Frisian Museum
The Dr.-Carl-Haeberlin-Friesenmuseum Wyk auf Föhr (also called Friesenmuseum der Insel Föhr, or Friesenmuseum for short) is a natural history and ethnological museum that also focuses on the history of North Friesland and the island of Föhr . It is based in Wyk auf Föhr .
history
The museum was built in 1908. This happened on the initiative of the doctor Dr. Carl Haeberlin , the son of a Protestant missionary family, who was born in India , and chairman of the Föhrer Naturwissenschaftlich-Kulturhistorischen Verein, founded in 1902. In the same year he came to the North Sea island of Föhr. When putting together the exhibits, he was able to fall back on a stock of exhibits that the teacher Philippsen from Utersum had compiled. Another support was the commitment of the natural science-cultural-historical association.
In 2008 the museum celebrated its centenary.
Honor
The museum honored its founder as early as 1927 by including his name in the museum name. In addition, there is a representative oil painting by Haeberlin at a central point in the museum, on the staircase to the first floor; In the picture guide through the museum, his work is highlighted and recognized in detail.
building
The new building for the museum was designed by the Hamburg architect Heinrich Bomhoff . He designed the island museum as a brick building with a thatched roof in accordance with the traditional construction method on Föhr . The two entrances to the museum's property are each vaulted by two whale jaw bones.
Extensions
In the years that followed, Haeberlin succeeded in expanding the museum's fundus in such a way that the building had to be expanded several times through restless collecting and research. A museum association, which has now been established, was able to carry out structural extensions to the museum in 1933, 1936 and 1951.
In 1927 Haeberlin had already succeeded in moving the oldest dated house in Föhr, the Olesen house from Alkersum, built in 1617, to Wyk and having it built on the museum property . To this day, you can see the furnishings of a farmhouse in which people and animals live together in a confined space.
In 1967/68 another part of the building was added to accommodate the extensive library.
Another enrichment was the construction of the Midlum barn in 2000. Here the agricultural side of Föhr is shown, including the threshing and storage of the grain, agricultural implements are also exhibited there.
carrier
After the founder's death in 1954, responsibility for the museum rested exclusively in the hands of the museum association until 1981.
To secure the building and the collections, the museum was transferred to the Nordfriesland district in 1981 . The Nordfriesland Foundation , based in Husum , has been looking after the museum since then.
Collections
- Geology - geological, animal and vegetable finds, fossils
- Prehistory - Finds on Föhr since the Stone Age
- Animals, plants, fishing and hunting with a focus on the Wadden Sea
- Seebad Wyk - pictures and models from the early days of the spa
- Crafts, trade and commerce - a fully equipped goldsmith's workshop, old hand tools
- Seafaring - ship models, paintings, figureheads , estate of captains , whaling , a replica captain's cabin
- Folklore - Frisianism: language, customs, traditions, costumes and jewelry, domestic life, a recreated pesel
- Storm surges and dike
- Föhrer emigrants to the United States of America , photos, utensils, statistics
- School and church, house building, tiles, tombstones, house decorations
- House Olesen - life, furnishings and typical tools on Föhr
- Midlumer Scheune - rural work
The museum in art
In Cornelia Funke's book The Wild Chickens on a Class Trip , a chapter takes place on Föhr, where the class also visits the Frisian Museum.
literature
- Konrad Grunsky: The Friesian Museum on the island of Foehr . Husum 1993, ISBN 3-88042-243-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Quedens : Föhr. Breklumer Verlag, ISBN 3-7793-1111-9 , p. 87 ff.
Coordinates: 54 ° 41 ′ 14 " N , 8 ° 33 ′ 43" E