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As the name implies, this is a modern museum for modern art from the twentieth and presumably also the twenty-first centuries, starting with the German expressionists and going on from there.
I think the best word to describe this museum would be spacious. There is plenty of room for another century's worth of art works, and also room for several hundred visitors. When I was there recently on a Sunday afternoon I was the only visitor in the whole building, so it seemed a bit lonely and sterile, and the guards outnumbered me by about fifteen to one.
To be fair, though, I should point out that this was one of those rare Sundays when the stores in the city center were allowed to open up and sell things, so a lot of people were probably shopping instead of going to museums. And a group of four young people did arrive at the museum just as I was leaving. Leave a Comment Address: Bismarckstrasse 11-15, D-66111 SaarbrueckenPhone: (06 81) 99 64 - 0Directions: Right next to the University of Music.Website: http://www.saarlandmuseum.de
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The entrance to the History Museum is right next to the palace on Schlossplatz. It looks somewhat like a Quonset hut, and doesn't seem to be very large from the outside, but it is actually quite huge since most of it is under ground, incorporating the remains of a medieval tower and ramparts which have been excavated over the past eighty years.
The museum was built essentially on top of the historical remains, to protect and preserve them. Further excavations have now begun on the square in front of the museum and the palace.
In addition to the archeological remains, the museum includes detailed exhibits on the history of this region over the past thousand years, but paying special attention to the past century: the First and Second World Wars, the Nazi dictatorship and the development of the Saarland over the past fifty years.
When I was there they also had a very thoughtful and balanced special exhibit on the referendum of 1955, when the people of the Saarland again voted to re-join Germany.
To get the most out of this museum you would have to understand German, since there are very few texts in any other language, not even in French even though the border is just a few kilometers a way.
The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 12 noon to 6 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
Admission is EUR 2.50 for the permanent exhibit (1.50 if you get a reduction) and EUR 3.00 for the special exhibits (also 1.50 reduced). Or you can get a combination ticket for EUR 4.00 which gets you into everything.
Second photo: Inside the History Museum.
Third photo: Remains of an old wall, in the museum. Leave a Comment
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 Schloss by Nemorino
In the 1980s the palace was thoroughly modernized and renovated. It is now used mainly for the city administration, but there is also space for events of various sorts, for instance they hold a wild Halloween party there every year on October 31.
The square in front of the palace is also known as the "invisible memorial square" against intolerance and racism, because in 1993 students from the local Art Academy dug up 2,146 paving stones on the way to the Palace, engraved the names of Jewish cemeteries on them and then replaced the stones with the engraved side facing down. Leave a Comment
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 1. Saarland State Theater in
Saarbruecken by Nemorino, 4 more photos
It seats 875 spectators, and was last renovated and modernized in 1988/89.
There have been press reports recently about budget cuts which threaten the quality of the theater, and to bring in more money they have now started charging a "Theater-Euro" as a surcharge on each ticket.
Second photo: The stage door, on the north side of the theater, Schillerplatz 1.
Third and fourth photos: Seating in the Saarland State Theater.
Fifth photo: The theater at night. Leave a Comment Address: Schillerplatz 1, D-66111 SaarbrueckenPhone: (0681) 3092-0 or -286Directions: Walk through the pedestrian zone, or take the 26 or 46 bus to Staatstheater.Website: http://www.theater-saarbruecken.de/
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The amorphous space in front of the theater is now known as Tbilisser Platz in honor of the Georgian capital of T'bilisi, which became Saarbruecken's second partner city in 1975. This city partnership was somewhat controversial at the time, because it was the first partnership of a West German city with a city in what was then the Soviet Union.
Saarbruecken's first city partnership was with the French city of Nantes, starting in 1965.
By the way, the postal address of the State Theater is not Tblisser Platz but Schillerplatz 1, which is another square off to the side of the theater.
Second photo: Tblisser Platz sign in German and Georgian.
Third photo: Pedestrial bridge over the Saar leading to Tblisser Platz. Leave a Comment
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Here there are actually two museums, one for older art works (up to and including the 19th century) in the former Schiller School and one for contemporary art by regional artists, right next door. In the space between the two museums they have built a modern entrance hall for both of them.
Admission was free when I was there, because parts of the older museum were being renovated so two of the floors were not accessible. But I believe they will again charge a small admission fee (it says EUR 1.50 on their website) when the renovation work is finished.
Second photo: The former Schiller School, now part of the museum Alte Sammlung, with a piece of modern sculpture in front of it, or rather the kind of sculpture that was considered modern several decades ago. Leave a Comment
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The old Palace Church has been restored recently and turned into a museum of sacred art which opened in May 2004.
Classical music concerts and other cultural events are also held here.
Admission is free. Opening hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesdays till 8 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
Second photo: Pedestrian bridge over the Saar River leading to the Schlosskirche Museum. Leave a Comment
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 Basilica St. Johann,
Saarbrucken by antistarLeave a Comment Directions: Walking through Johanner Markt from the direction of the station, take a left up Turkenstrasse.
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 Ludwigskirche, Saarbrucken by antistarLeave a Comment Directions: Walking down Viktoriastrasse from the station, cross the Saar and the church is on your right.
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 St. Johanner Markt by antistar
However, this is the square with all the life. The long, busy shopping street of Bahnhofstrasse feeds into St. Johanner Markt, and the square silts up with all kinds of people festooned with all kinds of consumer goods. Expect to find here all kinds of wares for people with tired, overloaded arms, like coffee, beer and waffles. Leave a Comment
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