Theater Museum Berlin

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The Theatermuseum Berlin (actually: Museum of the Prussian State Theaters) was an institution that housed important legacies of Berlin's theater history from 1929 to 1944.

history

In 1927 the German Theater Exhibition took place in Magdeburg . Even during the exhibition, efforts were made to make the extensive material of the exhibition permanently accessible to the public. The exhibition ultimately gave the impetus to found the Theater Museum Berlin. The former actor and opera director Georg Dröscher , who had been in charge of the archive and library of the Prussian State Theater since 1923, was entrusted with the preparation .

The museum opened in May 1929 on the former hayloft of the Crown Prince's stables (a Nebengelass of the Crown Prince's Palace ) in Oberwallstrasse, above the theater library. The Prussian Ministry of Finance provided 7,000 Reichsmarks for the preparation of the premises. The museum collection emerged from various collections and holdings of what was then the Prussian State Theater in Berlin , which included the theater on Gendarmenmarkt and the Unter den Linden State Opera . It also received the collection of the actor and director Louis Schneider (1805-1878), one of the most important private collections on the history of the European theater in the 18th and early 19th century, the 1863 request, the General Management of the Royal spectacles William I had bought .

Georg Dröscher was solely responsible - without any assistants - looking after the constantly growing collection as well as the visitors and public relations. In the opening year the museum received 1069 visitors, in 1931 the number of visitors increased to 3255. As early as 1930 the new theater museum contributed to the big exhibition "Old Berlin" in the halls at the radio tower . The Association of Friends of the State Theater Museum was founded in 1931 as a sponsoring association, with 66 members one year later and 112 members the following year. In 1937 the museum was housed in the Lynarschen west wing of the Berlin Palace . After asking for his replacement several times, Georg Dröscher, now almost 85 years old, handed over the management of the museum to Rolf Badenhausen on September 1, 1939 .

In 1944 the stocks were relocated and finally ended up after the end of the war. a. in the archive of the German Academy of the Arts . Part of the collection was the (partial) estate of August Wilhelm Iffland , which the Berlin theater scholar Hugo Fetting kept until 2013 and had Inlibris offered for sale by the Viennese antiquarian bookshop in early 2014 .

Initiative Theatermuseum Berlin eV

Since 2011 the initiative Theatermuseum Berlin e. V. for the creation of a new theater museum in Berlin. The association was created through a merger of the associations Friends and Supporters to found a TheaterMuseum in Berlin and Support Association for the preservation of historical theater technology and architecture .

literature

  • Ruth Freydank , Der Fall Berliner Theatermuseum . Pro Business, Berlin 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on www.theatermuseumberlin.de, accessed on March 5, 2017
  2. ^ Ruth Freydank: The case of the Berlin theater museum. Pro Business, Berlin 2011, pp. 13-14.
  3. ^ Ruth Freydank: The case of the Berlin theater museum. Pro Business, Berlin 2011, pp. 14–15.
  4. ^ Ruth Freydank: The case of the Berlin theater museum. Pro Business, Berlin 2011, pp. 15-16.
  5. ^ Ruth Freydank: The case of the Berlin theater museum. Pro Business, Berlin 2011, p. 19.
  6. ^ Ruth Freydank: The case of the Berlin theater museum. Pro Business, Berlin 2011, pp. 16-17.
  7. ^ Ruth Freydank: The case of the Berlin theater museum. Pro Business, Berlin 2011, p. 30.
  8. ↑ initiative.theatermuseumberlin.de