Association of Westphalian Museums
The Association of Westphalian Museums eV (VWM) is an association based in the city of Münster , in which some (approx. 100) Westphalian museums have come together.
history
The association came into being when, on May 11, 1926, at the invitation of Max Geisberg (1875–1943), director of the State Museum for the Province of Westphalia , museum directors from Westphalia met in Münster and formed a working group with initially 19 members, which they called “Association Westphalian museums ”.
According to the statutes, the aim was to provide advice on matters relating to local museums , to get in touch with their managers, to evaluate the holdings and to define the tasks of collecting. Practical advice to the museum was provided by the State Museum, initially in particular by the assistants Fritz Rudolf Uebe and Robert Nissen . The conferences that have been held once or twice a year in Münster and all parts of Westphalia since 1926 have been important for collegial contact and exchange. Traveling exhibitions on art and cultural history topics have also been organized since 1928. A Westphalian Museum Guide was published for the first time in 1935, and more followed in 1955 and 1971.
From 1926 to 1978, the Association of Westphalian Museums, first for the Provincial Association of Westphalia, then for the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe, carried out regional museum maintenance tasks. It was a sought-after partner in the promotion, redesign, founding and project development of museums until the LWL set up its own museum office for these tasks in 1978. Since then, the directors of the State Museum are no longer "born" chairmen , but are elected according to a new statute.
- Chairperson
- Max Geisberg (until 1934),
- Robert Nissen (until 1945),
- Walther Greischel (1946–1954),
- Hans Eichler (1955–1972),
- Paul Pieper (1972–1977),
- Peter Berghaus (1978–1985),
- Klaus Bussmann (1985–1996),
- Hartmut Polenz (1996-2005),
- Bennie Priddy (2005-2010)
and since then Eckhard Trox.
- executive Director
- 1946 to 1972 Paul Pieper,
- Siegfried Kessemeier (until 1984),
- Hartmut Polenz (1984–1996),
- Ellen Schwinzer (1996-2000)
- since then Gerd Dethlefs.
The archive is deposited in the LWL archive office for Westphalia .
activities
The association is not only dedicated to maintaining contacts and introduces many member museums to colleagues at its conferences, it also organizes advanced training courses and offers a forum for current issues relating to museums. Publications such as the Bibliography of the Westphalian Museums (1995) and its conference reports. Since 1995 there has been a “Museum Education” working group that also holds annual specialist conferences, and in March 2010 a “Collections and Internet” working group was founded.
The association organizes a conference for its members twice a year, in spring combined with the general meeting. In addition, there are meetings of the working groups “Education and Mediation” (at least once per year in December) and “Collections and Internet” (as required, usually twice per year), which are open to all members free of charge.
Board
- Eckhard Trox, Chairman, Museums of the City of Lüdenscheid
- Dirk Zache, Deputy Chairman, LWL-Industriemuseum Dortmund
- Markus Bertling, Treasurer, Geomuseum of the WWU Münster
- Gerd Dethlefs, Managing Director, LWL State Museum for Art and Cultural History
- Uwe Beckmann, assessor, LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen
- Oliver Doetzer-Berweger, Emschertal Museum , Herne
- Kirsten John-Stucke, Wewelsburg
- Franz Jungbluth, Gütersloh City Museum
- Elke Möllmann, Museum for Natural History of the City of Dortmund
- Oliver Schmidt, Westphalian Salt Mine , Bad Sassendorf
- Jens Stöcker, Museum for Art and Cultural History of the City of Dortmund
- Wilhelm Stratmann, Historical Museum of the City of Bielefeld
- Michael Cell , Lippisches Landesmuseum , Detmold
- Hartmut Polenz, honorary chairman
literature
- Nicola Assmann: Holdings "Association of Westphalian Museums" in the LWL archive . In: Archivpflege in Westfalen-Lippe 76, 2012, pp. 51–52.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet portal 'Westphalian History'. March 25, 2014, accessed November 22, 2018 .
- ^ A b Pohlmann, Alfred., Vereinigung Westfälischer Museen .: Bibliography of Westphalian Museums: Publications on institutions and collections from the beginning until 1985 . Association of Westphalian Museums, Münster 1995, ISBN 3-88789-116-3 .