Weimar is the home of the State Bauhaus, the world-renowned 20th-century design school, and boasts one of the largest Bauhaus collections in the world.Around 500 items from the Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar`s extensive holdings are on permanent display in the Bauhaus Museum, offering an insight into the Bauhaus` central role in the development of art and its teaching in Weimar between 1919 and 1925.