Museums of the city of Hanau

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Historical Museum Hanau Philippsruhe Castle
Council cup of the Neustadt Hanau in the Historisches Museum Hanau Schloss Philippsruhe

The museums of the city of Hanau are part of the museum landscape and the city administration of Hanau . They show their exhibitions at three locations in the city, the infrastructure of the houses is spread over an even larger number of locations.

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The museums of the city of Hanau look after historical and art-historical collections related to the history of the city of Hanau and its regional surroundings as well as the county of Hanau-Münzenberg . There are three exhibition venues under joint management. In addition to the permanent exhibition , temporary exhibitions are also shown in all three locations .

Historical Museum Hanau Philippsruhe Castle

This part of the museums of the city of Hanau is presented in Philippsruhe Castle . It is dedicated to the history of the city and the county of Hanau. One focus is the exhibition on the Hanau-born Brothers Grimm , GrimmMärchenReich , which opened in spring 2019.

In addition to the historical museum, the paper theater museum is also housed here as a further facility, which is looked after by the association “Forum paper theater”.

Museum Steinheim Castle

Museum Steinheim Castle

Here is the exhibition on the prehistory of the region with numerous archaeological finds from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages . Part of the exhibition area is also dedicated to the history of the Hanau district of Steinheim .

Großauheim Museum for Industry and Art

Großauheim Museum for Industry and Art

The focus here is on Hanau's industrial history. In addition, the focus is on the collections of the artists August Gaul and August Peukert .

Depots

The parts of the collections that are not on display are located in seven depots. Opportunities are being sought to store these stocks in a central depot in order to save effort.

Other museums in Hanau

Privately owned museums

In addition to the museums of the city of Hanau, there are other museums and museum facilities in Hanau, which are not sponsored by the city, but which it supports in the operation of the facilities. This includes:

  • the German Goldsmith's House in the sponsorship of the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst eV,
  • the Hessian doll and toy museum in Hanau-Wilhelmsbad with its own sponsoring association,
  • the local history museum in Mittelbuchen in Obertor there, sponsored by the Mittelbuchener Heimat- und Geschichtsverein eV, and
  • the RadWerk Klein-Auheim, whose exhibition is supervised by the local history association.
  • the center for local history in Klein-Auheim, also sponsored by the local home and history association.
  • The Museumseisenbahn Hanau eV maintains and restores historic railway vehicles on the site of the former Hanau depot and organizes journeys with the vehicles.

Museums of the State of Hesse

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Historisches Museum Hanau Schloss Philippsruheauf on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  2. ^ Paper theater museum on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  3. ^ Museum Schloss Steinheim on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  4. ^ Museum Großauheim on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  5. ↑ Bechler: Museum Concept , pp. 14, 23.
  6. ↑ German goldsmith's house on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  7. ^ Homepage of the Hessian Puppet and Toy Museum; Hessian doll and toy museum on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  8. ↑ Local history museum in Mittelbuchen on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  9. ^ Homepage of the Museumseisenbahn Hanau eV; Museumseisenbahn Hanau eV on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  10. ^ Hessisches Forstmuseum on the homepage of the city of Hanau.
  11. ↑ Homepage of the Hessian Forest Museum .