30 years of Playmobil - Discover the world
30 Years of Playmobil - Discover the World was a traveling exhibition of the Historisches Museum der Pfalz in Speyer , which was shown at six locations from November 2003 to October 2007.
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Exhibits
The exhibits of the 1600 m² exhibition were contributed by various sources. The large figures come from the Playmobil decoration department in Zirndorf , very old Playmobil items from the Playmobil company archive and the King's Lion Knight's Castle and the construction crane with scaffolding from Hal Far on Malta .
Among other things, an opera house, a circus from four generations and Napoleon's armies were shown. There were accompanying events, among other things, on pirates, Indians and knights or on the topics of fire brigade and police or dollhouses and dream castles.
Stations
- Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer , November 30, 2003 to April 18, 2004
- First station of the exhibition, about 1600 m². Due to the renovation of the museum, the exhibition could not be extended. The mouse production machine could be seen here for the first time. The exhibition was visited by more than 150,000 visitors.
- Maximilianpark Hamm , May 14 to August 7, 2005
- "The Storming of the Knight's Castle" or "The Pirates' Sea Battle" took visitors into the world of Playmobil with scenes up to five square meters in size. The electrical center in Maximilianpark became a large playroom to try out and set up. A total of 82,000 visitors saw this exhibition in this station.
- Niederrheinisches Museum "Memoria-Haus" Kevelaer , 22nd August to 6th November 2005
- Picture book museum Burg Wissem Troisdorf , November 20, 2005 to February 19, 2006
- Roemer and Pelizaeus Museum Hildesheim , March 4, 2006 to June 6, 2006
- A total of 53,000 visitors in three exhibition months.
- Kulturhistorisches Museum Magdeburg , 7 July to 21 October 2007
- On the occasion of the exhibitions " Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation " and "30 Years of Playmobil - Discover the World", a Magdeburg rider was produced by Playmobil.
Follow-up exhibition
After the exhibition ended in October 2007, planning began in 2012 for the exhibition " 40 Years of Playmobil - An Adventure Journey Through Time ", which had an area of 2100 m² at its first station.
Web links
- 30 years of Playmobil: Discover the world. Text for the exhibition in the portal of the Central Office for Teaching Media on the Internet (ZUM)
- »Playmobil«: A toy turns 30 and ventures into biblical realms. Sunday paper, issue 52/2003 of December 28, 2003
- Annual report 2005–2007 of the Historisches Museum der Pfalz in Speyer, with exhibition information