Editing Leipzig (section)

===Museums and the arts===
One of the highlights of the city's contemporary arts was the [[Neo Rauch]] retrospective opening in April 2010 at the [[Museum der bildenden Künste|Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts]]. This is a show devoted to the father of the [[New Leipzig School]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/08/magazine/08leipzig.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print |title=The New Leipzig School |last=Lubow |first=Arthur |work=The New York Times |date=8 January 2006 |access-date=5 April 2010}}</ref> of artists. According to ''The New York Times'',<ref name="The New York Times-2010">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th |title=The 31 Places to Go in 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=10 January 2010 |access-date=22 February 2017 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522103152/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html?pagewanted=1&th&emc=th |url-status=live }}</ref> this scene "has been the toast of the contemporary art world" for the past decade. In addition, there are eleven galleries in the so-called [[Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei|Spinnerei]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinnerei.de/ |title=Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei – From Cotton to Culture |access-date=21 September 2019 |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629211356/https://www.spinnerei.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Grassi Museum]] complex contains three more of Leipzig's major collections:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grassimuseum.de/grassi_en.html |title=Museen at Grassi |language=de |publisher=grassimuseum.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510230345/http://www.grassimuseum.de/grassi_en.html |archive-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> the [[Leipzig Museum of Ethnography|Ethnography Museum]], [[Leipzig Museum of Applied Arts|Applied Arts Museum]] and [[Museum of Musical Instruments of the University of Leipzig|Musical Instrument Museum]] (the last of which is run by the University of Leipzig). The university also runs the [[Museum of Antiquities of the University of Leipzig|Museum of Antiquities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uni-leipzig.de/antik/index.php?id=9 |title=Institut für Klassische Archäologie und Antikenmuseum |date=26 June 2023 |language=de |access-date=18 October 2010 |archive-date=14 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214023742/http://www.uni-leipzig.de/antik/index.php?id=9 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Founded in March 2015, the [[G2 Kunsthalle]] houses the Hildebrand Collection.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bmw-art-guide.com/idx/collections/g2-kunsthalle |title=G2 Kunsthalle |website=www.bmw-art-guide.com |access-date=16 March 2016 |archive-date=20 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420145114/https://bmw-art-guide.com/idx/collections/g2-kunsthalle |url-status=live }}</ref> This private collection focuses on the so-called [[New Leipzig School]]. Leipzig's first private museum dedicated to contemporary art in Leipzig after the turn of the millennium is located in the city centre close to the famous [[St. Thomas Church, Leipzig|St. Thomas Church]] on the third floor of the former GDR processing centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://g2-leipzig.de/en/ |title=G2 Leipzig |website=g2-leipzig.de |access-date=16 March 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304063344/http://g2-leipzig.de/en/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also dedicated to the contemporary art is the [[Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.e-flux.com/directory/72550/galerie-fr-zeitgenssische-kunst-leipzig-gfzk/ |title=Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig in the e-flux Directory |access-date=27 February 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226201027/https://www.e-flux.com/directory/72550/galerie-fr-zeitgenssische-kunst-leipzig-gfzk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other museums in Leipzig include the following:
*The [[German Museum of Books and Writing]] is the world's oldest museum of its kind, founded in 1884.
*The [[Bach Museum Leipzig|Bach Museum]] at the [[St. Thomas Church Square]].
*The Egyptian Museum of the University of Leipzig located in the [[Kroch High-rise]] comprises a collection of about 7,000 artefacts from several millennia.
*The [[Friedrich Schiller|Schillerhaus]] is the house where Schiller lived in summer 1785.
*The [[Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig]] (Forum of Contemporary History) shows the history of the German division and the everyday life in the socialist German Democratic Republic.
*[[Naturkundemuseum Leipzig]] is the city's natural history museum.
*The [[Leipzig Panometer]] is a visual panorama displayed inside a former gasometer, accompanied by a thematic exhibition.
*The "Museum in der Runden Ecke" is the best known museum in the city. It deals with the operation of the [[Stasi]] State Security of former East Germany.
*[[Johann Sebastian Bach]] lived from 1723 until his death in Leipzig. The [[Bach Archive]] is an institution for the documentation and research of his life and work.
*[[Mendelssohn House, Leipzig|Mendelssohn House]], home of Felix Mendelssohn from 1845 until his death in 1847.
*[[Schumann House, Leipzig|Schumann House]], home of Robert and Clara Schumann from 1840 to 1844.
* The [[Saxon Psychiatric Museum]] is a small museum dealing with the history of lunatic asylums and psychiatry.

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File:DNB2012.JPG|German Museum of Books and Writing
File:Ägyptisches Museum Leipzig 099.jpg|Exhibits of the Egyptian Museum
File:Leipzig-Grassi-Museen.jpg|Grassi Museum
File:LE-Connewitz Gasometer I Arena-02.jpg|Inside Gasometer, next to the Panometer
File:Runde Ecke Leipzig.jpg|Museum in der Runden Ecke
File:Museum der bildenden Künste.JPG|Museum of Fine Arts
File:Baumwollspinnerei.jpg|Baumwollspinnerei
File:Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst.jpg|Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst
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