The Stadtmuseum Oldenburg is a municipal

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 ...

covering the history of the city of

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Overview

The museum consists of three historic houses with recreated interiors as well as the main building. The ''New Gallery'' (former main building) was demolished in the beginning of 2022 in order to make space for the new building due to open in late 2024. The new building will provide more space for permanent exhibitions (on the history and identity of the city of Oldenburg) as well as temporary exhibitions (on various different topics and including art installations). The so-called ''Hüppe Saal'', a structure that was built to connect the main building with the historic houses and used for exhibitions and events, donated by the Claus-Hüppe-Stiftung, however still stands and will continue to join both building ensembles in the future. Since the museum is currently undergoing construction and restoration processes, it is temporarily closed but still hosts various exhibitions and projects in different locations within the city centre. The Stadtmuseum Oldenburg shares its entrance with the co-located

Horst-Janssen-Museum Horst-Janssen-Museum is an art museum located in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is dedicated to the work of Horst Janssen, the draftsman, etcher, lithographer, wood engraver, poster artist and illustrator. The Horst-Janssen-Museum was op ...

, an art museum dedicated to the artist

Horst Janssen Horst Janssen (14 November 192931 August 1995) was a German draftsman, printmaker, poster artist and illustrator. He had a prolific output of drawings, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and wood engravings. Janssen was a student of Alfred Mahla ...

that opened in 2000. The entrance area includes a shop and cafe.

History

The museum was set up and, according to his testament, posthumously donated to his hometown by collector and Oldenburg native Theodor Francksen (1875 - 1914) in 1915. During his relatively short life the bachelor and heir of a substantial inheritance created a private museum within the so-called Francksen Villa, his parental home, and acquired the neighboring house (Jürgens'sche Villa) when he needed additional space for his growing collection. Both of these historic houses including all collector's items were gifted to the city with the premise of being run as a museum in the future. The neighboring, third historic house (Ballin'sche Villa) was added to the ensemble by the city of Oldenburg much later.

Gallery

File:Gerhard Bakenhus Birkenweg im Moor 1935.jpg, Painting by

Gerhard Bakenhus Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–19 ...

(1935) in the Stadtmuseum Oldenburg. File:Isern Hinnerk (Nagelbild).jpg, Relief work in the Stadtmuseum Oldenburg.

References

External links

Stadtmuseum Oldenburg website
1915 establishments in Germany Museums established in 1915 Buildings and structures in Oldenburg (city) Tourist attractions in Oldenburg (city) Museums in Lower Saxony

Art museums and galleries in Germany Historic house museums in Germany {{LowerSaxony-struct-stub

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