Museum blue

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Museum Blau in Schwetzingen (2018)

The private Museum Blau was opened in Schwetzingen in 2017 and, according to the company, is the only one of its kind in the world. The extraction and use of color pigments such as purple , indigo , cobalt and ultramarine is illustrated in the rooms on the ground floor. In 2018, 1,170 visitors were registered on 69 opening days.

collection

Museum Blau in Schwetzingen: Look into the blue!

The collection with 1000 exhibits comprises 15 rooms on two floors. The natural history of the color blue is presented on the upper floor. Here, the themes of blue skies, mountains and southern landscapes of longing, the Grotta Azzurra , the magic of the blue hour , the eternally blue sea and its sailors are shown. Visitors can visit a blue ice chamber, do zoological and botanical studies and find the Blue Flower of Romanticism. The upper floor was especially designed for young visitors.

location

The Blue Museum is located in the city of Schwetzingen, opposite the town hall, city information center and the baroque Pankratius Church , 200 meters northwest of the main entrance of Schwetzingen Castle.

building

Archway with the initials of Hans and Susanne Pfeiffer and the year 1841. The ax gives an indication of the butcher's profession.

The year 1841 with the initials HPF and SP is engraved on the archway of the Biedermeier farmhouse together with a hatchet. The deed of purchase of the butcher Heinrich Pfeiffer and his wife Susanne from 1841 has been preserved. In the inner courtyard there are remains of a pig pen. A roof beam exposed during the renovation in 2017 attests to the year 1740 in connection with the little-documented construction history of the building at Hebelstrasse 2 in Schwetzingen.

Movies

The state show Baden-Württemberg showed a portrait of the Museum Blau Schwetzingen on August 23, 2017.

Museum education

Since 2018, the Museum Blau has offered a museum educational program for children between 6 and 10 years of age. Dates can be booked for children's birthdays.

opening hours

The Blue Museum in Schwetzingen can be visited from the beginning of April to the beginning of October. The opening times are Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. Outside of this time, the museum can be visited by arrangement. Guided tours through the collection and on special topics are offered.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Museum Blau. Accessed December 4, 2019 (German).
  2. ↑ A life in blue - about Smurfs and frogs in the mating season. Accessed December 4, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ The color of the distance - Mannheimer Morgen. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Children's Museum Blau. Accessed December 4, 2019 (German).
  5. ^ Museum - Museum Blau. Accessed December 4, 2019 (German).