Frauke von der Haar

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Frauke von der Haar (* 1960 ) is a German folklorist and art historian . She has been the director of the Munich City Museum since 2020 .

Life

Frauke von der Haar studied folklore , art history and German at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and the Philipps University in Marburg . She did her doctorate in 1994 at the University of Marburg and then completed a traineeship in the museum advice department of the Rhenish Archives and Museum Office in Pulheim - Brauweiler . From 1999 to 2003 Frauke von der Haar was deputy director of the German Blade Museum in Solingen - Gräfrath and then took over the management of the Grafschafter Museum in Moers Castle . From 2004 to 2008 she worked as a curator at the Deutsches Museum in Munich , where she headed the rail transport department. Among other things, she was involved in the conception and construction of the permanent exhibition Technology and Mobility in the Transport Center, which opened in 2006 and has been a branch of the Deutsches Museum since 2003.

In 2008 she took over the management of the Bremer Focke-Museum , which, as the Bremen State Museum for Art and Cultural History , deals primarily with the history of the city and the general cultural history of the municipality of Bremen. She became the successor to Jörn Christiansen, who was retiring.

Von der Haar has been Deputy Chairwoman of the Lower Saxony / Bremen Museum Association since 2009 and is involved in various advisory boards, committees and associations on a voluntary basis. Since the 2013/2014 winter semester she has been teaching practical museology at the University of Oldenburg. At the beginning of 2020 she will move to the Munich City Museum as director , with the main task being the general renovation of the house. When the new green-red city council coalition postponed the renovation at least until 2026 after the local elections in 2020 , von der Haar expressed criticism and said that this would mean the end of the project.

Curated exhibitions (selection)

The following exhibitions curated (designed) by Haar:

  • Zinc. Extraction, processing and use , Museum Zinkhütter Hof in Stolberg (1996)
  • The first West German Railway , engine shed in Erkrath (1998)
  • From Arkansas knife to circular saw. Solingen sample books , German Blade Museum in Solingen (2000)
  • Cut. Famous knives in the film , German Blade Museum in Solingen (2001)
  • Don't smack. About cat tables and children's tables through the ages , German Blade Museum in Solingen (2001)
  • Nice sharpness. Peter Johnsson reconstructs a medieval sword , German Blade Museum in Solingen (2002)
  • Spoons. International artists design an everyday object, German Blade Museum in Solingen (2003)
  • Coffee time anytime , Grafschafter Museum in Moerser Schloss (2003/04)
  • The history of the train journey , Deutsches Museum in Munich (2006)
  • The History of Public Transport , Deutsches Museum in Munich (2006)
  • Around the world with 15 tons. Humans between energy needs and CO2 emissions , Deutsches Museum in Munich (2007)

In addition, she took over the artistic direction for the following special exhibition at the Bremen Focke Museum, which she has directed since 2008:

  • Dig for Germania. Archeology under the swastika , Focke Museum in Bremen (2013; curator and head of the exhibition project: Karin Walter; scientific director: Uta Halle , Dirk Mahsarski)

Publications (selection)

Author

  • Dissertation : The Best Sisters. A comparative study of selected contemporary women's associations in Hessen. Schreiber-Neumann, Düsseldorf 1997, ISBN 3-9802094-4-X .
  • Nice sharpness. Peter Johnsson reconstructs a medieval sword, April 21–25. August 2002. Ed .: Lutz Hoffmeister, Deutsches Klingenmuseum, Solingen 2002, ISBN 3-930315-23-8 .

Co-author

  • Together with Barbara Grotkamp-Schepers: From Arkansas knife to circular saw. Solingen sample books . German Blade Museum, Solingen 2000, ISBN 3-930315-19-X .

Co-editor

  • Don't smack. Of cat tables and children's tables through the ages . German Blade Museum Solingen, Solingen 2001, ISBN 3-930315-22-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c New director found for the Focke Museum . Press release from the press office of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen on February 14, 2008. Accessed on August 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Weser Kurier of August 12, 2019: Focke-Museum director changes to Munich (WA) , accessed on August 12, 2019
  3. ↑ Susanne Hermanski: The big city nomad. In: www.sueddeutsche.de. December 12, 2019, accessed July 23, 2020 .
  4. ^ Susanne Hermanski: Stadtmuseum criticizes green-red city government sharply. In: www.sueddeutsche.de. July 22, 2020, accessed July 23, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Haar, Frauke von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folklorist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1960