Meißen City Museum

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The City Museum Meißen is a local museum in Meißen .

The institution is supported by the city of Meissen and opened in 1901. Its tasks are cultural and homeland preservation including historical research. It is housed in the neo-Gothic house, the cloister and the former church of St. Peter and Paul of the Franciscan monastery on Heinrichsplatz in the old town of Meissen . In addition, the gatehouse on Domplatz was part of the facility from 1997 to 2012. The museum shows the economic, legal and art history of Meissen and focuses on ceramic and porcelain production in the region. It was expanded in the 1930s with parts of the Max Andrä-Seebschütz collection (prehistoric and early history) and later with the Otto Horn collection (sacred sculptures from the Middle Ages and modern times).

In addition to special exhibitions and the traditional Christmas exhibition, the museum also offers educational museum offers and guided tours by appointment, as well as the following permanent exhibitions:

  • Meissen as the cradle of Saxony
  • Historical grave monuments from four centuries (in the cloister)
  • The Nibelungs - original drawings by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (in the former church)
  • Meissen small town idyll in Ludwig Richter's time (in the gatehouse until 2012)

In addition, depot tours are possible in the Red School .

Special exhibitions

  • April 4, 2020 - November 1, 2020 "In joy and sorrow at all times" - Meißner associations between 1735 and 1945
  • November 20, 2019 - February 23, 2020 Attention, high voltage! Experiments and discoveries from lightning to motor
  • 8.6.2019 - 3.11.2019 Werkbund. Bauhaus? Art deco! - Architecture and product design in Meissen
  • 9.3.2019 - 19.5.2019 Louise Otto-Peters on her 200th birthday. Meissen in the 19th century
  • October 11, 2018 - February 17, 2019 When paper was still a luxury. 225 years of Brück & Sohn in Meissen

Web links

Commons : Stadtmuseum Meißen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Museums and exhibitions: City Museum. In: museum.de. Retrieved February 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Discover Saxony's museums - information, events, exhibitions, educational offers: Museums: Meißen City Museum / Franciscan Monastery Church. In: sachsens-museen-enthaben.de. Saxon State Office for Museums, accessed on May 11, 2013 .
  3. ^ Meißen City Museum. In: meiland.de. Retrieved May 11, 2013 .
  4. ↑ a b City Museum Meißen. In: stadt-meissen.de. Meißen city administration, accessed on May 11, 2013 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 47.3 "  N , 13 ° 28 ′ 20.4"  E