The Bauhaus (Staatliches Bauhaus) was a school of design, art and architecture founded in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius in the German city of Weimar. It was later transferred to Dessau and finally to Berlin, under the direction of the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, until it was closed down in 1933 following the rise to power of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party. The Bauhaus’ proposals were based on the idea of the reform of artistic teachings as a platform for the transformation of society, in accordance with its founder’s socialist ideology. The school’s pedagogical philosophy was founded on two major principles: knowledge of forms and knowledge of colours. It laid the foundations for what we now know as industrial and graphic design and had a decisive influence on modern-day architecture.

Among the many creations made by its members there are several games, now produced by the Swiss company Naef Spiele. This area displays the facsimiles of several games created by members of the Bauhaus school: the chess set designed by Josef Hartwing, an optical spinning top with discs of interchangeable colours by Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, and a painted wood construction set designed by Alma Siedhoff-Buscher, all from 1923.