich.
Evening tour night watchman
You can discover Chemnitz city center in a whole new light late at night and listen to the exciting stories of the Chemnitz night watchman.
Treffpunkt: Esche-Museum
City tour: In the footsteps of Johann Esche and Helena Dorothea von Schönberg
A journey through history takes you from a farming village to an industrial city. Discover how a lady of the manor promoted the economy, what a hosiery guild is and how Chemnitz became the center of the textile industry. Exciting and instructive
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Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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02.08.25 10:00 - 11:00 clock
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Kosten: 4 € pro Person
City walk: New street furniture, landmarks & asphalt art
A city walk along the creative axis shows new street furniture, asphalt art and artistic interventions that visibly enhance the public space in Sonnenberg, Brühl and on the Street of Nations and invite people to exchange ideas.
Disappeared buildings - virtual city tour
The virtual city tour takes you "back to the future". With the Chemnitz.ZeitWeise app, lost buildings from Chemnitz and Karl-Marx-Stadt are brought back to life using augmented reality, 3D models and eyewitness accounts.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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07.08.2518:00 clock
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Teilnahme kostenfrei
Anmeldungen: bitte mindestens eine Woche im Voraus unter kunstbus@stadt-chemnitz.de
Summer holiday program: Watercolor and Naturell - the early Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Children discover how Karl Schmidt-Rottluff painted as a young artist on a tour of his parents' house during the vacation program. Inspired by nature and their surroundings, they then create their own landscape paintings using watercolors and a lot of imagination.
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus09116 Chemnitz
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23.07.2509:00 clock
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Kosten: 2,00 € pro Person, Begleitperson frei (max. 2 Personen pro Kind)
Anmeldung per E-Mail (info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de) oder Telefon (0371 488 4424).
Curator's tour European Realities
Guided tour of the exhibition European Realities - Realism Movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe at Museum Gunzenhauser. The tour sheds light on artistic perspectives on poverty, upswing, city life, emancipation and diversity.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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23.07.2518:30 clock
Anmeldungen: bitte mindestens eine Woche im Voraus unter: kunstbus@stadt-chemnitz.de
Für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
Summer holiday program at the Schloßbergmuseum
Why was Chemnitz once called Karl-Marx-Stadt? In the vacation program, children and families discover the exhibition "The New City", learn about life back then and then design their own imaginative future cities full of ideas and visions.
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Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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24.07.25 09:00 - 11:00 clock 11:15 - 13:15 clock
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Kosten: 2,00 € pro Person, Begleitperson frei (max. 2 Personen pro Kind), bei separaten Besuch der Ausstellungen ist eine Tageskarte zu erwerben
Highlights of archaeology in Saxony
Insights into Saxony's cultural history: from hunters and gatherers to farming cultures and industrialization, objects tell fascinating stories. A guided tour makes you curious to find out more.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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24.07.2517:00 clock
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Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Public guided tour: Highlights in the art collections on Theaterplatz
During the public guided tours, you can get to know the current exhibitions in the art collections on Theaterplatz and highlights from the collection under professional guidance.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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26.07.2516:00 clock
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Anmeldung per E-Mail (info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de) oder Telefon (0371 488 4424)
Public guided tour: European Realities
The Gunzenhauser Museum invites you to a guided tour of the European Realities exhibition. The tour offers exciting insights into the realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s - between social change, cultural prosperity and technical modernity.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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26.07.2514:30 clock
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Anmeldung per E-Mail (info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de) oder Telefon (0371 488 4424).
Treffpunkt: Kasse des Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus, Limbacher Straße 382
Public guided tour: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House
The newly opened museum presents the work of the Chemnitz-born artist and co-founder of the "Brücke". Two unique collections, prints and loans make it a new hotspot for expressionism.
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus09116 Chemnitz
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27.07.25 14:00 - 14:44 clock 14:45 - 15:30 clock 15:30 - 16:15 clock
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Public guided tour: Highlights in the Schloßbergmuseum
Public guided tour through the permanent exhibition of the Schloßberg Museum: The exhibition tells the history of Chemnitz from the 12th to the 20th century and impresses with numerous models of the architectural development of the monastery and town.
Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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27.07.2514:30 clock
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Treffpunkt: Kasse der Kunststammlungen am Theaterplatz
Anmeldung per E-Mail: info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de
Public guided tour : Galerie Oben and Clara Mosch
The special presentation shows works by Michael Morgner and uses original documents, photos and letters to shed light on the history of both galleries. Changing presentations and artist talks bring the period between 1973 and 1990 back to life.
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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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27.07.2515:00 clock
Guided tours in easy language - Archaeology in Saxony
The museum offers guided tours in plain language. These are specially designed for people who want simple and understandable information. Dates and topics are tailored to the needs of visitors.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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27.07.2510:30 clock
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Museumseintritt, Führung ist kostenlos
Anmeldung per E-Mail (info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de) oder Telefon (0371 488 4424).
Curator's tour European Realities
Guided tour of the exhibition European Realities - Realism Movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe at Museum Gunzenhauser. The tour sheds light on artistic perspectives on poverty, upswing, city life, emancipation and diversity.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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23.07.2518:30 clock
Anmeldungen: bitte mindestens eine Woche im Voraus unter: kunstbus@stadt-chemnitz.de
Für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
Summer holiday program at the Schloßbergmuseum
Why was Chemnitz once called Karl-Marx-Stadt? In the vacation program, children and families discover the exhibition "The New City", learn about life back then and then design their own imaginative future cities full of ideas and visions.
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Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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24.07.25 09:00 - 11:00 clock 11:15 - 13:15 clock
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Kosten: 2,00 € pro Person, Begleitperson frei (max. 2 Personen pro Kind), bei separaten Besuch der Ausstellungen ist eine Tageskarte zu erwerben
Highlights of archaeology in Saxony
Insights into Saxony's cultural history: from hunters and gatherers to farming cultures and industrialization, objects tell fascinating stories. A guided tour makes you curious to find out more.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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24.07.2517:00 clock
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Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Public guided tour: Highlights in the art collections on Theaterplatz
During the public guided tours, you can get to know the current exhibitions in the art collections on Theaterplatz and highlights from the collection under professional guidance.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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26.07.2516:00 clock
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Anmeldung per E-Mail (info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de) oder Telefon (0371 488 4424)
Public guided tour: European Realities
The Gunzenhauser Museum invites you to a guided tour of the European Realities exhibition. The tour offers exciting insights into the realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s - between social change, cultural prosperity and technical modernity.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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26.07.2514:30 clock
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Anmeldung per E-Mail (info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de) oder Telefon (0371 488 4424).
Treffpunkt: Kasse des Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus, Limbacher Straße 382
Public guided tour: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House
The newly opened museum presents the work of the Chemnitz-born artist and co-founder of the "Brücke". Two unique collections, prints and loans make it a new hotspot for expressionism.
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus09116 Chemnitz
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27.07.25 14:00 - 14:44 clock 14:45 - 15:30 clock 15:30 - 16:15 clock
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Public guided tour: Highlights in the Schloßbergmuseum
Public guided tour through the permanent exhibition of the Schloßberg Museum: The exhibition tells the history of Chemnitz from the 12th to the 20th century and impresses with numerous models of the architectural development of the monastery and town.
Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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27.07.2514:30 clock
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Treffpunkt: Kasse der Kunststammlungen am Theaterplatz
Anmeldung per E-Mail: info.kunstsammlungen@stadt-chemnitz.de
Public guided tour : Galerie Oben and Clara Mosch
The special presentation shows works by Michael Morgner and uses original documents, photos and letters to shed light on the history of both galleries. Changing presentations and artist talks bring the period between 1973 and 1990 back to life.
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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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27.07.2515:00 clock
Für Kinder ab 7 Jahren
Ansprechpartner: Anne Förster (nur unter Voranmeldung: 0371 / 488-4555 oder foerster@naturkunde-chemnitz.de).
First the egg, then the shark?
330 million years ago, rivers with freshwater sharks crossed the area that is now Chemnitz. Fossil teeth prove their existence. Sharks have existed for over 400 million years, some lay eggs - their shells provide exciting insights into past times.
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Museum für Naturkunde09111 Chemnitz
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29.07.25 10:00 - 11:30 clock
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Materialkosten: 1 € pro Teilnehmer
Anmeldung bitte per E-Mail an veranstaltungen@gedenkort-kaßberg.de
Public guided tour
The new learning center for democracy and the newly created permanent exhibition invite visitors to learn more about the history of this place and the lives of the people who lived there.
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Lern- und Gedenkort Kaßberg-Gefängnis09112 Chemnitz
30.07.2514:00 clock
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8 € pro Person inkl. Eintritt