Museum of Art and History Freiburg
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Freiburg im Üechtland 
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Fine arts, archeology and Freiburg history
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The Museum of Art and History Freiburg ( French Musée d'art et d'histoire de Friborg , MAHF for short) is a museum in Freiburg in Üechtland . It collects and exhibits works from the canton of Friborg .
building
The Museum of Art and History Freiburg is housed in two main buildings: in the Ratzéhof, a city palace from the 16th century, and in a former slaughterhouse, which is opposite on the other side of Murtenstrasse. An underground passage connects the two parts of the museum. The arrangement of the halls goes back to the renovation in 1981. Both buildings are on the list of cultural assets of national importance in the canton of Friborg .
history
In 1774 Tobias Gerfer laid the foundation stone for the city's first public collection when he bequeathed his collection of medals to the Jesuit College. The cantonal museum was set up at the same location in 1823. In 1922 the museum, which has meanwhile been enriched by collections from the secularized Hauterive monastery and donations, moved into the Ratzéhof.
Collections
The museum mainly houses Freiburg art from the Middle Ages to the present day as well as art objects from the 17th and 18th centuries. The different areas of the permanent exhibition are:
- Sculpture and painting in Freiburg in the Middle Ages
- Sculpture and painting in Freiburg around 1500 (including painting by Hans Fries )
- Sculpture and painting in Freiburg - the masters of the 16th century
- Education and homeliness (including painting by Gottfried Locher )
- Baroque piety
- The craft of war
- Guilds and trades
- Urban representation in the agricultural canton
- The city - image and self-expression
- Stone sculpture from the Middle Ages and Baroque
- Archeology in Freiburg
- Freiburg goldsmith's art
- Art from the 19th and 20th centuries (including Bruno Baeriswyl , Joseph Reichlen , Hiram Brülhart , Oswald Pilloud , Raymond Buchs , Louis Vonlanthen )
There is also a gallery with works by the sculptor Adèle d'Affry, Duchess Castiglione Colonna, called Marcello (1836–1879) and a gallery of glass painting .
Special exhibitions on historical or cultural topics are held regularly in the museum. It is also responsible for the administration of the Espace Jean-Tinguely-Niki-de-Saint-Phalle .
Web links
- Official website (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum - The collection and its history. fr.ch, accessed on March 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Permanent exhibition NEW: Collection. fr.ch, accessed on May 3, 2020 .