LVR Lower Rhine Museum Wesel

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LVR Lower Rhine Museum Wesel
Data
place Wesel
Art
opening 03/18/2018
management
Veit Veltzke
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-965511

The LVR-Niederrheinmuseum Wesel (formerly: Preußen-Museum Wesel ) is a German regional museum that has been sponsored by the Rhineland Regional Association since 2018 . Since the takeover, the former Prussian Museum has primarily been dedicated to the history of the Lower Rhine as a region in Europe that crosses borders today. The role of Prussia for the region and the city of Wesel as a Prussian fortress and garrison town will continue to be a focus of the permanent exhibition.

History and background

In 1998 the museum was founded as the Prussian Museum Wesel (officially: Prussian Museum North Rhine-Westphalia, Wesel location ). It dealt mainly with the Rhenish- Prussian history in Wesel . and had a second, Westphalian-Prussian-oriented location in Minden , the Prussian Museum Minden . Both museums together formed the Prussian Museum North Rhine-Westphalia.

Exhibition of Life Signs - Post-War Period and the 1950s - Abresch Collection
Showcase with a knight's scaffolding.
Special exhibition Wesel and the Lower Rhine region. Treasures that tell story (s)
View of da building with the main entrance at dusk. The museum is brightly lit.
Exterior view of the LVR Lower Rhine Museum in Wesel

The subject of Prussia was first introduced in the basement based on the recent past through the exhibition “Signs of Life - Post-War and Fifties - Abresch Collection”. You can see u. a. Exhibits by Wilhelm Gustloff , whereby the picture on the right shows a private photo album (“Cruise to Norway with the Wilhelm Gustloff ”) and a sailor's hat band from 1939. The life on the Rhine between the late 16th and 17th centuries was also shown chronologically in the basement and on the ground floor . presented up to the early 20th century on the basis of thematic focuses such as country and people, state and administration, church and education as well as economy and society. Influences from neighboring countries such as the Dutch States General or France were also shown. On the upper floor, the topic of the military and society from the 18th century to the First World War and then the end of Prussia from 1918 to 1945 was shown.

The museum offered approx. 1500 m² for the presentation of over 300 years of state membership of large parts of the Rhineland and Westphalia to Brandenburg-Prussia .

The museum was financed together with the second location in Minden by the Prussian Museum North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation. The following were involved in the foundation: the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , the regional associations of Westphalia-Lippe and Rhineland , the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the cities of Wesel and Minden and their districts of Wesel and Minden-Lübbecke . The non-profit association of the museum, the "Society for the Promotion of the Preußen-Museum NRW in Wesel eV", was open to all citizens for membership; it particularly supported the special exhibitions and the development of the collection.

Due to the foundation's financial bottlenecks due to lower interest income from the foundation's assets, a lack of funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and repayment claims from one of the state associations and districts, since 2010 thought has been given to changing the focus of the museum and opening up other financing options.

On March 18, 2018, the Rhineland Regional Council opened the former Prussia Museum Wesel as LVR-Niederrheinmuseum Wesel with the special exhibition “Wesel and the Lower Rhine. Treasures that tell story (s) ”reopened. The special exhibition also forms the basis for the future permanent exhibition and the new conception of the house, which will run until 2024.

location and size

The premises of the museum are located in the Wesel Citadel , more precisely in the former “Körnermagazin” (grain depot) of the Citadel, which was built around 1835. The citadel is one of the few buildings in Prussia that are still at least partially available in Wesel today. The original barrel vault has been preserved in the basement, the two floors above ground have been converted inside into a total of 2,000 m² exhibition rooms. At the entrance on the north side, further exhibition rooms, foyer, museum shop, restaurant and lecture hall are available in the 600 m² glass extension connected to the main wall of the citadel. In the adjoining buildings of today's citadel cultural center there are also the Schillkasematte department of the city museum as well as the Wesel city archive with its restoration workshop and the Wesel city music and art school .

Redesign

The museum team is working on the new concept during ongoing operations. The museum also shows special exhibitions, offers lectures, programs accompanying the exhibition, audio guides in German, Dutch and English and other educational offers for children and adults. The special and conference rooms can be rented.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Veit Veltzke: planning and implementation of the new concept for the LVR-Niederrhein Museum Wesel until 2024. In: lvr.de. Landschaftsverband Rheinland, 11 June 2019, accessed on 15 November 2019 .
  2. ↑ What will happen to the Prussian Museum in Wesel ?, DerWesten, March 3, 2011
  3. ^ A good ship for a strong fleet, Mindener Tageblatt, March 19, 2011
  4. ^ Prussia will only be a minor matter in future ?, Mindener Tageblatt, March 2, 2011
  5. ↑ LVR-Niederrheinmuseum Wesel | Object view. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Die Welt, March 18, 2018

Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 4.6 ″  N , 6 ° 36 ′ 51.9 ″  E