Museum Küppersmühle (MKM) is a Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art based in
Duisburg
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's
Inner Harbour. It houses the Ströher Collection. It is part of the
Duisburg: Town and Harbour section of the
Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail.
History
Built in 1860 by leading local industrialist Wilhelm Vedder, the original building was erected in 1860 with extensive redevelopment between 1908 and 1916. Steel silos were added in the 1930s. In 1969 the merger of Werner & Nicola Germania Mühlenwerke with the Küppers Mühlenwerken in Homberg gave rise to the name "Küppersmühle". The facility closed down in 1972.
In 1999, a grant of DM35 million ($19 million) from the local authority in Duisburg was used to establish the Grothe Museum to display some of real estate developer Hans Grothe's art collection. The museum officially opened in April 1999.
Architecture
From 1999, the original building was redesigned by the
Swiss
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architects
Herzog & de Meuron, using a masterplan devised by
Norman Foster
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. After gutting the original industrial building an exhibition space of was created across three storeys. With 6-meter high ceilings, grey Turkish
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natural daylight is provided by the ceiling-high window slits. The building is served by an external staircase attached to the original building.
From 2013 to 2021, Herzog & de Meuron planned and executed an extension. Divided into three parts, the new addition contains exhibition halls, as well as utilities and art-handling facilities across five floors.
Collection
Artist
James Turrell
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created two permanent site-specific installations for the building, planned to be revealed in 2022.
[Ellie Stathaki (September 23, 2021)]
Herzog & de Meuron returns to Duisburg for MKM Museum Küppersmühle extension
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References
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Art museums and galleries in Germany
Modern art museums in Germany
Museum Kuppersmuhle
Culture in Duisburg
Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia
Art museums and galleries established in 1999
Museum Kuppersmuhle