Special exhibition: Kathi Halama and Eva Maria Richter
A creative dialog takes place at the end of 2025: Kathi Halama from Chemnitz presents fashion design, painting and graphics. Her works meet Eva Maria Richter's diverse oeuvre, which ranges from graphics and design to painting, photography and poetry.
A smorgasbord - from Nappl to Swarowski stones
A smorgasbord of objects from Nappl to Swarovski stones: To mark 10 years of Depot Bahnhof N°4, the museum is presenting its collection and showing numerous objects that have never been exhibited publicly before for the first time.
Perla Castrum - Schloss Schwarzenberg08340 Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.
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06.03.26 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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Special exhibition: The most beautiful works by Bernd Steinhardt
The special exhibition at the Aue City Museum showcases wooden art from the Ore Mountains of exceptional quality. Carver Bernd Steinhardt presents unique pieces made from a single piece of wood, including figures based on motifs by Carl Spitzweg.
Stadtmuseum Aue08280 Aue-Bad Schlema
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06.03.26 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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Over 450 years of living paper history
The paper mill is one of the oldest paper mills in Germany that is still in operation today. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Ore Mountains/Krušnohorí mining region, it is an insider tip in the region as an authentic site of paper and cardboard production.
Technisches Museum Papiermühle Niederzwönitz08297 Zwönitz
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06.03.26 10:00 - 16:00 clock
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Exhibit of the quarter: Hosiery knitting loom
Training works from the Schneeberg folk art school from 1953 to 1958: works carved in lime wood demonstrate the precision craftsmanship, creative diversity and traditional training of folk art from the Ore Mountains.
Museum für bergmännische Volkskunst08289 Schneeberg
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06.03.26 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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"makes according to Adam Ries(e)"
Adam Ries, a 16th century arithmetic master, is known for his correct solutions. His legacy survives in the form of the Adam Ries Museum, which enables interactive learning and experience of his methods.
The year in lace and color
The Erzgebirge Museum is showing an exhibition of Prague craftswomen during the Annaberg Lace Making Days. The cooperation illustrates the close links between handicraft traditions on both sides of the Erzgebirge ridge.
Erzgebirgsmuseum mit Silberbergwerk "Im Gößner"09456 Annaberg-Buchholz
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06.03.26 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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Christmas & Toy Museum
In the sparkling collection of Erzgebirge folk art & lovely play ideas, you can experience the touching history and tradition of Erzgebirge miners. A real pyramid turns visitors into their world & shows how they became "Männelmacher"
Burg Scharfenstein09430 Drebach
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06.03.26 10:00 - 16:00 clock
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Hands-on exhibition: Romans & Teutons
The living environment of the Romans and Germanic tribes is staged in a playful way and brought to life, whether houses, clothing or Roman baths. The interactive show allows visitors to slip into different roles and experience everyday life, explore and get to know contrasts.
Burg Scharfenstein09430 Drebach
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06.03.26 10:00 - 16:00 clock
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Castle Museum & Karl Stülpner
The castle museum takes you back 800 years of castle history and into the legendary world of Karl Stülpner. As a gamekeeper, smuggler and survivalist, he was always one step ahead of the nobility. Then as now, he is considered a folk hero of the Ore Mountains.
Burg Scharfenstein09430 Drebach
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06.03.26 10:00 - 16:00 clock
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jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat von 14 - 18 Uhr / sowie nach Vereinbarung
Museum of local history Hormersdorf
Senior citizens are reminded of their childhood - young people can discover earlier times. The Hormersdorf local history museum awaits: Life in the old days, the old kitchen, De gute Stub, De Kammer, the Christmas mountain, toys and school supplies, musical instruments and much more.
Opening day at Depot Bahnhof N°4
The otherwise hidden treasures of the PERLA CASTRUM museum collection - a castle full of history - can be discovered here.
The exhibition section tells the story of Schwarzenberg's railroad station and presents numerous washing machines and ovens.
Depot Bahnhof N°408340 Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.
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07.04.26 11:00 - 18:00 clock
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Sonderführungen über Tage mit spannenden Fakten rund um unser Museum und Besucherbergwerk
Bergwerksführungen um 10, 13 und 15 Uhr
International Museum Day
Open day at the museum: free admission, exciting special guided tours above ground with insights into the museum and visitor mine as well as guided tours of the mine at 10 am, 1 pm and 3 pm. A day full of discoveries awaits visitors.
Bettina Pousttchi: 42 days
Objects from the street scene are twisted and grouped by the artist. This creates sculptures that appear to be exposed to external forces, in resistance. The 42 bollards are reminiscent of groups of people and 42 days of the "Free Republic of Schwarzenberg".
Oberes Tor08340 Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.
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Uli Aigner: One Million - ITEM 3501 / 3502
With her two porcelain vessels - supposedly broken and intact - the artist continues her worldwide life project. Created in Jingdezhen, China, the world capital of porcelain, they are reminiscent of kaolin mining in the Ore Mountains.
Dampfbrauerei Schwartz08294 Lößnitz
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Tony Cragg: Stack
The patinated bronze of the abstract sculpture is reminiscent of weathered rocks, polished wood or volcanic columns of smoke. The layered geometric forms by the renowned artist play with the idea of geological models.
Kurpark Aue-Bad Schlema08280 Aue-Bad Schlema
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Sean Scully: Coin Stack 2
Growing up as the son of a hairdresser, stacks of coins were among the artist's childhood impressions. Situated at the "Miners' Dome", the sculpture commemorates the labor disputes of the Schneeberg miners in 1496/98, which prevented their wages from being reduced by one groschen.
Kirchplatz Kirche St. Wolfgang08289 Schneeberg
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Carl Emanuel Wolff: Wild boars
It is said that wild boars foraging for food once uncovered the first tin ore in Ehrenfriedersdorf. This left its mark on the town - and so the patinated gunmetal bronze by the Dresden sculptor also contains pewter and traces of work, worked in with bare hands.
Sauberg09427 Ehrenfriedersdorf
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Friedrich Kunath: Include me out
The humorous group of spruces with lowered eyelids and pointed noses, to which a tree does not belong, touches on social and societal primal fears. At the same time, the sculpture is reminiscent of the concept of forest sustainability (von Carlowitz, 1713).
Buntsockenpark09380 Thalheim/Erzgeb.
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Leunora Salihu: Bow
Like a shiny silver piece of jewelry consisting of fine links, the approximately two-metre-high arch invites you to walk through and observe the shadows changed by the sun: Movement in the static form as a confrontation with the place.
Areal Stalburc/Hoheneck09366 Stollberg/Erzgeb.
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Purple Path: James Turrell Ganzfeld - Beyond Horizons 2025
James Turrell's "Ganzfeld - Beyond Horizons 2025" opens up a light-flooded space in which color and perception merge. The installation blurs boundaries and creates an intense experience of pure, seemingly boundless light.
Halle 18 des ehemaligen Steinkohlebergwerks in Oelsnitz/Erzgeb09376 Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
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06.03.2610:00 clock
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Exhibition "Life" Christina Reuther
Unter dem Titel „LEBEN“ präsentiert die Stollberger Malerin und Keramikerin Christina Reuther ihre Werke. Neben Bildern und Keramik gibt sie erstmals auch literarische Einblicke und stellt ihr Buch „Du und ich und das Leben“ vor.
Ideenmarkt Stollberg09366 Stollberg/Erzgeb.
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Purple Path: James Turrell Ganzfeld - Beyond Horizons 2025
James Turrell's "Ganzfeld - Beyond Horizons 2025" opens up a light-flooded space in which color and perception merge. The installation blurs boundaries and creates an intense experience of pure, seemingly boundless light.
Halle 18 des ehemaligen Steinkohlebergwerks in Oelsnitz/Erzgeb09376 Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
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06.03.2610:00 clock
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Mara Griem: erased
The photo exhibition by Mara Griem in the project space "Von Erzgebirgsstuben & Mundlöchern" in Thalheim sheds light on the traces of uranium mining in the GDR and invites visitors to reflect anew on the complex connections between history and memory.
Projektraum Thalheim09380 Thalheim/Erzgeb.
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09.03.26 10:00 - 15:00 clock
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Visible diversity. Religions in Saxony
The exhibition Visible Diversity & Religions in Saxony uses eight portraits to show the religious diversity in the Free State. Photos, texts and videos provide insights into the lived faith of various communities - from Jewish to Muslim to Buddhist
Katholische Pfarrei Mariä Geburt08289 Schneeberg
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01.05.26 07:00 - 14:30 clock
Visible diversity. Religions in Saxony
The exhibition Visible Diversity & Religions in Saxony uses eight portraits to show the religious diversity in the Free State. Photos, texts and videos provide insights into the lived faith of various communities - from Jewish to Muslim to Buddhist
Bürgerhaus Aue (Gantenberg Villa)08280 Aue-Bad Schlema
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02.06.26 07:00 - 14:30 clock
No Secret - Pop up exhibition Schacht 371
The temporary exhibition offers access to a previously closed part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří for the first time. The focus is on the history of Wismut, its role in the Cold War&an outlook on future presentation sites at Shaft 371.