Kaufbeuren City Museum

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Kaufbeuren City Museum
Kaufbeuren City Museum
Data
place Kaufbeuren Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '47 "  N , 10 ° 37' 9.5"  EWorld icon
Art
city ​​Museum
architect Metaroom Architects BDA
opening 1879/2013
operator
City of Kaufbeuren
management
Petra Weber MA
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-074219

The Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren is a cultural history museum with a focus on the history of the city in Kaufbeuren . After several years of renovation, it has been presenting a permanent exhibition on four floors in a historic old town building since 2013, which illuminates the history of the imperial city of Kaufbeuren with all its interdependencies in economic and social history.

history

Founded in 1879, the Kaufbeuren City Museum is one of the oldest museums in Bavarian Swabia. The origin of the museum is the so-called “local museum”, which was set up by the Kaufbeuren art dealer and magistrate Willibald Filser (1831–1895) in the town hall of Kaufbeuren. Exhibits on the city's history were presented in two rooms. From 1880 the "local museum" was also open to the public. In 1901, on the initiative of curator Christian Frank , who had been museum curator since 1901, and the district administrator Gustav von Kahr, the exhibition “Folk Art in the Allgäu” was created. The exhibition was presented in the building of the agricultural school at Kaisergäßchen 12. Due to its great, supra-regional success, part of the presentation was permanently installed as the “Museum for Folk Art” in the Kaisergäßchen. In 1928, a “Ganghofer room” was set up in the same building, furnished with objects from the estate of the writer Ludwig Ganghofer , who died in 1920 and was born in Kaufbeuren . In 1934 the various museum collections were brought together under one roof. The reason for this was that the city administration needed the offices in the town hall itself. Under the direction of the chief administrative inspector Fritz Schmitt (1888–1966), the Kaufbeurer Museum was permanently established in the Kaisergäßchen with the support of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation with its director Georg Lill and the conservator Joseph Maria Ritz . The Kaufbeuren local history museum was reopened there on November 18, 1934. In 1936 the exhibition was expanded to include the crucifix collection of the Irsee pastor Richard Wiebel (1869–1945).

In 2002 the museum had to be closed due to static problems. On June 7, 2013 the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren was reopened after more than ten years of closure and extensive renovation and expansion of the museum building.

management

collection

Objects relating to the history of the city of Kaufbeuren form the basis of the collection. A collection of around 300 crucifixes from nine centuries is remarkable , the spectrum of which ranges from works of art from ecclesiastical and monastic life to crosses from the field of popular piety. Also outstanding is a collection of around 80 Protestant reverse glass pictures that were created in Kaufbeuren in the second half of the 18th century and can be publicly researched on the bavarikon platform . The city museum owns substantial parts of the private estate of the successful author Ludwig Ganghofer. In addition, the museum's collection includes a series of rustic parlor furnishings and folklore objects that have been on display in the museum since the 1901 “Folk Art in Allgäu” exhibition.

Exhibition concept

Since reopening in 2013, the city museum has a total of five different departments in the permanent exhibition, which also present different areas of the collection:

  • Crosses and saints : About the crucifix collection and the holy Crescentia of Kaufbeuren (on the ground floor)
  • Traces of the city : On the history of the imperial city of Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren in the 19th and 20th centuries (1st floor)
  • From the beautiful things in life : with rustic room furnishings that go back to the exhibition “Folk Art in Allgäu” from 1901 and a presentation by the three exhibition organizers, the local researcher Christian Frank, Gustav von Kahr, the former Kaufbeurer district official and later Bavarian Prime Minister as well the architect Franz Zell .
  • Typical Kaufbeuren : About the biconfessional imperial city of Kaufbeuren and the difficult coexistence of the various denominations in the city, the Protestant reverse glass paintings and textile production in the city (2nd floor)
  • With a sharp pen : Exhibition about the city's literary sons and daughters Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Ludwig Ganghofer, Sophie la Roche and Christian Jakob Wagenseil (3rd floor)

The Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren has been barrier-free since the renovation. The permanent exhibition includes interactive offers, media stations, audio guides (German and English) and listening stations.

  • The museum building and the permanent exhibition

  • The historical museum building is accessed by a new building, which is characterized by a striking gable with ornamental grille. The new building provides access to the Kaufbeuren City Museum.

  • The historical museum building, an old building from the 18th century. Since 1934, all of the city's collections have been united under one roof in this building.

  • The Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren from the outside: The old building from the 18th century seen from the Kaisergäßchen.

  • Glance into the section “Crosses & Saints”, in which the extraordinary crucifix collection of the city museum is presented. In a “treasure chamber” there are crucifixes made of valuable materials such as ivory, porcelain and bronze.

  • Glance into the “Stadtspuren” section, which tells the story of the imperial city of Kaufbeuren and its further development in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • In a kind of film room, visitors can learn more about the history of Kaufbeuren in the 20th century.

  • The section "Of the beautiful things in life" tells the background to the exhibition "Folk Art in Allgäu" which took place in 1901 in what is now the museum building at 12 Kaisergäßchen.

  • In the section “Typically Kaufbeuren!” You can see a selection of Protestant reverse glass pictures that were created between 1740 and 1790 in Kaufbeuren.

  • Another room in the “Typically Kaufbeuren!” Department deals with textile production in the city.

  • Ludwig Ganghofer, one of the most successful German writers of the first half of the 20th century, is presented in the “Pointed Pen” section. He was born in Kaufbeuren in 1855.

  • The writer Sophie la Roche, who was born in Kaufbeuren in 1730 and is one of the first German-speaking authors, is presented in the attic.

Confrontation with National Socialism

View of the special exhibition "Kaufbeuren under the swastika. A city searches for clues" (November 1, 2019– August 23, 2020)

Since 2015, the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren has been dealing more intensively with the city's history during the National Socialist era . The trigger for this were critical voices in the design of the permanent exhibition on the 20th century and on the Nazi era. The museum took the criticism as an opportunity to publicly deal with it and held a panel discussion on January 20, 2016 under the title “The design of exhibitions during the Nazi era - dealing with objects”. For the event, which is part of the special exhibition In Memoriam. “Euthanasia” took place under National Socialism , an expert committee was invited with exhibition organizers and museum experts. Following the panel discussion, the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren commissioned a contemporary historian to prepare an expert opinion on the permanent exhibition. The report confirmed the criticism of the current presentation and recommended a revision of the existing exhibition area. In 2018, the City Museum launched a call for collections to collect objects from the Nazi era in Kaufbeur, as the City Museum's collection had many gaps in this area. This call for collections as well as local historical research during the Nazi era formed the basis for the participatory exhibition project “Kaufbeuren under the swastika. A city goes in search of traces ”, which began in October 2018. For over a year the city museum worked with a total of ten local cooperation partners to develop content for a special exhibition and its accompanying program. This special exhibition was made possible by funding from the Federal Cultural Foundation and opened on October 31, 2019. Following the exhibition project, the City of Kaufbeuren's cultural committee will decide in November 2020 whether the city museum's permanent exhibition should be redesigned based on the content and objects developed. On the initiative of the city museum, stumbling blocks will be laid for the first time in September 2020 in memory of the Kaufbeur victims of National Socialism. In parallel to the exhibition project, the City Museum started a provenance research project in 2018 , in which acquisitions from the collection from 1932 to 1964 are examined. The aim is to fully clarify the origin of the objects. For the Nazi era, it must be determined whether objects were illegally withdrawn from previous Jewish owners or whether they were confiscated as a result of persecution.

Special exhibitions

On the ground floor, the museum shows two special exhibitions per year. Once a year, the special exhibition room is also used by selected representatives of the Kaufbeur art and culture scene.

  • 2019/20: Kaufbeuren under the swastika. A city is looking for clues. Due to Corona extended until August 23, 2020.
  • 2019: German Photo Championship 2019. In cooperation with the Photography Working Group of the VHS Kaufbeuren eV
  • 2019: Power & Millions. Today I rule! Interactive exhibition of the Tübingen City Museum .
  • 2018/19: Of book treasures and learned monks. The Irsee Monastery Library in the Augsburg State and City Library. In cooperation with the State and City Library Augsburg and the Swabian Education Center Irsee.
  • 2018: Woven Memories. Video art and objects by Rose Stach. BURONALE Video Art Award. In cooperation with Filmzeit Kaufbeuren.
  • 2018: get the paper! A journey through the world of paper. Hands-on exhibition by the kek Children's Museum for Bremen eV
  • 2017/18: Confessions made of glass. Protestant reverse glass pictures from Kaufbeuren.
  • 2017: A matter of opinion Kaufbeuren. Cityscapes yesterday and today.
  • 2017: emotions in flux. Anniversary exhibition 50 years of Kulturring Kaufbeuren eV In cooperation with Kulturring Kaufbeuren eV
  • 2016: Children's dreams & gadgets. Toys from the Kaufbeuren municipal museum.
  • 2016: end and beginning. Exhibition of the BURONALE video art award winner Lydia Kaminski with Philip Neumann. In cooperation with Filmzeit Kaufbeuren.
  • 2016: About having to go and arriving. “I integrate myself from early in the morning to late at night” Traveling exhibition by Hermine Oberück and Gertraud Strohm-Katzer.
  • 2015: In Memoriam. “Euthanasia” under National Socialism. Traveling exhibition by Prof. Dr. Michael von Cranach .
  • 2015: All 1st Kaufbeurer Photo Days. In cooperation with the photography working group of the VHS Kaufbeuren eV
  • 2015: From the armory to the art of printing. Daniel Hopfer - inventor of etching.
  • 2014/15: Waiting for the Christ Child. Advent calendar from the beginning to the present. Esther Gajek collection .
  • 2014: film painting. Videos by Christoph Brech. In cooperation with Filmzeit Kaufbeuren.
  • 2014: hands-on math. A journey of discovery into the world of numbers and phenomena. Hands-on exhibition at the Mathematikum in Giessen.
  • 2013: Erwin Birnmeyer. Stone on stone. Works from the years 1946–2006.

Awards

The museum received the Bavarian Museum Prize in 2013 . In 2015 it was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award . The city museum has been awarded the Fairfamily seal several times for its family-friendly offers. In 2015 the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren received the Kaufbeuren building award for the modern extension of the old building.

literature

  • Stefan Dieter: The imperial city of Kaufbeuren in the early modern period: studies on economic, social, church and population history . In: Stadtarchiv and Heimatverein (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 2. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2000, ISBN 978-3-934509-02-3 .
  • Anja Ballis / Stefan Dieter / Anne-Cecile Foulon / Roland Dippel / Egon Guggemos / Gerd Holzheimer / Christine Kugler / Marita Krauss / Claudia Pecher / Karl Pörnbacher / Gertrud Maria Rösch / Georg Seeßlen / Marc Stegherr / Rainer Wolffhardt: the downside of a cliché. The writer Ludwig Ganghofer . In: Astrid Pellengahr / Jürgen Kraus / City Archives and Heimatverein (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 6. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2005, ISBN 3-934509-36-3 .
  • Erdmut Jost: Paths to female happiness: Sophie von La Roches Reisejournale 1784–1786 . In: Stadtarchiv and Heimatverein (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 7. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2007, ISBN 978-3-934509-68-9 .
  • Markus Simm: The king's city in Buron; Kaufbeuren - An urban archaeological study on genesis, early development and topography . In: Stadtarchiv and Heimatverein (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 11. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen, ISBN 978-3-934509-96-2 .
  • Erwin Emmerling / Erich Hackel / Christoph Kurzeder / Steffen Mensch / Astrid Pellengahr / Matthias Less: The crucifix collection of the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren: Dedicated to Wolfgang Sauter on the occasion of his 75th birthday . In: Astrid Pellengahr / Petra Weber / Caroline Wolf / Stadtarchiv, Stadtmuseum and Heimatverein Kaufbeuren (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 12. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2013, ISBN 978-3-95551-023-7 .
  • Michael von Cranach / Stefan Dieter / Michael Haller / Manfred Herdeegen / Wolfgang Kunz / Thomas Pfundner / Erich Resch / Petra Schweier-Martinschek / Thomas Steck / Stefan Strnad / Petra Weber / Andreas Weilieder / Caroline Wolf: Kaufbeuren under the swastika. In: Stefan Dieter / Stadtarchiv, Stadtmuseum and Heimatverein Kaufbeuren (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 14. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2015, ISBN 978-3-95551-072-5 .
  • Simone Bretz / Barbara Rajkay / Susanne Sagner / Petra Weber: The Protestant reverse glass pictures of the Kaufbeuren City Museum. In: Petra Weber / Wolfgang Sauter / Susanne Sagner / Astrid Pellengahr / City Archives, City Museum and Heimatverein Kaufbeuren (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 18. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95551-091-6 .
  • Stefan Dieter / Manfred Herdeegen / Lisa Kügle / Corinna Malek / Martina Steber / Petra Weber / Andreas Weileder: Kaufbeuren under the swastika, volume 2. In: Peter Keller / Stefan Dieter / Stadtarchiv, Stadtmuseum und Heimatverein Kaufbeuren (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications. Volume 22. Bauer-Verlag Thalhofen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95551-132-6 .

Web links

Commons : Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Description of the museum in the catalog of the State Office for Non-State Museums in Bavaria, accessed on November 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Eva Bendl: Staged historical images . Museum-like symbolization in Bavarian Swabia from the 19th century to the post-war period. In: State Office for Non-State Museums in Bavaria (Ed.): Bavarian Studies on Museum History . tape 2 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-07331-9 , pp. 83 .
  3. ^ Petra Weber: The Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren during the National Socialism. On the history of the city museum . In: Peter Keller and Stefan Dieter (eds.): Kaufbeuren under the swastika. Volume 2. Kaufbeurer series of publications . tape 22 . Bauer-Verlag, Thalhofen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95551-132-6 , pp. 173 .
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  6. ^ The crucifix collection of the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren . In: Astrid Pellengahr, Petra Weber, Caroline Wolf (eds.): Kaufbeurer series of publications . tape 12 . Bauer Verlag, Thalhofen 2013, ISBN 978-3-95551-023-7 .
  7. ^ The Protestant reverse glass pictures of the Stadtmuseum Kaufbeuren . In: Petra Weber, Susanne Sagner, Wolfgang Sauter, Astrid Pellengahr (eds.): Kaufbeurer series of publications . tape 18 . Bauer Verlag, Thalhofen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95551-091-6 .
  8. ^ Protestant reverse glass pictures from Kaufbeuren. In: Bavarikon - Culture and knowledge of Bavaria. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on June 15, 2020 (German).
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  11. ↑ Kaufbeuren under the swastika. Volume 2 . In: Peter Keller / Stefan Dieter / Stadtarchiv, Stadtmuseum and Heimatverein Kaufbeuren (ed.): Kaufbeurer series of publications . tape 22 . Bauer Verlag, Thalhofen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95551-132-6 , pp. 288 .
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