Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum (BLM) is a

history museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these i ...

Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...

, Germany, operated by the state of

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. The museum is scattered on four locations: ''Vieweghaus'', ''Hinter Ägidien'' (both in Braunschweig), ''Kanzlei'' (

Wolfenbüttel Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest c ...

) and ''Bauernhausmuseum'' ( Bortfeld). The collection covers 500,000 years and includes objects from the history of the Braunschweig area, including culture, economy, technology, folk arts, and social history. Today, the BLM hosts a collection of 600,000 to 800,000 objects.

History

The museum's history dates back to October 11, 1891, when it was founded in the

Duchy of Brunswick The Duchy of Brunswick (german: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital city, capital was the city of Braunschweig, Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ...

as ''Vaterländisches Museum für Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte''.BLM
Über uns > Geschichte > Landesgeschichte seit mehr als 120 Jahren. Retrieved 2013-01-07. Originally it was located in a street called ''Hagenscharrn'' in the city of Braunschweig. In 1938, the museum was renamed to Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum für Geschichte und Volkstum. This name remained until December 31, 1982.

Vieweghaus

The

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building, the former publishing house of

Vieweg Verlag Springer Vieweg Verlag (formerly known as Vieweg+Teubner Verlag) is a German publishing company that specializes in books on technical subjects. It is a subsidiary of ''Springer Science+Business Media''. The original ' was founded in Berlin i ...

, hosts the main collection, and is located in the

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at the

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(''Burgplatz''). A large part of the collection was moved there in 1986.

Hinter Ägidien

Located in the street '' Hinter St. Aegidien'', this annex exhibits Judaica and was opened to the public in 1746. Center piece is a

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interior from

Hornburg Hornburg is a German town law, town and a former municipality in the Wolfenbüttel (district), Wolfenbüttel district, in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1 November 2013, it is part of the municipality Schladen-Werla. It is situa ...

Kanzlei Wolfenbüttel

This annex focuses on prehistoric and ancient history (500,000 BC until 8th century AD) of the region and was established there in 1959. The building was built in the 16th century and is located in the city center.

Bauernhausmuseum

The Bortfelder Bauernhausmuseum section was opened in 1968 and is located in Bortfeld, a village in the municipality of

Wendeburg Wendeburg is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km east of Peine, and 12 km northwest of Braunschweig. Municipal subdivisions * Bortfeld * Harvesse * Meerdorf * Neubrüc ...

, district of Peine. This museum reflects on the rural life of the region. The central attraction is a

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from 1639 (reetgedecktes Hallenhaus).

Gallery

Image:Braunschweig Landesmuseum.JPG, Vieweg-Haus Image:Braunschweig, Museum an der Aegidienkirche.jpg, Hinter Ägidien Image:Kanzlerhaus 16. Jhd. in Wolfenbüttel IMG 3049.jpg, Kanzlei Wolfenbüttel Image:Braunschweig Heinrich der Loewe 1915.jpg, ''Eiserner

Heinrich Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

'', nail man from the museum's collection.

Literature

* Gerd Biegel (Hrsg.): ''Herzöge, Revolution und Nierentisch. 1200 Jahre Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte'', Veröffentlichungen des Braunschweigischen Landesmuseums 67, Braunschweig 1992 * Camerer, Garzmann, Schuegraf, Pingel: ''Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon'', Braunschweig 1992 * Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Gerhard Schildt (Hrsg.): ''Braunschweigische Landesgeschichte. Jahrtausendrückblick einer Region'', Braunschweig 2000

References

External links

Landesmuseum Museums in Lower Saxony History museums in Germany Religious museums in Germany Folk museums in Germany Jewish art 1891 establishments in Germany 19th-century establishments in the Duchy of Brunswick Museums established in 1891 History of Brunswick Organisations based in Braunschweig {{Germany-museum-stub