Christmas house Husum
The Husum Christmas House is a private museum in Husum , the district town of the Schleswig-Holstein district of North Friesland . As a small special museum, it deals with the cultural history of the Christmas season and the Christmas festival in Germany. Attached is a museum shop that was set up in a historic shop from the 19th century. The Christmas House , which opened in 2008, is located in a building from the Wilhelminian era , which is located in the old town of Husum and is registered as a protected cultural monument in the list of cultural monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.
museum
The museum was set up by the Husum publisher Alix Paulsen in a Wilhelminian style town house that had previously been restored from 2007 to 2008 . It is a corner building that is located on the corner of Westerende and Nordbahnhofstraße . The building has two full floors and a loft; The entrance is at the Westerende (No. 46). The museum's exhibition rooms are located on the ground floor, upper floor and attic of the town hall. They cover a total of around 300 square meters of exhibition space. The museum has a museum shop for Christmas items, which is located on the ground floor and also serves as the museum's cash desk.
The museum displays on three floors the several thousand exhibits extensive collection of publisher Alix Paulsen (born 1956), one of the great ethnographic collections on the subject of "Christmas". The room for the museum shop and the museum cash desk contains a historic shop fitting from 1890. The opening of the Husum Christmas house took place on October 24, 2008.
The museum is supported by the Husum publishing group , whose headquarters are in the immediate vicinity on Nordbahnhofstrasse . The Husum Christmas House works with various other museums, such as the Altona Museum for Art and Cultural History in Hamburg and the East Prussian State Museum in Lüneburg , and lends exhibits, individual thematic collections and special exhibitions. Thematically, the Husum Christmas House cooperates in particular with the Altona Museum and its director, the “Christmas researcher” Torkild Hinrichsen .
exhibition
ground floor
From the first Advent clocks to sliding figure and adhesive calendars, you can follow the beginnings and development of time counting up to Christmas Eve in the corridor (that's the historical room name). The tradition of the advent calendar began with chalk marks on the door, one of which was wiped away by the children every day. Paper stars and pictures for the Advent tree with Christian sayings formed the preliminary stage to the first printed Advent calendars.
The former living room is entirely dedicated to the production of Christmas tree decorations , especially the production of Christmas balls . These glass accessories on the festive Christmas tree were made from around 1850 in the region around Lauscha , a small mountain village in Thuringia, first in the glassworks , then at home. The individual production steps up to the finished Christmas bauble can be traced using an old glassblowing workshop, a workshop installation from around 1900 with tools, materials and products. Tinsel , tinsel and leonian wires from Franconia adorned the trees from the middle of the 19th century. They are also on display.
Four historically decorated trees take the visitor on a journey through time in the Best Room , starting in the Biedermeier period through to the 1950s. The Christmas tree decorated in the Wilhelminian style from the time the house was built is highlighted . The exhibition also shows how Christmas was celebrated during wartime.
The adjoining so-called room is dedicated to the time of the Husum-born poet Theodor Storm . A Christmas tree made according to the poet's description makes it clear how much care and skill the tree decorations were made in-house in the 19th century. In addition to the glued, cut and gilded tree decorations, the exhibition in this room is also dedicated to the other examples of Biedermeier jewelry. Old filled Christmas boxes , a feather tree and some Christmas tree stands complete the exhibition.
Upper floor
The Wendt & Kühn company from Grünhainichen , founded by two women at the time of the First World War, is represented in the former girls' room with a large game box manufactured by the Gahlenz company under license for the Karstadt department stores and in the so-called kitchen with a cross-section of production until the reunification in the GDR .
The pyramid room is dedicated to the most widespread Christmas decorations from the Ore Mountains . Various branches of tradition such as Christian faith, miners' work and toy making are combined in the pyramid. Since the beginning of the 19th century there have been Christmas pyramids decorated with light and operated with warm air , the roots of which go back almost to the 17th century. Pyramid art flourished in the second half of the 19th century and produced a number of individual forms during that time. The paradise gardens are designed in a variety of ways: small gardens populated with mass or mature animals . They often formed the basis for pyramids.
The angel room deals with a very old tradition of the Ore Mountains. Angels were already associated with mining in the region around 1500. The figures have a turned body that was designed and painted differently depending on the family of origin. The expression ranges from bitter charm to a certain arrogance and at the same time points to the deep piety that characterizes the mining region. Some manufacturer families are presented and special features are explained. Suspended and chandelier angels from different generations show the intensity with which the Erzgebirge dedicated themselves to angels. An outstanding example is an angel from the Ore Mountains by Karl Louis Härtel with a candlestick and paradise garden, which was lost and has now been extensively restored to shine in new splendor. Its counterpart, the miner, is in the Museum of Saxon Folk Art in Dresden.
The nativity room houses stagings of the hour of Christ's birth, also characterized by mining and craftsmanship from the Erzgebirge . A small selection of special nativity scenes, nativity scenes, a nativity scene in the mechanical mine and a large Bohemian nativity scene from around 1880 can be seen there.
Attic
In the hallway there are dolls and bears as well as animal figures with accessories at home in two showcases, older specimens from the Schildkröt and Steiff companies and a doll's house that was set up as the practice of the doll doctor or shop with many small objects.
In the good room is a showcase classic dexterity toys, such Federspiel, chess and bird shooting and a magic lantern that was popular about 1900. Another showcase shows historical arks, piano figures and construction sets. Soldier figures from the period around 1900, the First and Second World Wars, as well as display figures from the 1950s / 60s, Roman figures from the Elastolin company, can be seen in another showcase. The Erzgebirge is represented with a forest plot as well as Dresden toys, which are built into a landscape with carriages, wagons and figures on Zeumer's terrain tiles. The toy exhibition is rounded off by a Märklin train , a mechano and a Lego box .
Gingerbread -Ausstecher, gingerbread -Modeln, marzipan -forms and studs Brett belong in the kitchen for Christmas baking. Spice containers, dough bowl and flour sieve give an idea of the elaborate Christmas preparations, the old tin cans, the often plentiful supplies of pastries back then. A large bowl shows traditional Christmas biscuits , including the North German brown cakes and the regional Kindjestüch .
In Santa's workshop, the workbench, wish list and an old wall telephone are the most important items. There are pre-packed packages, clothing and wooden ice skates as well as a large globe for "travel preparation" so that not even the smallest place is forgotten when giving presents. A large doll's house with furnishings that was made for a girl by Santa's helpers has already been completed . Finally, there is a thick book in which children and adults can write their wishes and thoughts.
Historical shop
The room for the museum shop and the museum cash desk, located on the ground floor next to the entrance, was furnished with historical shop fittings from 1890. The shop fittings come from the sales room of a former soap factory in Burg (near Magdeburg) ; it was dismantled and rebuilt true to the original in the Husum Christmas house. The museum shop offers an assortment of selected articles on the topic of "Christmas", most of which are handcrafted in Germany.
Special exhibitions
Since the end of 2009, special topics from the cultural history of the Christmas season and the Christmas festival have been dealt with in special exhibitions or traveling exhibitions that go with the complex of topics have been shown. In addition to the permanent exhibition, two special exhibitions are usually shown each year.
| Exhibition title | Year of issue |
|---|---|
| "Hearty, sweet, seductive ... Christmas cookies from German landscapes" | 2009/2010 |
| "Inge, Hans and Bärbel - favorite dolls from childhood" | 2010 |
| "To the dear Christ Child ... Christmas wishes and wish lists from over 200 years" | 2010/2011 |
| "From children's happiness to a collector's dream - Erzgebirge toys through the ages" | 2011 |
| "Angels - Earthly traces of a heavenly phenomenon" | 2011/2012 |
| "Treasures from childhood" | 2012 |
| "Bears from Bavaria - for the 100th anniversary of the Teddy-Hermann company " | 2012 |
| "Marzipan - The Angel's Bread" | 2012/2013 |
| "Do, do, a car - tin toys from almost 100 years" | 2013 |
| "Sailing ship and mermaid - Thuringian Christmas tree decorations from then and now" | 2013/2014 |
| "Hidden treasures in old boxes - from bridal gifts to children's toys" | 2014 |
| "Back home by Christmas? Christmas in the First World War " | 2014/2015 |
| “Christmas in Denmark. Dansk Jul " | 2014/2015 |
| "Strampelchen's siblings - doll favorites with a story" | 2015 |
| "Dear good Santa Claus" | 2015/2016 |
| "Flute, ship and shell picture - natural toys throughout the year" | 2016 |
| "Dolls, trains and teddy bears - Christmas between the early days and the economic miracle" | 2016/2017 |
| "Hans Christian Andersen's Christmas" | 2017/2018 |
| "Chocolate. From the drink of the gods to a sweet seduction for everyone " | 2018/2019 |
| “'The most beautiful toy in the world'. Miniature toys from the Ore Mountains " | 2019/2020 |
meaning
The majority of the Alix Paulsen collection on the topic of "Christmas" is exhibited in the museum, which is considered to be "the largest collection of its kind in all of Northern Germany and [...] one of the most diverse in Germany". Husum-based collector Alix Paulsen began collecting Christmas exhibits from all over Germany in the late 1970s. Paulsen published a. a. together with Ehrhardt Heinold three folkloristic books on Christmas customs as well as on customs and toys in and from the Ore Mountains and published several books on the topic of "Christmas" such as literature for special exhibitions, etc.
The Christmas house has been reported several times in media such as newspapers, radio, television and online publications.
According to the museum itself, around 10,000 visitors were expected in 2012 alone. In the ten years since the opening, a total of over 100,000 visitors could be counted.
literature
- Günter Pump: Hearty, sweet, seductive. The most beautiful recipes from the German Christmas bakery. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2003, ISBN 3-89876-114-2 .
- Torkild Hinrichsen : It's the lovely Christmas season. Husum Verlag, Husum 2007, ISBN 978-3-89876-360-8 .
- Torkild Hinrichsen: Christmas letters and wish lists. From the 18th century until today. Husum Verlag, Husum 2010, ISBN 978-3-89876-526-8 (literature accompanying the special exhibition).
- Torkild Hinrichsen: Marzipan - The bread of angels. Husum Verlag, Husum 2012, ISBN 978-3-89876-620-3 (literature accompanying the exhibitions of the same name in the Altona Museum for Art and Cultural History in Hamburg and in the Husum Christmas House).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Museum and historical shop . Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ^ Letter with an extract from the list of monuments from the Schleswig-Holstein State Office for Monument Preservation from April 6, 2018.
- ↑ a b Juliane Kahlke: Museum in Husum. "Christmas House" in Storm City . On: Website of the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher (www.shz.de) of October 23, 2008. Retrieved on December 18, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Edgar S. Hasse: 365 days of Christmas. In: Welt am Sonntag . December 16, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Corresponding reports appeared, for example, in the NDR television program “Coastal Christmas” (2008), in several NDR television programs (2009, 2012) and in the midday magazine of ARD and ZDF (2012) Das Christmas House Husum in the media . On: the website of the Husum Christmas House (Christmas house.info). Retrieved December 18, 2012; also in various daily and Sunday newspapers such as u. a. the Husumer Nachrichten and in the online portal of the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher (2008–2012), in the Hamburger Abendblatt (2011, 2012) or in der Welt am Sonntag (2012).
Coordinates: 54 ° 28 ′ 38.1 ″ N , 9 ° 2 ′ 38.2 ″ E