State Museum Koblenz

**State Museum Koblenz**
	; The entrance to the main building of the State Museum on the Upper Castle Courtyard behind the mighty guard portico of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress (2011)
Data
place	Ehrenbreitstein Fortress , Koblenz
Art	Economic history , cultural history , archeology , photography , enjoyment , wine museum
opening	1956
operator	General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate
management	Andreas Schmauder
Website	www.landesmuseum-koblenz.de
ISIL	DE-MUS-077718

The Landesmuseum Koblenz is a museum on the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz . After Mainz and Trier, it is the youngest state museum in Rhineland-Palatinate . The museum shows permanent and changing exhibitions in four exhibition halls on the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. The focus is on photography , archeology , viticulture and enjoyment as well as economic and technical cultural history . It also offers a wide range of educational activities and accompanying programs. The Landesmuseum Koblenz conducts its own research and carries out the necessary restoration of the collection items. As an independent directorate, it belongs to the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate . Andreas Schmauder , who is also the head of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress Cultural Center , has been the director since 2018 .

history

The Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz, seat of the four exhibition halls of the National Museum, in August 2011

The Landesmuseum Koblenz was founded in 1956 as a state collection for prehistory and folklore, which is looked after by Josef Röder. Since 1949, Röder was the state shop steward for archaeological monuments and museum maintenance in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate and in this function collected objects from regional industrial and craft culture. At the same time he was honorary director of the Middle Rhine Museum of the city of Koblenz, whose collections were relocated to the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. In 1956, the State of Rhineland-Palatinate founded the State Service for Prehistory and Early History in the country bastion of the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, which Röder took over. At the same time, the State Collection for Prehistory and Folklore was established as a subdivision. Their museum-like exhibition should be an attraction for tourists. First the technical history of viticulture was shown . Mainly machines and tools that were used in viticulture and mining, in river fishing and in basalt and pumice extraction were collected. At the beginning of 1967 the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Culture separated the preservation of historical monuments and the collection and Röder became head of the “State Collection for Prehistory and Folklore of the Middle Rhine in the State Office for Prehistory and Early History”. At the beginning of 1972, the collection was raised to the status of a state museum and was given the name "State Museum Koblenz - State Collection of Technical Antiquities".

In 1975 Ulrich Löber took over the management of the museum and began redesigning the exhibition. He focused on technology as a human cultural achievement. To make this clear, the museum changed its name to "Landesmuseum Koblenz - State Collection of Technical Cultural Monuments". Under Löber, a museum educator was employed for the first time in Rhineland-Palatinate at the Landesmuseum Koblenz . In 1993, the establishment of a state collection on the history of photography in Rhineland-Palatinate began, which is now presented in the "House of Photography" with permanent and temporary exhibitions. In 2001 Thomas Metz took over the management of the museum, which he held until 2008. He then took up the position of General Director of the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (GDKE). In August 2003, the "House of Archeology" was opened, in which the State Museum shows important findings from the State of Archeology.

After the 50th anniversary, a fundamental renovation of the premises of the State Museum began in 2007, which is still ongoing. Since the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress was part of the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show , the State Museum was also involved in the event with special exhibitions. On the roofs of the Contregarde on the right, the Archaeological Time Gardens were created. In addition, the State Museum accompanied the garden show with two large temporary exhibitions on the Prussian horticulturist Peter Joseph Lenné and on the history of grave culture on the Rhine and Moselle.

Exhibitions

Permanent exhibitions

In the “House of Archeology” the State Museum is showing the exhibition “Recovered Treasures. Archeology on the Middle Rhine and Moselle ”and on the roof the“ Archaeological Contemporary Gardens ”with three historical themed gardens created for the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show.

In the “House of Pleasure” in the “Long Line” is the exhibition “WeinReich Rheinland-Pfalz”, which is dedicated to wine in Rhineland-Palatinate.

In the "House of Photography" in the "Unnamed Tower", the "State Collection on the History of Photography" is presented.

In its photo collection, the Landesmuseum Koblenz has a representative, at the same time almost complete overview of the life's work of the photographer Jacob Hilsdorf
Archaeological contemporary gardens on the roof of the Contregarde right during the Federal Horticultural Show 2011
Faithful replica of a Roman pile driver as Caesar used to build the Rhine bridge in 55 BC. Used, exhibited at the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz
Cannon Griffin

Temporary exhibitions (selection)

The Landesmuseum Koblenz regularly offers changing exhibitions for its visitors.

2018: good prospects - young german photography 2017/2018
2018: Dr. Berthold Roland Photo Art Prize: Kristina Lenz and Florian Glaubitz - From Here
from May 2018: vorZEITEN. Archaeological treasures on the Rhine and Moselle
2018/2019: Tradition Raiffeisen: Rethinking the economy

2018: Ruth Marcus : Men and their animals

2018: Welcome @ HotelGlobal. An interactive adventure for all world explorers

2018: Koblenz analog. A student initiative from the University of Koblenz-Landau

2017/18: Helke Stiebel. The current

2017/2018: ... served up! artful nutritional value by AndyMo

2017: abstracting. Photographs by Rainer Breuer

2017: Cowboy & Indians. Made in Germany

2017: Women - Braiding - Shapes. Handicrafts from Rwanda

2017: good prospects - young german photography 2016/2017

2017: Herbert Piel - Arrival: Rhineland-Palatinate

2016/2017: The Ehrenbreitstein coin treasure

2016/2017: Toni Schneider. Travel photography

2016/2017: The blue haze. On the cultural history of smoking

2016: Frank Kunert: Wonderland

2016: Markus Redert: Western Front

2016: good prospects - young german photography 2015/2016

2016: Ice Age Safari

2015/2016: chocolate!

2015/2016: Beer and canned meat - archeology of the Prussian era

2015/2016: Stand still! - Prussian soldiers in the picture

2015: Good prospects - young german photography 2014/2015

2015: 40 years of Playmobil - an adventure journey through time

2014/2015: Table art and porridge - table culture in the baroque era

2014: Tatort Archeology - Searching for traces in the ground

2014: The barbarian treasure of Rülzheim

2013/2014: GenussKultur - Eating in and from Rhineland-Palatinate

2013: Exhibition for the DAM Prize for Architecture in Germany 2012 - Koblenz

2012: Enjoyment from a master hand

2010/2011: Shovels, excavators, rubble - Koblenz is changing

2010: stitch by stitch - from the sewing machine to the catwalk

2008: The Knight Myth

2007: in love? Engaged! Married ... - Rhineland-Palatinate: the early years

2007: Living on the Limes

2006: Nintendo - From card game to Game Boy

2005: Haribo - with the gold bear to a cult brand

2004: The dream of flying

2003: Lego World - play with the imagination

2002: Stolzenfels Castle - a built dream

Directors / museum directors

1956–1975: Josef Röder
1975–2001: Dr. Ulrich Löber
2001–2007: Thomas Metz
2008–2017: Brigitte Schmutzler
since 2018: Andreas Schmauder

Publications (selection)

Paul-Georg Custodis: From the motorway bridge to the brick factory. Testimonials from technology and business in Rhineland-Palatinate. ed. from the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorates for the State Museum Koblenz and State Monument Preservation. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7954-2843-3 .
General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate State Museum Koblenz (Ed.): Wolfgang Horbert. Photographs . Self-published, Koblenz 2014, ISBN 978-3-925915-75-8 .
General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate State Museum Koblenz (Ed.): Shovels, excavators, rubble. Koblenz is changing. A photo documentation of the last 150 years. 3., corr. Edition. Self-published, Koblenz 2012, ISBN 978-3-925915-73-4 .
General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate State Museum Koblenz (ed.): Peter Joseph Lenné - A garden trip in the Rhineland . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7954-2505-0 .
General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate State Museum Koblenz (Ed.): Igniting Ideas. Brands from Rhineland-Palatinate. A walk through the exhibition . Self-published, Koblenz 2011, ISBN 978-3-925915-74-1 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (Ed.): Toni Schneiders. Photography . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2182-0 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (Ed.): Pictures make people. The staging of people in photography. 2nd Edition. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2170-7 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The history of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Self-published, Koblenz 2007, ISBN 978-3-925915-71-0 .
Chamber of Crafts Koblenz, State Museum Koblenz (Ed.): Championship! Craft and high tech . Self-published, Koblenz 2006, ISBN 3-925915-69-9 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The photographer Max Jacoby. Pictures from the 60s and 70s . Self-published, Koblenz 2003, ISBN 3-935690-16-9 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (Hrsg.): What does Rhine romanticism mean here? Pictures from the state collection on the history of photography in Rhineland-Palatinate . Self-published, Koblenz 2002, ISBN 3-925915-67-2 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The spirit of romanticism in architecture. Built dreams on the Middle Rhine . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2002, ISBN 3-7954-1512-8 .
Landesmuseum Koblenz (Ed.): The designed century. Fashion and product design over the past 100 years. The Hermann Götting Collection, Cologne . Self-published, Koblenz 2000, ISBN 3-925915-65-6 .

literature

Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The history of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Self-published, Koblenz 2007, ISBN 978-3-925915-71-0 .
Raimund Bardua, Peter Fischer (ed.): Thanks to Ulrich Löber . Görres Verlag, Koblenz 2001, ISBN 3-920388-97-6 .

Web links

Commons : Landesmuseum Koblenz - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas Schmauder is the new director of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Retrieved November 20, 2018 .
↑ Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The history of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Selbstverlag, Koblenz 2007, pp. 24–47; Raimund Bardua, Peter Fischer (ed.): Thanks to Ulrich Löber . Görres Verlag, Koblenz 2001, ISBN 3-920388-97-6 , p. 56.
↑ Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The history of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Selbstverlag, Koblenz 2007, pp. 48–79; Raimund Bardua, Peter Fischer (ed.): Thanks to Ulrich Löber . Görres Verlag, Koblenz 2001, ISBN 3-920388-97-6 , p. 56.
↑ Schmutzler between Buga and Depot. In: Rhein-Zeitung . February 15, 2008.

50.364138888889 7.6143611111111Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′ 50.9 ″ N , 7 ° 36 ′ 51.7 ″ E

[1] Andreas Schmauder is the new director of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Retrieved November 20, 2018 .

[2] Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The history of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Selbstverlag, Koblenz 2007, pp. 24–47; Raimund Bardua, Peter Fischer (ed.): Thanks to Ulrich Löber . Görres Verlag, Koblenz 2001, ISBN 3-920388-97-6 , p. 56.

[3] Landesmuseum Koblenz (ed.): The history of the Landesmuseum Koblenz. Selbstverlag, Koblenz 2007, pp. 48–79; Raimund Bardua, Peter Fischer (ed.): Thanks to Ulrich Löber . Görres Verlag, Koblenz 2001, ISBN 3-920388-97-6 , p. 56.

[4] Schmutzler between Buga and Depot. In: Rhein-Zeitung . February 15, 2008.