The Museum im Bellpark is a forum for photography, history, and art in
Kriens
Kriens is a city and a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
The municipality lies at the foot of the mountain Pilatus, and is a western suburb of Lucerne.
History
In the oldest documents of the Bened ...
,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It has existed since 1991.
The Museum maintains an archive that documents the development of Kriens from a village to an
conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area. In most ca ...
, and is building up a collection of Swiss drawings. Its focus is on
photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...
, and it regularly organizes exhibitions. The Museum is supported by the Museum im Bellpark association.
Photographic archive
The Museum im Bellpark maintains an archive with photographs by various photographers from Kriens:
*Emil Kreis, (1895–1925), architectural photography, object photography, industrial photography
*Franz Schütz, (1940––1980), documentation of Kriens, architectural photography
*Otto Pfeifer, (1935–1990), architectural photography, industrial photography, portrait photography
*Heinz Schwarz, (1970 to date), Kriens documentation, architectural photography, documentary photography
*Mario Kunz, (1985 to date), cityscapes of Kriens, architectural photography, object photography
Publications
*''Slopes & Houses'', Georg Aerni, 2002, Museum im Bellpark, Eikon
*''Fabrik und Atelier. Menschen und Dinge'', Emil Kreis, 2000, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens
*''Waldhüttenbilder. Kinderhüttentext'', 2000, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens
*''Krienser Ansichten'', photographed by Heinz Schwarz, 1999, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens
*''Fotografien'', Otto Pfeifer, Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, 1998
*''Kriens in alten Ansichten'', Museum im Bellpark, Kriens, 1991
External links
Official website (in German)
Bellpark
Bellpark
1991 establishments in Switzerland
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