We visited this museum on October 5 and enjoyed it. Although I'm not a fan of modern art (whereas…read moremy husband is), there was a good variety and the (spacious) building has a very attractive interior. Also, all of the guards were really friendly.

In late November,I visited this fine art museum with very unique modernistic architecture.I…read morethoroughly enjoyed its fine collection of Old Master paintings.I especially enjoyed its fine Renaissance Period paintings by Master Francke("Man of Sorrows"),Rogier Vander Weyden("Visitation"),Cima da Conegliano,Marrioto di Nardo("Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence"),Lucas Cranach the Elder("Christ and The Good Samaritan at Well"),Hans Schaufelein("Flagellation"),Jean Bellegambe("Tripych"),and Georg Lemberger,among others.I savored their fine Baroque Period oil paintings.I especially enjoyed their fine paintings by Diego Polo("Saint Jerome"),Jacopo Tintoretto("Resurrection of Lazarus").Frans Hals("Mulatto"),Emanuel de Witte,Hendrick Van Vliet,Salomon Van Ruisdael,Pieter de Hooch,El Greco("Annunciation") Anton Graff,,and Pieter Pietersz,among others. I appreciated their fine collection of 19th and early 20th paintings by French painters ,especially enjoying fine paintings by Charles Daubigny,Gustave Courbet,Camille Corot,Claude Monet("Boats on Beach"),Gustave Loiseau,and Stanislaus Lepine,among others. I also liked their fine array of paintings and sculpture by native son,Max Klinger("Beethoven").There were fine early 20th paintings by Franz Von Stuck("Crucifixion"),Giovanni Segantini,and Hans Thoma worthy of attention.There was a tip top creation by Edith Karlsen from the present day which fascinated me("Dragon") The works of Art from the German Romantic,Realist(Leibl,Marees),and Impressionistic(Liebermann)were not on display,because of renovation when I visited.Currently,there is labelling of this art museum's works in English as well as German at the Bildenden Kunste in the heart of robust Leipzig.

A brilliant idea - someone has converted a former gas works (gasometer) into an exhibition space…read morefor displaying giant panoramic pictures. The exhibition I happened to see was The Great Barrier Reef. As a visitor you are first stunned by the exhibits of different corals and sea creatures, then bombarded with facts about the different symbiotic interactions of sea creatures, before being led into the centre, and the piece de resistance - a 360 degree, 30 metre high picture of the Great Barrier Reef, complete with viewing platform (to see from different angles), changing light levels and relaxing music. Well worth a visit if you're in the area(though the exhibition changes on a regular basis so check in advance to find out what it is)