Alsfeld City Museum
Stadtmuseum Alsfeld | |
 The Minnigerode-Haus, in which the Alsfeld City Museum is based. | |
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| Established | 1897 |
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| Location | Alsfeld, Hesse |
| Coordinates | 50°45′03″N 9°16′13″E / 50.75076°N 9.27023°ECoordinates: 50°45′03″N 9°16′13″E / 50.75076°N 9.27023°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Website | Official website |
Alsfeld City Museum (Stadtmuseum Alsfeld) is the central city museum for the German city of Alsfeld. Its displays tell the 800-year story of the city.
Buildings and surroundings
The museum was founded in 1897 by citizens of Alsfeld interested in local history and was housed in the municipal wine house until 1913 and then in the wedding house until 1975. As part of the renovation of the old town, the city of Alsfeld carried out the conversion of the listed buildings Minnigerode-Haus and Neurath-Haus with the associated barn and inner courtyards and the museum was set up in 1975.
Collections
The museum's permanent exhibition covers various aspects of Alsfeld's history, including its cultural and business history. Besides the exhibits on display, the museum also houses a research collection which is the basis for the museum as a place of research. The scientific collection is extensive and includes objects related to the culture, history of, and daily life in the city. The objects can be divided into various groups.
In the city history collection, prehistoric and early historical finds such as hand axes and Celtic neck rings are exhibited. There are also regional costumes and a craftsman's hall with furniture. Furthermore, paintings and art objects with a regional reference, for example the painting "The bombardment of Alsfeld by Lower Hesse" from 1646.
In addition to the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, the Alsfeld City Museum was one of the few houses with a high proportion of Judaica around 1900; this was seen as a symbol of equality and integration of the Jews.[1] In addition, there is the Torah shrine and other objects from local Jewish history that were saved from the synagogue that burned down in 1938.
References
- ↑ Jens Hoppe: Jüdische Geschichte und Kultur in Museen, S. 61
External links
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