State Textile and Industry Museum
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| place | augsburg |
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Textile museum
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| architect | Klaus Kada |
| opening | January 20, 2010 |
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| ISIL | DE-MUS-777215 |
The State Textile and Industry Museum ( tim ) is a textile and industry museum in Augsburg . It was built in 2010 by the city of Augsburg and the district of Swabia and is operated by the Free State of Bavaria . The exhibition rooms are located in a production hall of the former Augsburg worsted spinning mill in Augsburg's textile district .
The museum conveys historical connections and developments as well as technical knowledge and processes in the manufacture of textiles . The main theme of the permanent exhibition is the development of spinning , weaving and printing of fabrics in Bavaria, Swabia and the old imperial city of Augsburg. In addition to looking back at the past, there is also a look at future trends. The museum is aimed at visitors of all ages and also takes care of scientific work in the profession it has been given. In addition to the permanent exhibition, thematically appropriate special exhibitions are also regularly shown.
history
The current museum has its origins in private engagement. In 1996 the “Association for the Promotion of an Industrial Museum in Augsburg e. V. ". Numerous companies in the city were affected by the textile crisis and found themselves in dire straits. The company's capital goods were removed from the factory halls through sale or as part of bankruptcy, which is why the association was able to buy various machines and keep them in Augsburg. In the same year, the Stadtsparkasse Augsburg bought the sample books kept by the Neue Augsburger Kattunfabrik ( NAK ) , which threatened to migrate to the Far East. They are now a German cultural asset .
In 2001, after a long struggle over details, the state, the city and the Swabian district reached an agreement in principle for the creation of the museum. The first museum director, Richard Loibl , started the preparatory work with his team. In 2003 the purchase contract for part of the AKS factory building was signed. The architects' competition took place one year later and in 2005 the contract for the interior design was awarded. The first locksmith's cloths left the ready-to-use machines in autumn. The German Master School for Fashion , based in Munich , hosted the first fashion show in the textile museum . A sponsor made it possible for the museum to purchase an original Biedermeier dress in 2007 . On July 30, 2007 the foundation stone was laid for the necessary construction and renovation work.
From July 2007 to January 2010, a production hall of the former Augsburg worsted spinning mill ( AKS for short ) was rebuilt according to the plans of the Graz architect Klaus Kada. The interior design was the responsibility of the Stuttgart Atelier Brückner . The city of Augsburg contributed eleven million euros to the total investment costs of around 21 million euros, the state of Bavaria through grants with six and the district of Swabia with four million euros. In April 2009 Karl Borromäus Murr took over the management of the museum. In October of the same year around 2,000 visitors came to the Augsburg Press Ball in the museum. Due to a construction-related delay, the museum could not open as planned on September 17, 2009. On January 20, 2010, the first State Museum in Swabia was finally opened with a state reception by the Bavarian Minister of Science Wolfgang Heubisch .
Three weeks after the opening, the number of visitors exceeded the 10,000 mark.
Permanent exhibition
An area of around 2,500 square meters is reserved in the museum for the permanent exhibition. The museum concept is based on the fixed points of people, machines, patterns and fashion.
The industrial age had a significant impact on people's everyday lives, be it through the creation of new job opportunities or through new and cheaper products that first the bourgeoisie and later broad sections of the population could afford. In the museum you can learn about the situation of the employees as well as about manufacturers and bankers. Museum information ranges from the 16th century with the up-and-coming weaving trade to the heyday of the manufactories and factories for textile products in the 18th and 19th centuries to the crisis in the industry in the 20th century.
A city map from 1874, enlarged to 35 square meters, gives the visitor the opportunity to walk on it from textile factories to other textile companies of the time.
A small museum factory was built in the former shed halls when the AKS building was renovated. There are looms there as objects to show you the history of textiles, which, with the high-tech equipment that is also on display, goes back to the recent past. The functional textile machines , whose products can also be purchased, are a specialty . Under the museum's own slogan “Mensch-Maschinen-Muster-Mode”, a. The famous "locksmith's handtuch" is produced on historical looms and high-quality terry souvenir towels in limited editions with exclusive, theme-related designs by a textile designer from Brazil are produced on modern high-tech textile machines. The items mentioned and others are sold through the affiliated museum shop.
The highlight of the collection is the worldwide unique fabric sample archive of the Neue Augsburger Kattunfabrik, which perished due to bankruptcy . It documents the textiles manufactured by this company for two centuries. Over 550 sample books contain more than 1.3 million ideas about textiles. The light-sensitive sample books are a sequence of double pages that are creatively prepared in the museum to create a walk-in experience. Digitized fabric samples are projected onto three four-meter high figurines via an interactive projection surface and thus convey a three- dimensional impression.
The museum also has a catwalk . Here you can see clothing from Biedermeier dresses to contemporary trouser suits. In addition to an insight into the history of fashion and costume, the focus is on future trends that can result from the use of carbon .
Special exhibitions
On the first floor of the museum there is an area of around 1,000 square meters that is used for special exhibitions or events.
- Special exhibition 2010: "Longing, Beach and Dolce Vita" as part of the Bavarian State Exhibition "Bavaria - Italy"
- Special exhibition 2011: "Charm and shame - clothes, bodies and lingerie"
- Special exhibitions in 2012: " Reconstruction and the economic miracle ", "" See things "- An art exhibition by Dorothea-Reese Heim"
- Special exhibitions 2013: "Textile architecture", "Fabrics of memory - Marcel Proust in the graphic work of Manuel Thomas"
- Special exhibition 2014: "German stocking dynasties - mesh fashion makers"
- Special exhibitions 2015: “KUNST | STOFF "," Quilts - 22 textile positions "," Short, cheeky and cult - Sonja De Lennart and the Capri pants "
- Special exhibition 2016: Desperate Housewives? Artists clean up. 29 international artists, born between 1936 and 1986, set their sights on the house as a place to live and work: Anna Anders, Astrid Bartels, Monika Bartholomé , Jutta Burkhardt, Barbara Deblitz, Alba D'Urbano , Anke Eilergerhard, Maria Ezcurra, Kerstin Flake, Dorothee Golz , Mona Hatoum , Andrea Isa, Suscha Korte, Susanne Kutter , Alexandra Kürtz, Ori Levin, Rosa Loy , Inge Mahn , Katharina Mayer , Alice Musiol, Gabriela Oberkofler , Pipilotti Rist , Ulrike Rosenbach , Ingrid Schorscher, Caroline Streck, Rosemarie Trockel , Diane Welke, Barbara Wrede, Andrea Zittel .
criticism
The local press reported in an article about criticism that the "tim" had not given due recognition to the share of Jewish companies and manufacturers. Until the time of the Third Reich, they would have played an important role in the textile city of Augsburg. Museum director Murr rejected this and emphasized that in the department dedicated to the time of National Socialism , just about aryanizations and the importance of companies such as " Spinnerei und Weberei am Sparrenlech Kahn & Arnold ", the colored weaving mill "Raff & Söhne", "MS Landauer", "Pflaumlacher & Schwab" or the "Linen Factory Augsburg" will be informed. Efforts to find exhibition material were in vain until the opening.
guides
Younger visitors can get closer to the world of textiles on a museum trail specially created for them. For interaction is taken care of: girl or boy Basic principles such as knitting, weaving or printing, try it yourself. Age-specific guided tours are available for school classes based on the curriculum.
In addition to the museum experience as a visitor or in group tours, adults can gain in-depth knowledge on the subject of textiles in lectures, workshops and theme evenings.
Support association
In 1996 committed people, many from the declining Augsburg textile industry, founded the “Association for the Promotion of an Industrial Museum in Augsburg e. V. “, which is committed to the preservation of historical objects, knowledge and its transmission to future generations.
On the one hand, the association created the basis for the exhibition by collecting old textile machines from the bankruptcy assets of various companies and, on the other hand, politically implemented the museum.
Some members volunteer to help the museum with the maintenance or repair of the old machines with their technical expertise and with demonstration operations.
See also
- List of state museums
- List of museums in Augsburg
- List of museums in Bavaria
- List of textile museums
literature
- Richard Loibl : The Bavarian Textile and Industry Museum in Augsburg , 2nd edition, Augsburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89639-508-5
- Richard Loibl, Karl Borromäus Murr : tim, State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg , museum guide. Augsburg 2010. ISBN 978-3-89639-744-7
- Maria Sutor: The inventory of the textile pattern books of the New Augsburger Kattunfabrik in the Bavarian Textile and Industry Museum , in: Arbeitsblätter des Arbeitskreis Nordrhein-Westfälischer Papierrestauratoren, 11 (2007), pp. 105–112
Web links
- Homepage of the State Textile and Industry Museum
- Atelier Brückner: tim | Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg
- Radio-Augsburg.de: Video from January 21, 2010 on the opening of the museum
- Augsburg Wiki: tim - Bavarian Textile and Industry Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ Museum press release of January 13, 2010 (PDF; 256 kB), requested on March 1, 2010
- ^ Augsburger Allgemeine of January 20, 2010: publisher's publication on the museum opening
- ↑ Museum press release of February 11, 2010 (PDF; 46 kB), accessed on March 1, 2010
- ↑ "Augsburger Allgemeine" from January 14, 2010: "tim" brings AKS to new life
- ^ HP of the Bavarian State Exhibition 2010 Bavaria - Italy
- ↑ Museum press kit “Reiz und Scham” from May 24, 2011 (PDF; 108 kB), accessed on June 15, 2011
- ^ Exhibition - "Desperate Housewives?" - New Scene Augsburg - The city magazine for Augsburg, Swabia and the surrounding area. In: neue-szene.de. December 17, 2016, accessed December 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine from February 8, 2010: tim boss contradicts criticism
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