A special family event in the Sorbian Museum!
How did you live in the Middle Ages? What did you wear in those old days? Was the food tasty in the medieval times? How do you make a fire? Come and join our event „The Sorbian Museum brings (en)light(ment) into the darkness of the history” on Sunday, the 20th of January 2019 from 1.00 […]
Coffee at tree o´clock
Slavic tracks in the Wendland and the land of Obotrites Werner Meschkank of the Wendish Museum from Cottbus will take us on a journey into the history of the old Wends (“Elbslawen”). He will talk about their life in the old days and the faith of these old Slavic tribes during the middle ages. This […]
“Mysterious ancestors. The life of the Lusizer and Milzener” 4.11.2018 – 3.3.2019
The opening of our special exhibition “Mysterious ancestors. The life of the Lusizer and Milzener” took place on Sunday, the 4th of November 2018. Many visitors came and could enjoy the opening in in line with lots of attractive offers like music or seeing presentations of arts and crafts within the exhibition. We hope that […]
We are looking for a scientific volunteer!
Application deadline: 14 December 2018 We offer you: Work starts at 1st of January 2019 The job is limited to 2 years. Full time (40 hrs per week) Working place: Bautzen Key areas of responsibility: Inventory of its collection, collection management systems, conservation, languages (German, Sorbian, English) For further information: http://www.landkreis-bautzen.de/82.html
Holiday programmes, events and activities
The kingdom of legends We will go and see our special exhibition. Come and join us! We will find out more about the “Błudnički” and the little “Lutk” – Legends from the Lusatia. Who were these myterious creatures? We also want to go through a maze. Maybe the treasure of the “Lutki” is hidden there? […]
Let’s have a cup of tea
6 September 2018 3 pm “Women in pictures – a small choice of portraits from the Sorbian museum’s art collection” The art collection of the Sorbian Museum includes 6.900 exhibits at the moment. Some women portraits will be picked out from this huge collection and will be shown in the course of the presentation. speaker: […]
New scientific volunteer and new trainee
My name is Rebecca Wöppel, originally I come from here and passed my A-Levels at the Sorbian Highschool of Bautzen. After school I went to Heidelberg to study History there. Now I came back and just began to work as a volunteer in the Sorbian Museum. I am very happy to be here again. My […]
Travelling exhibition “Wendish churches between Löbau and Lieberose” from 5th of August
Travelling exhibition “Wendish churches between Löbau and Lieberose” in Guben Wendish churches refer to Slavic natives in Saxony and Brandenburg. With the Reformation the Sorbian / Wends received the possibility to hold church services in their mother tongue. In the tows they got their own churches, often branch churches of German city churches. In some […]
Exhibition “In the heath. Sorbian hangs in the balance” in Lüchow
10.08.2018 – 14.10.2018 The exhibition examines the Sorbian roots in the Lusatian heath region between Senftenberg, Hoyerswerda, Spremberg, Weißwasser, Bad Muskau and Niesky. It deals also with the identity and value change as a result of the industrialisation and with the assimilation of the sorbian people. The unique costumes and customs of the Sorbians in […]
Folkartists decorate eggs in the Sorbian Museum
From Saturday, March the 3rd until Sunday March the 25 th folk artist display the art of decorating eggs in the Sorbian Museums each Saturday and Siunday from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the different techniques. Furthermore we offer the possibility to try it out yourself in a workshop. The participation fee is 4,50 […]