Art and Museum Association Wuppertal
The Kunst- und Museumsverein Wuppertal eV (KMV) in the mountainous city of Wuppertal has around 1,800 members (as of 2015) and is one of the largest associations of its kind in Germany .
Purpose of the association
The association organizes temporary exhibitions in the Von der Heydt Museum , in the old Elberfeld town hall and in the Barmen art gallery , which is part of the Barmer Hall of Fame . The association also supports the development of the collection for the permanent exhibition in the Von der Heydt Museum, which is operated by the city of Wuppertal. The association is further supported by the Enno and Christa Springmann Foundation , among others .
According to its own information, the association attaches particular importance to maintaining public relations work and expanding the family, children and youth program. Members receive free entry to the permanent exhibition and discounted entry to temporary exhibitions. The KMV has been running a museum shop in the foyer of the Von der Heydt Museum since 1990 . During the opening hours of the museum, postcards , posters , games and gifts, as well as art books and art catalogs, can be purchased there; the excess of the income will benefit the association.
history
The art association goes back to the establishment of the Barmer Kunstverein in 1866 in the then independent town of Barmen . In 1892 the counterpart was founded in Elberfeld as the Elberfeld Museum Association . The Elberfelder were able to rent rooms in the Elberfelder Rathaus (later Old Elberfeld Rathaus ) for a permanent exhibition in the year of foundation . With the Barmer Hall of Fame, the Barmer built their own art gallery . After the unification of the two cities in 1929, the associations merged on April 21, 1946 to form the Wuppertal Art and Museum Association .
Exhibitions (selection)
- October 2007 - January 2008: Renoir exhibition
- October 2009 - February 2010: Monet exhibition
- September 2011 - January 2012: Sisley Exhibition
- October 2012 - February 2013: Rubens Exhibition
Web links
- Official homepage of the association
- Literature by and about the Wuppertal Art and Museum Association in the catalog of the German National Library
literature
- Karl Wolff: Bazaar of the Barmer Kunstverein 1895. Söhn & Ackermann, Barmen 1895 digitized