Bauhaus University Van de Velde Buildings
Hauptgebäude & Van-de-Velde-Bau, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
The site where Gropius founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The main building and arts and crafts school designed by Henry van de Velde are part of a World Heritage Site.
These two Art Nouveau buildings were designed by Henry van de Velde between 1904 and 1911. In 1919 Walter Gropius founded the State Bauhaus School here. Today they house the Bauhaus University, and together with the Haus am Horn they form part of the World Heritage Site 'Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau'. Highlights include the spiral staircase in the main building and the reconstructed murals by Oskar Schlemmer. The exterior can be viewed freely. Access to the interior requires joining a student-led tour (about €8, departing from the university information centre). The graduation exhibition 'summaery' in July is open to the public.
Opening hours
Exterior open all day; tours mostly on weekends, see university website
Nearby sights
- Liszt House Weimar
- Goethe's House Weimar
- Historic Cemetery & Princely Crypt
- Schiller's House Weimar
- Market Square Weimar
- Wittumspalais
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library
- House of the Weimar Republic