Mannheim culture mile

Augusta enclosure, in the foreground: large bow 2

The Mannheim culture mile is an axis in the Mannheim city center where cultural institutions are based. It was opened in 1994 and leads from the Technoseum through the Augustaanlage to the squares to the Reiss-Engelhorn museums . It is complemented by numerous contemporary sculptures that were set up in the Augustaanlage.

Culture mile

image	building	Explanation
	Technoseum	The Technoseum (until the end of 2009: State Museum for Technology and Work) offers illustrative material on the industrialization of the German south-west.
	planetarium	The planetarium is the successor to the one built in 1927 as one of the world's first planetariums.
	Art Association	The Mannheimer Kunstverein, founded in 1833, is one of the oldest German art associations.
	Art Gallery	The Kunsthalle Mannheim has shaped the cultural life of Mannheim for over 100 years.
	rose Garden	The rose garden (officially: m: con Congress Center Rosengarten) was built from 1900 to 1903 as a municipal festival hall in Art Nouveau style.
	National Theater	The Nationaltheater Mannheim (NTM) is a four-part theater with its own ensembles for music theater (opera), drama and dance as well as the Young National Theater. In 1782 Friedrich Schiller's drama Die Räuber was premiered here in the presence of the poet.
	University of Music and Performing Arts	Wilhelm Furtwängler , Max Pauer , Ernst Toch , Richard Laugs , Friedrich Wührer and Erika Köth taught at this university .
	library	The Mannheim City Library owns around 415,000 media units and has more than 700,000 visitors per year.
	Municipal music school	The Mannheim Music School is one of the largest music schools in Germany with over 5,700 students.
	Reiss-Engelhorn museums	The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen (abbreviation rem) are a museum association that brings together several museums, cultural institutions and research facilities.

Sculptures (selection)

image	Artist	title
	Franz Bernhard	The great Mannheimerin or the dancing giant
	Mark di Suvero	Spring Rain
	Andreas Mader	In the beginning ...
	Robert Schad	Iron game for Mannheim
	Max Laeuger	Carl Benz monument
	Morice Lipsi	La Roue / The wheel

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