Events

Do you remember how the Long Night of Museums had to be canceled at short notice two years ago due to the emerging corona pandemic? And also could not take place last year either? Now we are really looking forward to May 21, 2022 when we will be able to take cultured night owls on a nightly walk through the Weissenhofsiedlung again. Visitors get to know the settlement in a completely different way: in night-time lighting and with original quotes from 1927, the year it was built. Among others, the participating architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Mart Stam and Le Corbusier will have their say. The O-Tone night tours will take place every 45 minutes from 6:30 p.m.

Unfortunately, it won’t be possible to visit the interior of the Weissenhof Museum, instead we offer cold drinks, pretzels and – of course – exciting insights into Stuttgart’s modernity.

Participation will only be possible with a valid ticket for the Long Night of Museums. For more information please visit www.lange-nacht.de

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Next Monday, April 11th, 2022 at 5 p.m. we will present the Weissenhofmuseum im Hau Le Corbusier at an online event of the Museumspass-Musée. Museum employees, neighbors and members of the association Friends of the Weissenhofsiedlung will present the house, its special features and also some of the tasks of the museum.

The Weissenhof Museum has been a member of the museum pass since 2011, which is valid in 345 museums in France, Switzerland and Germany.

The online live event is aimed at holders of a museum pass. So if you are the proud owner of a museum pass, you can register for the event using the following link.

Maybe we see us?
https://www.museumspass.com/de/exklusive/online-event-begegnungen-mit-le-corbusier-stuttgart

Maison Guiette, Antwerp, ©FLC

Le Corbusier in Belgium. A lecture in English by Marc Dubois as part of the French Weeks Stuttgart 2022

The lecture is about the five projects that Le Corbusier designed in Belgium, three of that were realised. A year before the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart, the Guiette House was built in Antwerp in 1926. In 1935 Le Corbusier designed and realized the “Pavillon du Jeune Homme” in Brussels together with Charlotte Perriand. Another important project by Le Corbusier after 1945 was the Philips Pavilion, built for the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair.
The second part of the lecture shows the influence of Le Corbusier on the works of the Belgian architects Gaston Eysselinck (1907-1953) and Leon Stijnen (1899-1990).

Marc Dubois is a Belgian architect and author of numerous texts and publications. He has been President of DOCOMOMO Belgium since 2015.

Friday, March 25th, 2022, 7 p.m.
Weissenhofwerkstatt in the House Mies van der Rohe
Am Weissenhof 20, 70191 Stuttgart
The number of participants is limited, please register at kraemer@weissenhofmuseum.de

Following the lecture via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86127520188?pwd=a0lFdUVsSXRyRDQ0cU5PdnhDSFNXUT09

Meeting-ID: 861 2752 0188, Kenncode: 690948

The corona rules at the time of the event apply.

Exhibition in the Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House

October 16th – December 19th, 2021  EXTENDED UNTIL JANUARY 9th, 2022

Opening hours:
Sat, 2021-12-25 (First day of Christmas): 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Sun, 2021-12-26 (Second day of Christmas): 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat, 2022-01-01 (New Year’s Day): closed
Sun, 2022-01-02: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Thu, 2022-01-06 (Epiphany): 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Sat, 2022-01-08: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Sun, 2022-01-09: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Visit the exhibition: 2G plus-rule (vaccinated/recovered plus certified rapid test) Excluded: people with a booster vaccination or vaccinated/recovered people who received a second vaccination/infection less than 3 months ago).
The evidence must be submitted digitally and in connection with an official document.
You can check in on site using the Luca App / Corona Warn App, alternatively contact tracking forms are available

To answer these questions, this exhibition looks directly to a group of four individuals who were as children inhabitants of iconic Modernist homes and housing. Linking the spaces of Modern domesticity with the recollections of those who lived there provides a refreshing perspective on icons of Modernism in architecture.

Accompanying program:

© Jamrozik/Kempster, VG Bildkunst, Bonn

Thursday, November 18th, 2021, 7 p.m.:
Digital lecture as part of our special exhibition: “Kinder der Moderne – Growing up Modern”

Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster, the curators of the current exhibition at the Weissenhofwerkstatt, will discuss the oral history research project which documents the memories of children who were the first inhabitants of some of the most iconic Modernist buildings: the J.J.P. Oud row house at the Weissenhofsiedlung, the Mies van der Rohe Tugendhat House, the Schminke House by Hans Scharoun and Le Corbusier’s Unité d’Habitation in Marseille. Sharing their contemporary photographs as well as fragments of recollections from former inhabitants, the lecture expands on the materials displayed in the exhibition and provides intimate narratives of Modernism in architecture.

Greetings and introduction: Anja Krämer, head of the Weissenhofmuseum
The lecture will be held in English and last 45 minutes. After that there is still time for questions.

Zoom-Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85385776469?pwd=aGhrYXY2MGZxWEtONmVKMXBHcUVnZz09

                
Fritz Seitz in his library, 2014                                                      Sheet from the teaching on the subject of color
© Willi Baumeister Stiftung

Exhibition in the Weissenhofwerkstatt in the Mies van der Rohe House

Mai 1st to August 1st, 2021
Sat, Sun and Public Holidays 12 p.m.  – 5 p.m.

© Fernando Iannone / The Baukunst Dynamites

The artist Fritz Seitz (1926 – 2017) left us with his art, teaching and his writings a body of work that can only be seen in its entirety and interconnectedness since his passing.
Prof. Esther Hagenlocher (University of Oregon) knew Fritz Seitz in person and worked intensively on his oeuvre.
As part of our special exhibition “Fritz Seitz – Color Connections” in the Weissenhofwerkstatt, we hear at
Friday, July 2, 2021, 7 p.m.:

About preserving Fritz Seitz’ legacy by Prof. Esther Hagenlocher

A journey by Esther Hagenlocher from Stuttgart to Nusse to the “Alte Apotheke,” the former home of the artist Fritz Seitz – and back. The goal was to preserve, link it to figures, and make it accessible to a broader audience.
Fritz Seitz was a stately figure with flashing intellect, and the house was a quiet place. Yet, it came alive with the insights granted into his thoughts and the enormous subtlety of his work. Gradually, the fascinating interconnections within the house across the four floors became apparent.
The lecture will show how these connections were present in the life and work of Fritz Seitz and how these relationships require equal attention to his fine art and commercial practice. His way of thinking is neither conceptually nor stylistically driven; rather, his body of work prioritizes the performative potential of the materials, the design, and ultimately the everyday life to be acted out in it. Thus, Seitz’s works become something to be experienced.

Greetings and introduction: Anja Krämer (Weissenhofmuseum) und Hadwig Goez (Archiv Willi Baumeister)
After the lecture (about 45 minutes), Esther Hagenlocher will be happy to answer your questions.

Under the motto “Solidarity and Dialogue”, the World Heritage Sites in Germany celebrate the UNESCO World Heritage Day. Due to the corona pandemic mostly digital again.
The website www.unesco-welterbetag.de offers a virtual tour of discovery and provides a look behind the scenes of the 46 world heritage sites in Germany.
The Le Corbusier semi-detached house as part of Le Corbusier’s complete architectural work is also represented. The team from the Weissenhofmuseum had shoot a short movie…let yourself be surprised and take a digital look.
On the page you will also find a photo campaign and a quiz.