Rheinmuseum Emmerich

Rheinmuseum in the Martinikirchgang

The Rheinmuseum Emmerich is a shipping museum in Emmerich am Rhein on the Lower Rhine . It has been supported by the Emmerich History Association since 1994. In 2017, 8,500 visitors came to the museum, in 2018 only 5,500. On the first Sunday of every month, the Rhine Museum waives entry fees.

history

The Rheinmuseum emerged in 1964 from the local history museum founded in 1899. Since then it has been located opposite the town hall in the "Kulturhaus" in the Martini church, initially on the two upper floors. After the city library moved to another building in 1982, the Rhine Museum was able to expand to the ground floor and use this floor in particular for temporary exhibitions and lectures. The archives of the city archive are in the cellar. The museum was operated by the city of Emmerich until 1994.

collection

It deals with life and work on and on the Rhine as well as the history of the Hanseatic city of Emmerich, 97% of which was destroyed in the Second World War . There are over 150 models of ships on display, from dugout canoes to push convoy , nautical equipment and ship accessories, two functional radar systems and fish preparations. The fishing on the Rhine is devoted to a separate department.

literature

Herbert Kleipaß: Rheinmuseum Emmerich . Art guide, 23 pages, Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7954-5094-6
Herbert Kleipaß: 50 years of the Rheinmuseum Emmerich . In: Landschaftsverband Rheinland (ed.): Rheinform , 02/2014, Cologne 2014, pages 55 to 57