Air Museum

Building of the Amberg Air Museum

The air museum in the independent city of Amberg in the Upper Palatinate is a special museum of cultural history . As the only museum in the German-speaking area, it has been dedicated to the art and culture of air since 2006 , as well as the presentation of outstanding design solutions in pneumatics . It is a private museum run by a non-profit association (Luftmuseum eV).

The air museum supplements the aviation technology history museum holdings in the Federal Republic of Germany , the military history collections from the aerial warfare and exhibitions on the ecology of the earth's atmosphere , with cultural, artistic and creative holdings. A permanent collection, changing exhibitions, an educational program and public events promote artistic engagement with the cultural factor of air.

Awards

SIEMENS sponsorship award of the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region 2013
Prize of the International Lake Constance Conference for innovative cultural mediation, St. Gallen 2011
Museum award from the Mittelbayerische Zeitung. Regensburg 2009
DM-Markt Preis Deutschland 2009 Be a futurist for the museum education concept of the aerial teachers in the flying classroom

Artists represented in the permanent art collection

Christoph Bergmann, Munich
Daniel Bräg, Munich
Silke Decker, Hamburg
Günther Dollhopf, Amberg
FinnFemFel, Helsinki
Wolfgang Groh, Munich
Ewerdt Hilgemann, Amsterdam
Ralf Homann , Munich
Res Ingold , Munich
Wilhelm Koch, Etsdorf

Klaas Kuiken, Arnhem
Kengo Kuma , Tokyo
Alexander Laner, Munich
Jan van Munster, Oost-Souburg
Pablo de la Riestra, Nuremberg
Maria Rucker, Munich
Martin Schmidt , Munich
Michael Schrattenthaler, Munich
Björn Schülke, Cologne
Max Streicher, Toronto

Design collection

Its own collection of technical exhibits, which are characterized by their outstanding design , include hot air collectors , hot air motors , air filters , air suspension seats, air automation and wind energy systems .

Air adventure trail

The air adventure trail airparc forms the permanent exhibition of the air museum. It is divided into three museum-educational focal points: air experience, air technology and air variations. The aim is to make the phenomenon of air directly understandable and tangible, as well as to present engineering innovations and complex artistic approaches. The air trail includes educational facilities such as a sensual air shower , the flying carpet , the air alphabet that Aeolsharve , the air well , the shopping bag organ that Druckluftuhr , a pneumatic tube , an air bridge , as well as a Pneu-throne and the autumn storm .

Exhibitions and events

The Air Museum's exhibitions and events focus on contemporary visual arts , architecture, and music . The Japanese architect Kengo Kuma , Yokohama, had his first exhibition in Germany in 2011 about his breathing architecture. He also held a workshop.

Other solo exhibitions have so far shown: Peter Engel, Regensburg, Susu Gorth, Munich, Wolfgang Groh, Munich, Hans Hemmert, Berlin, Inflate, Antwerp, Wolf Kahlen , Berlin, Lambert Kamps, Groningen, Thomas Kühnapfel, Cologne, Franz Pröbster-Kunzel , Freystadt, Hans Lankes, Regensburg, Ronald van der Meijs, Amsterdam, Toni Scheubeck, Arnschwang, Herbert Stolz, Regensburg, Karel Trinkewitz , Mečeříž, Sonja Weber, Munich, Regine Herzog , Clemens Zahn, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Peter Angermann , Thurndorf

Premises

The air museum rooms are located in the historic Amberger Klösterl directly on the banks of the Vils. The Gothic property, built at the beginning of the 14th century, was originally part of the electoral residence and bears the house name Engelsburg . The monument comprises a total of 650 m² of exhibition space over three floors. On the ground floor and in the Gothic house chapel, there are temporary exhibitions on design, architecture, art, technology and everyday art. The upper floors house the permanent collection of the air adventure trail, as well as the art and design collection. From 1991 to 2005 the Archeological Museum of the Upper Palatinate Amberg , a branch of the Bavarian State Archaeological Collection, was housed in the premises . The Castel Sant'Angelo has housed the Air Museum since 2006 .

Reference library

The air library on the ground floor contains around 500 art catalogs and cultural studies publications on the subject of air.

Sponsoring association

The museum was founded in 2006 on the initiative of the artist Wilhelm Koch. The sponsor is the non-profit association Luftmuseum eV The private museum is mainly financed by entrance fees, donations, association fees and the voluntary support of so-called air assistants . The city of Amberg provides the historic premises rent-free. With the opening of the air museum, Amberg became an air art location . The term has been protected since 2010.

Special

In July 2011 a fire destroyed large parts of the interior of the air museum. The exhibits could be saved. The air museum reopened in November 2011 with an exhibition on birds of paradise or air birds by the Munich artist Wolfgang Groh.