Sauerland Museum
The Sauerland Museum of the Hochsauerlandkreis is a historical regional museum in Arnsberg . It was founded in 1925 and has been in the Landsberger Hof since 1937 , which was built in 1605 by Elector Ernst von Bayern for his lady-in-waiting Gertrud von Plettenberg .
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The museum is sponsored by the Hochsauerlandkreis and is dedicated to the history of the former Electoral Cologne Duchy of Westphalia , one of the most important territories in the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation . The permanent exhibition is based on three thematic areas and deals with the history and culture of the Sauerland region of Cologne:
- An adventure area on the topics of Paleolithic and knights
- A tour of the history of the Duchy of Westphalia from Christianization to its end around 1800
- History of the former Duchy of Westphalia from its dissolution to the present
In addition, there are regular special exhibitions on the history or cultural history of the region.
The exhibitions are supplemented by educational museum offers.
Extension
The renovation and expansion of the Sauerland Museum into a "Museum and Culture Forum South Westphalia" is a 2013 Regionale project . After the project received the 1st and 2nd star of the Regionale 2013 as part of a qualification process in 2009/2010, a Europe-wide architectural competition was carried out in 2011/2012. The winner of this competition was the Leipzig office "schulz & schulz architects GmbH".
As part of a VOF procedure, an award committee chaired by District Administrator Dr. Karl Schneider decided that the 2nd prize winner of the architectural competition, the Bez + Kock Architects from Stuttgart, would be commissioned to convert and expand the Sauerland Museum into a "Museum and Culture Forum South Westphalia".
Due to the unclear funding situation, the district council of the Hochsauerlandkreis was only able to submit a final proposal for a decision on June 21, 2013. With a clear majority of 38:13 votes, the district council decided to implement the "Museum and Culture Forum South Westphalia". The Committee of the Regionale 2013 also gave the "green light" for the expansion of the Sauerland Museum on July 17, 2013 with the award of the 3rd star.
A total of 13.5 million euros were invested in the new building complex on Ruhrstrasse and the modernization of the existing museum rooms in Landsberger Hof. The extension building, clad with Gauinger travertine, is located on a steeply sloping hillside property and is connected to the existing museum via a bridge-like connection in the first basement of the Landsberger Hof. From there it descends on three levels - from north to south - down to Ruhrstraße, which is around 22 meters below, where the main building mass of the museum is located with the large exhibition hall. The new building, which was officially opened on September 1, 2019, offers an exhibition area of 530 square meters.
In the course of this planning, the neighboring Blue House was rebuilt. Among other things, the administration of the museum is located there.
Special exhibitions
August Macke up close - special exhibition from September 1 to December 8, 2019
With the opening of the new building, the Sauerland Museum showed an exhibition about the painter August Macke, who was born in Meschede .
August Macke is one of the most famous German expressionist painters and is generally perceived as typically Rhenish. His family roots, however, lie in the Sauerland: He was born in Meschede.
In the exhibition, the visitors first went in the footsteps of Macke and his family roots in his native Meschede. Then the artist was presented with his drawings, prints and distinctive oil paintings.
literature
- Michael Kasiske: Sauerland Museum in Arnsberg , in: Bauwelt, issue 25, 2019, pp. 36–45
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '49 " N , 8 ° 3' 54" E