Important information for visitors about the coronavirus!
Users and guests of the German Literature Archive Marbach who have spent time in a risk area up to 14 days before their arrival in Marbach a.N. are not permitted to enter the Collegienhaus, the museums and the archive building. They are legally obliged to enter quarantine in a suitable accommodation for a period of 14 days immediately after entry into Germany. This remains applicable, even if they have first entered another federal state of the Federal Republic of Germany or if they have received a negative result for a Covid-19 test. These regulations are based on the Ordinance of the Ministry of Social Affairs on Quarantine Measures for Entry and Return of Travellers to Contain the Virus SARS-CoV-2 (Corona Ordinance Entry Quarantine - CoronaVO EQ) of 14 July 2020.
The Museum of Modern Literature, the archive and the library are open again
For the use of the collections of the German Literature Archive the following is to be considered:
- A visit is only possible after registration and scheduling (very limited number of seats in the script hall). The registration is done by phone or by email at the department Archive or Library.
- The reception desk is occupied from 9 am to 17 pm; the reception is reachable by phone call for questions regarding access and entrance: +49 (0) 7144 / 848-0.
- Media and collections, which cannot be consulted in the reading room of archive or library (among other things, not categorized closed collections, images and objects, sound- and film-carrier), are excluded from using. Please contact us in time in case your research requires these media and collections.
- As a visitor you are obliged to wear masks for the mouth and nose area when being in the building.
- The reading rooms are opened Monday to Friday from 9 am to 17 pm.
On Saturdays the building is closed. - The cafeteria is opened from Monday to Friday but with limited choice (selling from 10.30 am to 13.30 pm, coffee machine from 10 am to 16 pm).
- Please maintain social distancing (minimum is 1,5m)!
Opening Hours of the Archive and Library
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Registration
Archive
Phone +49 (0) 7144 / 848-425
Email auskhss@dla-marbach.de
Library
Phone +49 (0) 7144 / 848-317
Email bibliothek@dla-marbach.de
Museum of Modern Literature
Working hours Museum of Modern Literature
Tue to Sun, 10 a.m. until 18 p.m.
The Museums Café and the Shop in the Schiller National Museum are opened (access via the Neckar side). The exhibition area in the Schiller National Museum will remain closed until the opening of the exhibition ›Peter Rühmkorf - selbstredend und selbstreimend‹ in September 2020 due to the exhibition reconstruction.
Guided tours
The following tours are bookable (Tuesday to Sunday):
- One-hour guided tours for 19 participants maximum through the exhibitions ›Hölderlin, Celan und die Sprachen der Poesie‹ / ›Die Seele‹ (with optional focal points on Hermann Hesse, Max Frisch, Franz Kafka, writing in exile, travel and travel lyrics or nature and nature lyrics) / ›Schiller, Hölderlin, Kerner, Mörike‹ / ›Narrating Africa‹ (fee: €60 + €5 admission per person, free entry for pupils and groups of students; registration at least 14 days in advance).
- On Sundays at 11 a.m.: Participation in a public one-hour guided tour through the exhibition ›Hölderlin, Celan und die Sprachen der Poesie‹ (€5 + entrance fee, registration Friday 12 a.m. at the latest, maximum of 19 participants; if the tour is not fully booked, participation is also possible spontaneously).
- Virtual Zoom-guided tours (fee: €45, registration at least 14 days in advance).
Registration: museum@dla-marbach.de.
Limitation due to Covid-19
A maximum of 75 visitors are allowed to be in the museum at the same time. A registration isn't necessary, only guided tours must be booked in advance. All visitors are obliged to wear safety masks for the mouth and nose area and to wear protective gloves. Our visitors receive gloves and maps and, if required, masks for the mouth and nose area for a fee of 50 Cents for the museum tour accompanied by the motto #DistantVisiting. The selling of the Marbacher Magazin according to the exhibition ›Hölderlin, Celan und die Sprachen der Poesie‹ can be carried out within the museum for 20 EUR, the catalogue for the permanent exhibition ›Die Seele‹ will be sold for 30 EUR.
You can find current information on our website continuously.
Central email address for any questions regarding the Corona-Virus: corona@dla-marbach.de.
Contact Museum
Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Abt. Museum
Schillerhöhe 8-10
71672 Marbach
Di - So 10.00 - 18.00 Uhr
Telefon +49 (0) 7144 / 848-601
Telefax +49 (0) 7144 / 848-690
E-Mail museum@dla-marbach.de
Contact Archive
Deutsche Schillergesellschaft e.V.
Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Schillerhöhe 8-10
71672 Marbach am Neckar
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Telephone +49 (0) 7144 / 848-0
Telefax +49 (0) 7144 / 848-299
Email info@dla-marbach.de