Opening Hours

Museum of Modern Literature

Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mondays closed, except on holidays

The Museum Shop and the Museum Café in the Schiller National Museum are opened on Saturdays and Sundays from 12.30 am to 6 pm during the summer and until 5 pm in winter. You can also find a selection of publications from the German Literature Archive at the cash desk of the Museum of Modern Literature and in the shop.

The Schiller National Museum is expected to be closed until the end of June 2025 for exhibition renovations.

Reading Hall

Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. & Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Workdays after 5.30 p.m. and Saturdays no inquiries and no loaning of journals. The copy room is closed.

User Information Library

Manuscript Reading Hall

Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

Registration required
Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Phone +49 (0) 7144 / 848-425
Email auskunft-archiv@dla-marbach.de

User Information Archive

Opening hours Christmas and turn of the year

The German Literature Archive will be closed from 24 December 2025 up to and including 2 January 2026 and on 6 January 2026.

The Museums will be opened on 26 December 2025, 1 January 2026 and 6 January 2026; they will be closed on 24 December, 25 December and 31 December 2025.