In Zwickau August Schumann, the composer's father, founded a bookstore with his brother, who was already living there.

[1] Robert Schumann attended this school from 1820 until 1828; in that year he moved to Leipzig to study law.

[2] The Robert Schumann House, consisting of a museum, concert hall and research centre, was opened in 1956.

[4] The collection of pianos, all manufactured in the 19th century, includes a grand piano commissioned by Friedrich Wieck for his daughter Clara (later the composer's wife), on which she gave her concert debut, aged nine, at the Leipzig Gewandhaus.

The exhibition displays a selection of the archives, which include handwritten scores, first editions and a collection of paintings and early photographs.