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(c)Pija Lindenbaum

Until 1st February 2026

Last Chance: "What's going on the head?"

Wehrgang Galerie

Happy New Year!

New half-year programme for 2026

now available as PDF

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For all schools

New Workshop Programm to Annual Exhibition "Crazy Machines!?"

Creative and Writing Workshops / Dates on request!

For children age 9 to 12

Crime Fiction Writing Workshop with Author Mirjam Raymond

Christa-Spangenberg-Haal

© Internationale Jugendbibliothek/ Yannick Thedens

German-Chinese reading for the Chinese New Year

Now the spring wind warms the New Year

Christa-Spangenberg-Haal

Conference

Erich Kästner between 1933 and 1945 Opponent of the regime – internal emigrant – opportunist?

Jella-Lepman-Hall

© Chris Riddell, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2007

31. Oct 25 - 31. Oct 26

Exhibition

Crazy machines!? Vehicles, robots, and other incredible inventions

Children's literature is full of funny inventions and fantastic machines: There is the excessive-heat-school-closure-regulator, flying bicycles or the good-morning wake-up machine of the two Finnish [...]

(c) Pija Lindenbaum

13. May 25 - 1. Feb 26

Exhibition

What's going on on the head?

Hairy things from children's books Pippi Longstocking's red plaits, Momo's wild curly head and Rapunzel's long braid: there are numerous characters in children's literature with eye-catching hair. [...]

Travelling Exhibitions

White Ravens Data Base

IYL Online Catalogue