International Tree Archive

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The International Tree Archive (abbreviated IBA ) is an archive in the natural history museum Naturama in the Swiss city of Aarau ( Canton Aargau ). Before that, it was run by a foundation and was on display for some time in a museum on the topic of trees in Winterthur in the canton of Zurich .

history

In 1975, the professional photographer Verena Eggmann Steiner began taking photographs of all the trees in Switzerland. The collection has had its current name since 1989. After a book “Baumzeit” (Werd Verlag) published by her and Bernd Steiner in 1995 triggered exhibitions in Switzerland and Germany, the IBA moved into the Villa Rosenberg near Winterthur to set up a museum.

Verena Eggmann Steiner died shortly after moving into the new house. Her husband, Bernd Steiner, subsequently took over the project and opened a museum in the villa in 1995 and later expanded the collection in collaboration with his future wife, Silvia Haubensak. In 1999 the IBA became a foundation under the supervision of the Swiss Federal Council .

At the end of September 2007, the museum had to be closed because there were no longer enough donations and subsidies and the city ​​of Winterthur and the canton of Zurich refused to provide any support. Around 40,000 people have visited the museum during its existence.

Finally, on January 1, 2015, the IBA was transferred to the Naturama Aargau collection in Aarau.

collection

The core of the collection, now housed in the Naturama Museum in Aarau, consists of the photographic documentation of trees and forests at over 2000 locations, spread over 18 countries (pictures of architectural sculptures and frescoes made of wood were shown in the architectural area of ​​the museum in Winterthur ) . The collection also has various cultural and historical objects in this context, including cult statues, ceremonial implements, figures , bronzes , sculptures and handicrafts . There are models of the world tree and the mistletoe cult . There are also collections of kernels, seeds (period 1750 to 2000) and carved nuts. Its own specialist library is also part of the collection. 1800 photos are electronically indexed.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the Naturama or Foto.ch websites (accessed on May 3, 2020).

Coordinates: 47 ° 30 '40 "  N , 8 ° 43' 22"  E ; CH1903:  696734  /  263 054