Museum for Russian-German Cultural History
 Museum for Russian-German Cultural History |
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| place | Detmold |
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Museum of Cultural History
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| opening | March 16, 1996 |
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| ISIL | DE-MUS-964810 |
The Museum for Russian-German Cultural History in Detmold is the first and only museum in Germany that is dedicated to the cultural history of Russian- Germans.
The museum is supported by the Association for Russian-German Culture and Folklore. The museum is funded by the Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media .
Emergence
The initiative to found the museum came from Otto Hertel, a teacher and human rights activist with a Russian-German migration background. He collected the first objects and created a traveling exhibition. The first larger collection was donated between 1989 and 1994 by the Russian-German sculptor Jakob Wedel . On March 16, 1996 Otto Hertel opened the museum for the first time in Georgstrasse in Detmold.
After Hertel's death in 1999, Katharina Neufeld took over the management of the museum. In 2002 the Association for Russian-German Culture and Folklore was founded. V., which took over the sponsorship of the museum. From 2009 the sponsoring association began planning a new building for the museum, also in Georgstraße. The new building was opened in 2011 with the permanent exhibition “Unpacked. The past and present of the Germans from Russia ”opens. Since 2016, funding from the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media has enabled the museum to continue to exist and expand its content. After Katharina Neufeld's retirement in 2017, Kornelius Ens took over the management of the house.
museum
The permanent exhibition “Unpacked. The history and present of the Germans from Russia ”shows on two floors with a total of 500 square meters the history of the Russian Germans since the first German colonists, who accepted an invitation from Catherine the Great from 1763 to their return as (late) emigrants, especially in the 1990s.
In two special exhibition rooms with a total of 100 square meters, the museum deepens the contents of the permanent exhibition, changing every year. In addition to the rooms for the exhibitions and the collection, the museum has a scientific library accessible to visitors and an archive that can be used on request. A working group for family research is also affiliated to the museum and provides mutual support for genealogical questions. The museum cooperates with various scientific institutions, including the Federal Institute for Culture and History of Germans in Eastern Europe (University of Oldenburg) and the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies (University of Osnabrück).
- Permanent exhibition in the Museum of Russian-German Cultural History
Permanent exhibition on the ground floor and basement.
collection
The collection of the Museum of Russian-German Cultural History mainly includes everyday objects such as tools, clothing, dishes, travel utensils, correspondence and diaries. The inventory also includes paintings and sculptures, mainly from the 20th century. All objects are related to the Russian-German history of the last 300 years. The museum archive includes numerous historical documents as well as audio and video media. The archive also houses an image collection with postcards, photographs and slides.
Cultural work
The Museum of Russian-German Cultural History has been the location of the newly created cultural department for Germans from Russia since November 1, 2017. The responsible cultural advisor has been Edwin Warkentin since then. The cultural department is set up within the framework of cultural funding for resettlers, displaced persons and refugees according to the Federal Expellees Act. The speaker initiates nationwide cultural projects, collaborates on museum projects and advises external organizations and institutions.
Web links
- Museum of Russian-German Cultural History Official website of the museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the beginning there was a vision. Museum for Russian-German Cultural History, accessed on July 24, 2012 .
- ^ Museum initiative in OWL. Museum initiative in OWL eV, accessed on December 27, 2009 .
- ↑ Katharina Neufeld, 56, museum director from Detmold. In: Neuland 02/2008 - Ostwestfalen-Lippe. brand eins Wissen GmbH & Co. KG, February 2008, accessed on February 17, 2012 .
- ↑ Andreas Fasel: From Germany to Russia and back . March 17, 2013 ( welt.de [accessed June 18, 2019]).
Coordinates: 51 ° 56 ′ 58 " N , 8 ° 52 ′ 45.2" E