Unikatum Children's Museum, Leipzig
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unikatum Kindermuseum | |
 Exterior of the museum (2021) | |
 | |
| Established | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Location | Leipzig, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°19′53.23″N 12°20′17.23″E / 51.3314528°N 12.3381194°E |
| Type | Children's museum |
| Visitors | 45,000[1] |
| Director | Annegret Hänsel |
| Public transit access | Tram stop Felsenkeller |
| Website | Website in English |
The Unikatum Children's Museum (German: Unikatum Kindermuseum Leipzig) is a cultural institution with changing annual exhibitions on social issues in Leipzig, Germany. The interactive exhibitions for "Participation and Discovery" are aimed primarily at schools and families.
The Children's Museum was founded in 2010 by exhibition planner Annegret Hänsel and has been run by her on a voluntary basis ever since.[2] The institution is supported by a Gemeinnützige GmbH (non-profit limited company) and supported by a booster club. The vast majority of the operation of the museum is made possible by voluntary work. In 2017, the museum was significantly expanded and since then has offered space for several exhibitions, a courtyard garden and the coffeehouse "Museumscafé Goetz", which is also used for exhibitions.[3]
In 2012, the museum received the Sächsischer Preis für soziokulturelles Engagement (Saxon Prize for Socio-Cultural Involvement) from the Kulturstiftung des Freistaats Sachsen (Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony).[4] In 2014, the Unikatum Children's Museum won first place in the Familienfreundlichkeitspreis der Stadt Leipzig (Family-Friendliness Award of the City of Leipzig).[5]
