It is a museum and information centre about the life and work of the composer Kurt Weill (1900–1950), who was born in Dessau.

It was one of the houses designed by Walter Gropius as accommodation for the masters of the Bauhaus; the artist Lyonel Feininger lived here from 1926 to 1932.

)[1] The building is included in the Blaubuch (Blue Book) of the Federal Government, as an important cultural site.

It was accommodated initially in the nearby Meisterhaus Schlemmer in 1993, and relocated in the present building in December 1994 when renovation was complete.

[3] The library, open to interested visitors on request, contains sheet music, mainly by Kurt Weill, literature relating to classic modernism, CDs and DVDs.