Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation
| Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation | |
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| Legal form: | Foundation under public law |
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| Chair: |
Hans-Jörg Czech Board of Trustees:
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| Consist: | January 1, 2008 |
| Seat: | Hamburg |
| Website: | historical-museen-hamburg.de |
The Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation (SHMH) is a foundation under public law in Hamburg . It was founded on January 1st, 2008 and is responsible for the historical museums of the Free and Hanseatic City. The foundation is under the supervision of the cultural authority , whose respective president also chairs the foundation council.
history
At the end of 1998, the Hamburg Citizenship passed the Hamburg Museum Foundation Act, with which the museums previously directly owned by the state were transferred to independent foundations under public law on January 1, 1999.
In 2006 an expert commission appointed by the then Senator for Culture Karin von Welck presented a 25-point plan for the future of museums. In it, she recommended, among other things, the amalgamation of the Altona Museum , Helms Museum , Museum for Hamburg History and Museum of Labor into a foundation in order to enable better economic and conceptual control of the four buildings. The Senate then introduced a law to amend the Museum Foundation Act in May 2007, which the city council approved in December 2007. The Historical Museums Foundation was established on January 1st, 2008 .
In order to compensate for the ongoing underfunding of the foundation, the then CDU Senate decided in 2010 to close the Altona Museum at the end of the year. After massive public protests, the closure was averted and the director of the Museum of Labor, Kirsten Baumann , who also took over the chairmanship of the SHMH, was charged with developing a concept for the further development of the foundation.
On September 26, 2011, Baumann announced her resignation as chairman of the foundation on December 31, 2011. The reason was an application previously submitted by the SPD parliamentary group for far-reaching changes to the foundation, which Baumann considers to be wrong in terms of its objectives.
In October 2012, Senator for Culture Barbara Kisseler announced that the Helms Museum, the Bergedorfer Museum and the Rieckhaus should be spun off from the SHMH and transferred to other legal forms. The aim of the reform is greater independence and strengthening of the remaining houses.
The foundation has been entrusted with supporting the construction of the German Port Museum , which is to open in the Port of Hamburg between 2023 and 2025 .
Associated facilities
- Altona Museum for Art and Cultural History with the branches:
- Museum of Hamburg History (Hamburg Museum) with the branches:
- Museum of work with the branch offices:
- Museum Service Hamburg
Research projects
With the support of the Hamburg Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Culture in cooperation with the Foundation Historical Museums Hamburg / Museum for Hamburg History, the Hamburg art historian Ole Wittmann is leading an ongoing research project on the subject of "The legacy of the Hamburg tattoo artist Christian Warlich (1890–1964)" which started on December 1, 2015.
literature
- Historical museums Hamburg - what connects us all: The history of the city, the region and the north , publisher: Börries von Notz , Foundation Historical Museums Hamburg, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817452-1-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The foundation's organs are the foundation council and the executive board. According to Section 7 of the HmbMuStG, the Board of Trustees consists of eight people;
- ↑ About us. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Law on the establishment of museum foundations of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Hamburgisches Museumsstiftungsgesetz - HmbMuStG) of December 22, 1998, last amended by the law of July 6, 2010, accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Interim assessment of the expert commission on the development of the Hamburg Museum Foundations 2006–2009 (PDF; 214 kB), accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ^ Report of the Culture Committee of the Hamburg Citizenship , Drs. 20/2022 of November 2, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ^ Foundation for historical museums: The boss throws down . In: Hamburger Abendblatt of September 27, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ^ Further development of the Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation (SHMH) . Application of the SPD parliamentary group in the Hamburg Citizenship, Drs. 20/1969 of October 26, 2011, accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Senate approves museum reform , on a private page: Press release of the cultural authority of October 30, 2012, accessed on January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Warlich estate. Research and exhibition project "The estate of the Hamburg tattoo artist Christian Warlich (1890–1964)". Retrieved January 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Ole Wittmann: nachlasswarlich.de. Retrieved January 22, 2016 .
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