Miltenberg museums
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The Miltenberg Museums (formerly also the Museums of the City of Miltenberg ) are the collective term and organizational superstructure for the museums in the Lower Franconian city of Miltenberg in Bavaria and document the city and regional history , the area of which has been populated almost continuously from the Celts through Roman times . The museums are divided into two thematically independent individual museums.
The two museums are run by the city of Miltenberg as non-state museums. Both museums together have over 2500 m² of exhibition space and thus belong to the medium-sized museums. In Lower Franconia , the museums are counted among the most important institutions of their kind because of their important collections.
As indicated in the logo , the museums focus on the three areas of home , art and history . The two semi-arches in slightly contrasting blue form an M and stand for the two individual museums; at the same time, the M can be interpreted for the entirety of the museums and for the city name Miltenberg itself on the banks of the Main .
structure
city Museum
The Museum Stadt Miltenberg : (Location: 49 ° 41 ′ 57 ″ N, 9 ° 15 ′ 6 ″ E )
- is located in the "House Miltenberg", the construction of 1541 the Kurmainzer Office winery , and two other adjacent historic half-timbered houses on Miltenberger market place, a building with ornate Renaissance - bay windows at the so-called Schnatterloch. In 1999, the museum was awarded the Bavarian Museum Prize for its new concept and presentation . In 2007 it received the sponsorship award from the Lower Franconian Culture Foundation .
- The permanent exhibition has seven thematic areas and includes key collections such as toys , Judaica (including the medieval Tora gable from Miltenberg's old synagogue ), ceramics , popular piety and hunting weapons distributed in 44 rooms. The museum also contains the enigmatic Toutonenstein , which was found east of the Celtic wall at Greinberg . Finds from the Odenwald Limes and the later so-called wet Main Limes are exhibited in the Roman section . The emergence of Miltenberg in the Middle Ages is one of the main topics. The exhibitions are complemented by two rooms on the Miltenberg godfather town of Dux ( Duchcov ) in Bohemia and a small collection of paintings with works by Miltenberg artists such as Rudolf Hirth du Frênes and Philipp Wirth .
- There are also two to six temporary exhibitions each year. The last special exhibition is traditionally dedicated to Christmas themes.
- The Museum Stadt Miltenberg is open almost continuously except in February and every Monday.
Castle Museum
The Miltenberg Castle Museum : (Location: 49 ° 41 ′ 55 ″ N, 9 ° 15 ′ 3 ″ E )
- is located in the medieval Mildenburg above the city . After the castle was renovated by 2011, the conception and reopening of the museum from foundations, it also received the sponsorship award from the Lower Franconian Culture Foundation in 2012 .
- In addition to the eventful history of the Mildenburg castle, from the protective castle of the diocese of Mainz to various noble houses and private property to the final remaining in city ownership, the castle cellar is also
- presents contemporary art with works by Barlach , Beuys , Fräger, Lange, Lehnen, Morgner, Polke, Stötzer, Stoltz, Willikens and others in an interesting dialogue with older Greek and Russian icons .
- Around two changing exhibitions a year on artistic topics complement the exhibition in the castle museum.
- The Miltenberg Castle Museum is open from mid-March to the end of October, except on Mondays. Guided tours outside of the opening times are possible.
Museum depot
(Location: 49 ° 42 ′ 13 ″ N, 9 ° 14 ′ 13 ″ E )
The city has a large collection of museum exhibits, which is certainly one of the most important in Lower Franconia and has its origins in civic engagement since the 19th century. For the collection, which has grown strongly over the past 50 years, a considerable re-evaluation, processing, preservation and safekeeping of parts of the collection that have not been exhibited became necessary. In 2019, a new central depot was opened at Mainzer Tor .
The new complex is a municipal archive , museum depot and youth center in one, which was created for a total cost of around 9 million euros, almost 2/3 of which were provided by external sponsors and the Lower Franconia administrative district. The entire construction was generously supported by the Lower Franconian government as part of the urban development program. Large parts of the equipment in the work and storage rooms used by the museum were also funded by the State Office for Non-State Museums in Bavaria and the Lower Franconian District Cultural Foundation.
Support association
As with many museums, there is also a support association in Miltenberg : the Freundeskreis Museum der Stadt Miltenberg eV with the aim of " promoting the redesign of the museum and interest in the history of the region through scientific , educational , personal and financial support ". The past 25 years or existing club organizes annual for International Museum Day in May a museum festival.
The museum itself receives support from many other sponsors and is involved in numerous memberships and cooperations.
literature
- Wilhelm Otto Keller, Bruno Schindler (editor): Museum of the City of Miltenberg. Contributions to the reopening on April 26, 1996. (Writings of the Museum der Stadt Miltenberg, Volume 1). Miltenberg 1996
- Herrmann Neubert: The Museum.Stadt.Miltenberg. 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2016, ISBN 978-3898702119 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Museums Miltenberg Logo ; accessed on August 7, 2020
- ↑ Which in this case is not attributed to chatty women on the market square , but to the medieval snade for aisle .
- ^ Museum Burg Miltenberg and Mildenburg at www.miltenberg.info ; accessed on August 5, 2020
- ↑ The museum depot on museum-miltenberg.de ; accessed on August 5, 2020
- ↑ Freundeskreis Museum der Stadt Miltenberg eV on museum-miltenberg.de ; accessed on August 5, 2020
- ↑ Partners and collaborations on museum-miltenberg.de ; accessed on August 5, 2020
