Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum

The museum is located in the two flank towers (in the foreground) of the Isartor (main tower still without the tower clock)

The Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum [ 'falɛntiːn ] - is a municipal museum in Munich , which is dedicated to the comedian Karl Valentin , his partner Liesl Karlstadt and the Munich folk singing.

history

Entrance sign

The museum was opened in 1959 as the Valentin Museum . The home of the exhibition is the Munich Isartor , part of the former city fortifications. Hannes König was able to set up the museum with the support of the city of Munich. König had already worked on Karl Valentin's “Ritterspelunke” - this institution was a mixture of panopticon, pub and stage. This concept was also carried over to the “Musäum” and still exists today. Over the years, Hannes König continued to expand the Musäum's collection, placing emphasis on Liesl Karlstadt and the Munich folk singing. Renovation work from 1971 to 1972 made it possible to create additional exhibition rooms in the north tower. In 2001 the Liesl-Karlstadt-Kabinett was set up on the second floor.

After the death of Hannes König, Gudrun Köhl, the landlady of the Turmstüberl, was the museum director of the Musäum from 1989 to 2004.

Sabine Rinberger has been director of the museum since 2004. Under her leadership, the permanent exhibition was completely redesigned. In 2008 the Musäum opened the new exhibition in the newly renovated exhibition rooms. The museum, which was privately funded until 2017, became urban in 2018.

Permanent exhibition

View of the permanent exhibition (2020)

The permanent exhibition on Karl Valentin was completely redesigned and redesigned in 2008 (curator: Sabine Rinberger, director of the Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum). It presents Karl Valentin in all his facets: as a comedian, playwright, word acrobat, actor, filmmaker, craftsman, collector, philosopher, museum director, folk singer and avant-garde. The artistic diversity of Karl Valentins is shown in a stringent manner in front of the slide of his biography. This results in the two main strands of the exhibition tour: the artist's life, which unfolds on the outer wall, and private life, which is shown in the center of the exhibition and on the back wall of which there are special topics such as the keeper, collector and critic of the situation, as well as Valentin as a showman at the Oktoberfest. The exhibition is based on objects from the collection in the museum itself, but also makes use of reproductions of the archive material in the Cologne estate, the Monacensia and the Munich city archive.

Numerous bizarre exhibits can be discovered in the exhibition, such as B. the proverbial nail on which Valentin hung his carpenter's profession when he became a comedian. The fur- trimmed winter toothpick is also legendary . Another curiosity is the telephone that Karl Valentin used as a desperate bookbinder Wanninger , only to be connected from contact to contact at Meisl & Compagnie. Also worth mentioning are absurdities such as a (melted) ice sculpture, a walled-up viewing window as well as the last cane used in Bavarian schools and a collection from Valentin's horror cabinet.

With the implementation of the Liesl Karlstadt exhibition on the 2nd floor of the south tower, his congenial partner was brought closer to Valentin in terms of space and content and the cabinet was expanded to include a cinema. Here both are shown as multimedia geniuses and pioneers of German film. According to the program, Valentin films are shown in full length while the museum is open. This section is supplemented by a listening station with 16 titles to choose from as well as a slide show with Valentin's comical advertising. In order to shed light on Liesl Karlstadt's work after Valentin's death in 1948, a sound station with excerpts from her radio series was installed. In addition, the first commercial for German television with her as the protagonist (Persilwerbung 1956) can be seen here.

A new exhibition on Bavarian folk singers (curator: Andreas Koll) is also housed in the museum.

Regarding the entrance fee, it should be noted that - according to the Valentine's sense of humor - according to the sign at the entrance, “99-year-olds accompanied by their parents” have free entry.

Turmstüberl

The Turmstüberl (2020)

The Café Turmstüberl is located on the third floor and can not be visited independently, but only by entering the museum. As a small economy, it is an essential part of the museum concept. (see above: history) It also serves as a stage for musical and cabaret performances.

The café was run by Petra Perle from January 2004 to November 2012 . Since December 2012 it has been run by Bernadette Obergrußberger. Only gentlemen are allowed to enter the Liberation Hall; Ladies are allowed on the third floor if they have to. The ceiling of the ladies' room was designed by the artist Anna McCarthy with so much effort that the room was subsequently referred to as "Änna's Sistine Chapel".

In 2005, Petra Perle donated a reverse clock for the central tower. The numbers on the clock, which points towards the valley, are mirrored and the hands are also upside down. Reading the time requires a brief rethink.

literature

Fun at every corner. In: House of Bavarian History (Ed.): Edition Bavaria. Special issue, No. # 4, House of Bavarian History, Augsburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7917-2401-0
Hannes König (ed.): 25 years of Valentin Musäum. Verlag Wilhelm Unverhau, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-920530-45-4 (actually published for the 20th anniversary, in 1984 apparently reissued and updated, with unchanged imprint).