Uslar Museum

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Uslar Museum in April 2008.

The Museum Uslar is a museum for local history in Uslar . It deals with the history of the city and the Solling . Various exhibitions take place in the museum every year.

On around 1000 square meters, it houses numerous exhibits, including a special collection of skulls from the chapel in the Uslar district of Vahle .

history

It was founded in 1907 by Heinrich Sohnrey's co-operation . According to a report in the “Sollinger Nachrichten” (former local weekly newspaper), the collection of exhibits began in 1937.

Events

Since the late 1980s, special exhibitions have been held at the Uslar Museum on a regular basis. Since 1994 you have mainly dealt with contemporary history or social history and the everyday life of the "little people" in the Solling region. Some exhibition projects were planned and carried out in cooperation with local associations.

Special exhibitions

2005

  • Everyday life of Jewish children under National Socialism.
  • Forest country river. Photos from the Solling and the Weser Valley. From Wolfgang Janke.
  • Home fronts. Everyday life in the war in Solling from 1939 to 1945.
  • Health! Historical health aspects.

2006

  • In Isegrim's footsteps. Wolves in the Solling.
  • Homeland literature. Books from the Solling.
  • CityForestRiver. Painting from the Solling.
  • The Sollinger. Life paths in the Uslarer Land.

2007

  • Energy @home. Exhibition for pioneering energy technology.
  • Landscapes. Painting from the Solling by Harry Wittenburg.
  • Bird's eye view. Historical aerial photos from the Uslarer Land.
  • Children's dreams and everyday life in Solling. 1945 to 1965.
  • Building bridges. Painting from Schlochau (Polish twin town of Uslar) by Stanislawa Sierant.

2008

  • Imperial times . The Uslarer Land 100 years ago. January 20 to May 12, 2008.
  • Yes I do. Get married yesterday and today. May 25 to August 24, 2008.
  • Patch work exhibition by the “Stubenquilter” group. August 31 to September 28, 2008.
  • Fabulous Solling. Art exhibition about legends and fairy tales from the Weserbergland . October 5 to November 9, 2008.
  • Legends and fairy tales from Solling and the Weser Valley. In cooperation with the Theater der Nacht from Northeim and the cultural center Weser Renaissance at Bevern Castle . November 23 to February 28, 2009.

2010

  • The work never stopped. Women's life in the Solling.

2011

  • The time of departure. The 50s in Solling. November 6th to December 18th 2011.

2012

  • The time of departure. The 50s in Solling. January 8th to February 5th, 2012.
  • The Forgotten People - Bushman Art from South Africa. Bushmen in South Africa and Namibia. August 12 to October 21, 2012
  • The black power. Wild boars in the Solling.

2014

  • Turnips and steel storms - the Sollingers in World War I. August 3 to November 23, 2014

2015

  • Iron from Uslar - 300 years of iron processing in Solling. August 16 to November 15, 2015.

2016/2017

  • Hot heroes. The fire departments of the city of Uslar. June 5 to September 25, 2016.
  • In the realm of darkness. A story of darkness. November 27, 2016 to April 2, 2017.

2017

  • The wild forest. Living and working in the Solling . July 16 to November 12, 2017.

Publications

A number of brochures, books and booklets have been published on the museum's exhibitions and projects.

  • Maren Röber, Helmut Schreckenbach, Wolfgang Schäfer (eds.): The inn in Solling. Reports, pictures and documents from the history of the restaurants in the Uslar area. Uslar Museum, Uslar 1994.
  • Detlev Herbst, Wolfgang Schäfer: Remember and never forget! Jews in the Solling. Uslar Museum, Uslar 1995.
  • Beate Birkigt-Quentin, Gerd Busse, Wolfgang Schäfer (eds.): Flax and linen between Leine and Weser. Reports and pictures from Adelebsen, Uslar and Wahlsburg. Adelebsen, Uslar, Wahlsburg 1995.
  • Wolfgang Schäfer (ed.): In the country. Life in Solling and the Weser Valley. Photographs by Heinrich Fritz (1879 to 1945). Verlag Jörg Mitzkat Holzminden (no year).
  • Wolfgang Schäfer (ed.): The dream of little happiness. The Solling in the 50s. Jörg Mitzkat publishing house, Holzminden 1998.
  • Matthias Seeliger (ed.): 1848 - (not) a revolution between Leine and Weser. Bielefeld 1999.
  • Gerhard Brodhage, Wolfgang Schäfer (ed.): Forest life. Living and working in the Sollinger Walde. Verlag Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2000.
  • Wolfgang Schäfer (ed.): We only played to win! The history of football in Solling. Verlag Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2001.
  • Wolfgang Schäfer: rebels of the forest. Poacher in the Solling. Uslar Museum, Uslar 2004.
  • Wolfgang Schäfer (ed.): Home fronts. Everyday life in the war in Solling from 1939 to 1945. Jörg Mitzkat Verlag, Holzminden 2005.
  • Wolfgang Schäfer: The Sollinger. Life paths in the Uslarer Land. Jörg Mitzkat Publishing House, Holzminden 2006.
  • Detlev Herbst, Lothar Richter, Wolfgang Schäfer: They were our neighbors. On the trail of Jewish people in the Solling. Bodenfelde, Uslar (no year).
  • Gerd Gail, Wolfgang Schäfer, Helmut Schreckenbach: bird's eye views. Historical aerial photos from the Uslarer Land. Verlag Jörg Mitzkat, Holzminden 2007.
  • Daniel Althaus, Gerd Gail, Wolfgang Schäfer, Helmut Schreckenbach: Imperial times. The Uslarer Land around 1900. Jörg Mitzkat Verlag, Holzminden 2008.
  • Thomas Krüger, Jörg Mitzkat, Wolfgang Schäfer (eds.): Landscapes and people. Early photographs from the Weserbergland. Otto Liebert and Heinrich Fritz document life in Solling and the Weser Valley. Jörg Mitzkat Publishing House, Holzminden 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ So they lived every day. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , May 6, 2008.
  2. ↑ The death crowns of Vahle. Description of the collection. By Wolfgang Schäfer.
  3. ↑ Erika Karasek : Background on the origin and mode of operation of folklore and local museums around 1900 . In: Researches and Reports . tape 20 , 1980, pp. 593-599, p. 598 , JSTOR : 3880873 .
  4. ↑ Mäuseschwänze in Teufels Küche press release in the daily newspaper Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine ( Sollinger Allgemeine ) and in Weg und Fähre (former culture and leisure journal for the Weserbergland).
  5. ^ Special exhibition from the 1950s in the museum - director Dr. Schäfer goes into retirement article of the HNA (Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine).
  6. ↑ African art: special exhibition in the Uslarer Museum opens article in the HNA (Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine).
  7. ↑ Special exhibition in the museum: Need and misery met all HNA articles at the exhibition opening.
  8. ^ Special exhibition about iron from Uslar: Sollinger Hütte shaped the region Article in the HNA (Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine, August 18, 2015).
  9. ↑ Exhibition about Uslar fire brigades: Hot Heroes Today Girls for Everything Article about the special exhibition in the HNA (Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine), June 6, 2016.
  10. ^ Special exhibition "Hot Heroes" Pictures from the exhibition about the volunteer fire brigades in the area of ​​the city of Uslar.
  11. ↑ Special exhibition in the museum "In the realm of darkness. A history of darkness" Brief description on the website of the city of Uslar.
  12. ↑ "The wild forest" - special exhibition about living and working in Solling . Event information on the website of the city of Uslar.

Web links

  • Museum Uslar - town and regional history in the Museum Uslar

Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 30 ″  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 1 ″  E