Museum of Modern Literature | |
Native Name: | German: Literaturmuseum der Moderne |
Cost: | €10m |
Client: | German Archive of Literature, Schiller National Museum Directorate |
Location Town: | Marbach am Neckar |
Location Country: | Germany |
Completion Date: | 6 June 2006 |
Architect: | David Chipperfield |
The Museum of Modern Literature (de|Literaturmuseum der Moderne, LiMo) is part of the German Literature Archive (German: Deutsches Literaturarchiv) in Marbach am Neckar, Germany. The museum won its architect the Stirling Prize in 2007.
Designed by British architect David Chipperfield and constructed at a cost of €10 million by Leonard Weiss GmbH, with engineering by Ingenieurgruppe Bauen, the museum opened in September 2006. It stands on a rock plateau in Marbach's scenic park, overlooking the valley of the Neckar River. It displays and archives 20th-century literature. Notable original manuscripts include The Trial by Franz Kafka and German: [[Berlin Alexanderplatz]] by Alfred Döblin.