Art Kite Museum
The Art Kite Museum was a museum for art and flying objects, especially kites , in Detmold . It existed from 2000 to 2005.
history
The Art Kite Museum was founded as an Expo 2000 project and opened on April 1, 2000. From 2001 it was in private hands. In its permanent exhibition, the museum presented a worldwide unique collection of artistically designed kites on more than 2000 m². Shortly before its closure, the museum was in possession of 156 exhibits, 80 to 90 of which were alternately on view in the exhibition, including works by such well-known artists as Friedensreich Hundertwasser , Panamarenko , Niki de Saint Phalle , Jean Tinguely , Ilya Kabakow and others who combined contemporary art with the Japanese tradition of building kites. In addition to the permanent, there were special exhibitions. B. concerned with the history of aviation .
Premises
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The museum was housed in a hangar (Hangar 21) on the former Hohenloh Air Base on Charles-Lindbergh-Ring, which was built in the 1930s and converted by the architects Gerkan, Marg and Partner .
criticism
Even before the opening, the project was a much discussed political issue both in the Detmold City Council and in the population because of the high costs. 7.5 million euros in funding flowed from the NRW Ministry of Urban Development for the renovation of the hangar . The optimistic predictions of the number of visitors turned out to be unrealistic in the long term. The museum was closed on February 27, 2005. The owner of the collection, Paul Eubel , head of the Goethe Institute in Palermo , then brought the exhibits to Sicily . A lively discussion is ongoing about the further use of the museum hangar.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 38 ″ N , 8 ° 53 ′ 54 ″ E