Art Museum
Lindenau museum

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Lindenau museum is an art museum in Altenburg, Germany.
About Lindenau museum
The Lindenau-Museum is an art museum in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany. It originated as the house-museum of baron and collector Bernhard August von Lindenau. The building was completed in 1876.
The museum's main attraction is its collection of Italian paintings from the late Gothic and early Renaissance age (13th–15th centuries), which are among the largest outside Italy. The artworks include Filippo Lippi's St. Jerome in Penance, Sandro Botticelli's Portrait of Caterina Sforza and a predella panel by Fra Angelico. It also keeps ancient antiquities and modern works, and has a library.
Additionally, there are collections of paintings primarily from the 16th to 19th centuries and asw well the 20th century, that were created in German, Italy, Netherlands and France.
Lindenau museum by the numbers
- Founded
- 1876
Plan your visit
Lindenau museum
- Website
- www.lindenau-museum.de
Museums near Lindenau museum
- Museum of City History Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
- Art Museum Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden, Germany
- Library Deutsche Fotothek Dresden, Germany
- Art Museum Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Dresden, Germany
- Collection Impressionism: The Hasso Plattner Collection Potsdam, Germany
- Museum Schloss Herzberg Herzberg am Harz, Germany
What's on
Altenburger Museen stellen neuen Masterplan "Prinzen im Dornröschenschloss" für den Schlossberg vor
23 Oct 2025 – 25 Sep 2026
Rolf Münzner, Maskerade, 1974, Foto: Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
17 Apr 2026 – 12 Jul 2026