Dräi Eechelen Museum
 Building of the Dräi Eechelen Museum |
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| place | Kirchberg , Luxembourg |
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historical Museum
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| opening | July 13, 2012 |
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Center de Documentation sur la Forteresse de Luxembourg for the National Museum of History and Art
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The Musée Dräi Eechelen ( German Museum Drei Eicheln, M3E for short ), until summer 2007 officially Musée de la forteresse de la ville de Luxembourg ( Luxembourgish fortress museum , German fortress museum) is a museum of the city of Luxembourg , which is in a restored and partly rebuilt part of Fort Thüngen is housed. The self-description forteresse, histoire, identités ( German fortress, history, identities ) indicates the thematic orientation of the museum. The Musée Dräi Eechelen was officially inaugurated on July 13, 2012, more than 15 years after the government passed the first law to build a Luxembourg fortress museum.
history
Protests and building permits
The Musée Dräi Eechelen project has its origins in protests against the building of the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean . According to the concept presented by the architect Ieoh Ming Pei in 1991, this museum would have taken up the entire complex of Fort Thüngen and covered or destroyed large parts of the original structure. Several associations that campaigned for monument protection, including Jeunes et patrimoine , then organized an open day and a lecture to draw attention to the feared destruction of Fort Thüngen.
In 1995, the MP Robert Garcia presented a bill that proposed the establishment of a separate museum for fort history in the Reduit of Fort Thüngen. The Frënn Association of Fortress History Lëtzebuerg finally agreed to the building project, in contrast to the Action Committee D'Fangeren ewechsel vun den Dräi Eechelen . The law was passed by the Chamber of Deputies on December 5, 1996 and entered into force on February 17, 1997. The cost at that time was estimated at CHF 665.5 million .
Exposure and construction work
The topping-out ceremony for the building was celebrated in June 2003 . In addition, the government made a further 130 million Swiss francs available for completion. In the following years, the original fortifications and walls around Fort Thüngen were exposed and some of them were rebuilt. The press reported at the time that the building was about to be inaugurated. In the summer of 2006, the Musée Dräi Eechelen was supposed to open together with the Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean , but this did not happen. Without giving any further reasons, it was announced that the inauguration would not take place until September 2007.
As early as 2006, based on a decision by the government, a concept had been drawn up to create a Musée vun der nationale Identitéit ( German Museum of National Identity ) on the top floor of Fort Thüngen . At the beginning of 2007 it was announced that the opening would be further delayed. Octavie Modert , State Secretary for Culture, Universities and Research, did not announce a new opening date at the related press conference on August 1, 2007. At this point in time, the total costs were already 31.5 million euros.
In March 2009 Octavie Modert informed the government budget commission that a further 8.7 million euros would be needed to complete the museum. The government approved this amount in 2010, bringing the total cost to 41.38 million euros.
Inauguration and opening
In response to a parliamentary question from DP MEP Anne Brasseur , Octavie Modert announced on July 12, 2011 that the Musée Dräi Eechelen would open in July 2012. The official inauguration took place on July 13, 2012 at 5 p.m. The museum was then accessible free of charge for six months.
Exhibitions
The Musée Dräi Eechelen is managed by the National Museum of History and Art . The documentation center also works with the University of Luxembourg . Until 2009, the Center de documentation sur la forteresse de Luxembourg , a department of the Luxembourg monument protection authority , was responsible for the museum building. A Paris agency had previously tried to develop a concept for the museum collection.
History of the fortress
The permanent exhibition on the ground floor deals with the actual Luxembourg fortress , its construction and functions, as well as the sociological aspects of its occupiers and their relationship to the urban population. Chronologically divided into individual casemates , the exhibition explains the history of the fortress, from the time it was conquered by the Burgundians in 1443 to its razing in 1867 and its expansion beyond its former borders.
Temporary exhibitions
Temporary exhibitions are housed on the second floor. So far these have been:
- iLux. Identities in Luxembourg. (July 2012 to August 2013): Exhibition on socio-cultural and political identities in Luxembourg, based on the topic of “house”.
- Genius and fortress. Luxembourg fortress plans in the Berlin State Library. (October 4, 2013 to March 31, 2014): Exhibition of 71 original plans for the Luxembourg Fortress from the Berlin State Library , some of which have been restored and digitized.
- Images d'un pays sovereign. Le photographe Charles Bernhoeft et l'identité luxembourgeoise (May 29 to March 15, 2015): Exhibition with pictures by court photographer Charles Bernhoeft.
- The frontiers de l'indépendance. Le Luxembourg entre 1815 et 1839 (June 11, 2015 to May 22, 2016): Exhibition on the development of Luxembourg between the Congress of Vienna and the Treaty of London.
- Pont Adolphe 1903 (July 7, 2016 to September 3, 2017): Exhibition about the "New Bridge", which characterizes the cityscape, whose arch was the longest stone arch in the world for several years.
- 1867. Luxembourg - ville ouverte (May 12, 2017 to December 31, 2017): Exhibition of the development of the open city and the demolition of the fortress from 1867 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 2nd London Treaty.
- 300 years of Maria Theresa. La femme aux multiples couronnes (October 4, 2017 to June 3, 2018): Exhibition about Maria-Theresa and the development of the Duchy of Luxembourg under her reign.
- Amis / Ennemis. Mansfeld et le revers de la médaille (May 29, 2018 to January 20, 2019): Exhibition on the courtly entanglements of the Renaissance Prince Peter Ernst Mansfeld (1517–1604)
- Et wor emol e gunner. L'artillerie au Luxembourg (June 26, 2019 to March 22, 2020): exhibition on the importance of artillery for the fortress of Luxembourg in particular and for the entire Duchy in general.
Web links
- Website of the Musée Dräi Eechelen - Histoire, forteresse et identités
- The museum on the Museumsmile website
- Octavie Modert fait le point sur l'état du projet "Musée 3 Eechelen"
- Special report by the Cour des Comptes on the Musée Dräi Eechelen (PDF; 488 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wort.lu: "3,2,1 ... mine!" - The "Musée Dräi Eechelen" was opened
- ↑ wort.lu : " 8.7 million more for the fortress museum." ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ wort.lu "Fortress Museum construction site: Clear the way for a decision in Parliament; Culture Commission approves the legal text on a budget expansion of 8.72 million euros." ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ rtl.lu: "Modern: Festungsmusée makes Mëtt July 2012 Fieren op."
- ↑ wort.lu: "Dräi Eechelen "will be opened on July 14th ( memento of the original of February 18th, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ rtl.lu: 13th June: Overture official du Musée Dräi Eechelen ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ m3e.public.lu: "permanent exposure"
- ↑ m3e.public.lu: iLux. Identities in Luxembourg. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ m3e.public.lu: Genius and fortress. Luxembourg fortress plans in the Berlin State Library. ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 49 ° 36 ′ 59.5 ″ N , 6 ° 8 ′ 21 ″ E