Museum in the Frey House

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The Frey House on Ritterstrasse in Brandenburg an der Havel (2018)

The museum in the Frey-Haus is one of two museum locations of the Brandenburg City Museum on the Havel . It is located in Brandenburg an der Havel at Ritterstrasse 96. The museum building in the Massowsches Palais is a listed building . Archaeologist Anja Grothe has been the director of the Brandenburg City Museum an der Havel since 2019.

history

The Frey House is located in the old town of Brandenburg . It was built in 1723 in the Baroque style. The builder was Colonel von Massow, the commander of the royal regiment of Friedrich Wilhelm I. For the Massow Palace , stones from St. Mary's Church , which was demolished in 1722, were used. The name Frey-Hauss dates back to 1751, when it or its owners were exempt from paying city taxes . The house remained the residence of the regimental commanders of the Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 36, which was based in Brandenburg.

Later, the Frey House housed an organ and spinet factory , among other things . In 1912, the toy manufacturer Ernst Paul Lehmann, based in Brandenburg, acquired the building. Since the museum in the Steintorturm suffered from a lack of space, the historical association moved from this to the Frey House in 1923. In 1936 the building was transferred to the city by Lehmann's heirs . Furthermore, in 1939 the museum was transferred from the historical association to the city.

museum

Permanent exhibition on the Brandenburg toy industry

The museum in the Frey-Haus as one of two museums of the Brandenburg City Museum is home to the permanent exhibition The Climbing Monkey TOM - Toys from the City of Brandenburg / Havel , which deals with the history of the Brandenburg toy industry from 1881 to 1992 in the baroque outbuildings . Exhibits from the Brandenburg toy companies such as those from Ernst Paul Lehmann, the Lineol factory from Oskar Wiederholz or the VEB Mechanische Spielwaren Brandenburg are on display . There are also storage and work rooms here. Furthermore, changing special exhibitions are shown in the rooms on the ground floor and the upper floor of the main building .

building

The rear of the Frey House

The Frey-Haus is a listed building in the old town of Brandenburg. Most of the plaster is yellow. Cornices , pilasters , iris and window surrounds structure the facade . Access is via a multi-level, double-sided flight of stairs , which was restored in 2006. The roof is a mansard roof , which is covered with red beaver tails . Edged dormers were worked into the roof as window openings. The building has a ground floor, an upper floor and an attic. The outbuildings of the courtyard , which belong to the museum, are accessible via the cobblestone courtyard . This is built in half-timbered houses. Behind it is the ensemble's garden.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meetingpoint Brandenburg from August 16, 2019: New museum manager: "Our valuable holdings can no longer live with makeshift solutions " , accessed on August 18, 2019
  2. ↑ About the history and locations of the museum . Accessed July 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ On the trail of Brandenburg toys . Accessed July 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Special exhibitions . Accessed July 13, 2020.

Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '45.1 "  N , 12 ° 33' 14.3"  E