September 29, 2023: Guided tour in Polish and English
One room – many languages The Sorbian museum is a place of encounter for people from the region and from all over the world with their different languages. For international guests the museum offers two guided tours in Polish and English, which will give an overview of sorbian culture and history. If you want to […]
Changed opening times
Dear guests and visitors, on Saturday, 22nd of July, the Sorbian museum is open from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. for operational reasons. Further the Sorbian museum will be open for your visits from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on these following days, because of the open-air theatre (»27. Bautzener Theatersommer«): Saturday, 22 July 2023 […]
Easter program
An Easter program with dance and music will be shown on Saturday, 8th April, at 15 o´clock. The Sorbian folk dance Group Schmerlitz are going to present traditional dances to show visitors the beauty of sorbian folklore.
Demonstration workshop
Starting on Good Friday until Easter Monday, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., folk artists are going to demonstrate the four different ways of decorating sorbian Easter eggs. Apart from watching sorbian Easter eggs being decorated, visitors can also purchase those.
New Year greetings from the Sorbian museum
The Sorbian museum wishes all his visitors and friends a happy and prosperous New Year 2023. We want to thank everybody for their visit as well as their loyalty and kind support during the last year. For 2023 the Sorbian museum plans a variety of different events and workshops and new special exhibitions. So come […]
04 Sept 2022 Saying goodbye to our exhibition “Party in the 21st century”
It is your last chance to visit our special exhibition, where traditional Slovakian headdresses have been presented by combining photography, body painting, art and tradition. “Parta” is the name for it. Slovakian women used to wear it in the old days. Come and join our last party to celebrate the closing event of our special […]
11 Sept 2022 Heritage open day!
Salt House – Law court – Sorbian museum The slogan for the day of open monument is “KulturSpur. Ein Fall für den Denkmalschutz” (english cultural marks. A case for the protection of ancient monuments) this year. Entry free at the Sorbian museum! Come and find out about the history of the museum building! It was […]
The Sorbian museum is closed off 15th of November 2021
The Sorbian museum is closed indefinitely off 15th of November 2021. Our team support the health office because of the precarious situation concerning Corona. In urgent cases, you can reach us by telephone 03591 270 870 0 or email sekretariat@sorbisches-museum.de. Take care and hopefully see you soon! All the best wishes, yours team of the […]
Museum tour via QR code
Now the audio tour for adults and also the animated children’s tour can be used freely using QR codes and a private mobile device. A link to the museum page opens by scanning or photographing the codes and the respective stations are explained. The audio guide is available in the following seven languages: German, English, […]
Tour at the museum
Figures of girls from the four Sorbian costume areas pose in front of the house model of the Sorbian Museum. Gotthard Steglich from Steina designed these wooden figures based on the model of the flower girls from the Ore Mountains. In the near future the friends want to take a look at different things in […]
The Sorbian museum is sponsored by the foundation for the Sorbian people (Stiftung für das sorbische Volk), which annually grant benefits because of tax money based on the financial household decided by deputies of the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state parliament of Brandenburg (Landtag Brandenburg) and the state parliament of Saxony (Landtag Sachsen). The museum is also supported by the administrative district Bautzen (Landkreis Bautzen) and the cultural area Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia (Kulturraum Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien). The Sorbian museum is an institution of the administrative district Bautzen.