Landesmuseum Hannover
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover | |
Established | 1856 |
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Location | Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Coordinates | 52°21′56″N 9°44′24″E / 52.365495°N 9.740111°E |
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Website | www |
The Lower Saxon State Museum Hanover (German: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, or simply Landesmuseum Hannover) is the state museum of Lower Saxony in Hanover, Germany. Situated adjacent to the New Town Hall, the museum comprises the state gallery (Landesgalerie), featuring paintings and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, and departments of archaeology, natural history and ethnology. The museum includes a vivarium with fish, amphibians, reptiles and arthropods.
History
Originally the Museum of Art and Science (Museum für Kunst und Wissenschaft) inaugurated in 1856 in the presence of
, titled "Key Moments in the Evolution of Humanity" (Hauptmomente in der Entwicklung der Menschheit), was created by the Hanoverian artist Georg Herting in partnership with Karl Gundelach and Georg Küsthardt. It was renamed the State Museum in 1933, and finally the Lower Saxon State Museum of Hanover in 1950.The museum building suffered extensive damage from
Extensive renovations and modernisations were carried out in the interior from 1995 to 2000, reopening on 13 May 2000 as part of Expo 2000.
Collections
State gallery
The state gallery features art from the 11th to the 20th centuries. The collection includes German and Italian works from the Renaissance and the Baroque, 17th-century Flemish and Dutch paintings, Danish paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries (such as by Constantin Hansen), and a print room featuring old German masters, Dutch drawings, 19th-century print works, and drawings by German impressionists. Some of the best-known artists include Rembrandt, Rubens and Albrecht Dürer.
The gallery's other strengths include German and French Impressionist paintings, works by Max Liebermann, Lovis Corinth and Max Slevogt, and major works from members of the Künstlerkolonie Worpswede group, such as Bernhard Hoetger, Fritz Overbeck, Otto Modersohn and Paula Modersohn-Becker. Caspar David Friedrich's four-piece Tageszeitenzyklus (Times of Day) is the only complete such series by Friedrich in a single museum.[3]
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Midday
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Afternoon
Natural history
The natural history department features a life-sized model of a dinosaur, and a
Archaeology
The museum has a major archaeological collection, containing some unique finds. With over a million artifacts showing the economic and technological development of human settlement, the display covers almost 500,000 years of history, spanning the
Ethnology
The ethnological collection is among the oldest in the German-speaking area of Europe (Deutscher Sprachraum), and includes around 20,000 artworks and everyday artefacts from all parts of the world. A wide range of religions and cultures in America, Africa, Oceania and Asia is displayed through the findings of explorers and ethnologists.
Special exhibitions and facilities
The museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions on changing themes, and its pest control facility (a nitrogen chamber) suitable for artworks and artefacts is available for use by the public.[7]
Further reading
- Heide Grape-Albers (editor): Das Niedersächsische Landesmuseum Hannover 2002. 150 Jahre Museum in Hannover – 100 Jahre Gebäude am Maschpark. ISBN 3-929444-29-1.
- Frühes Gold. Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Goldfunde aus Niedersachsen. Lower Saxony State Museum, Isensee, Oldenburg, 2003. ISBN 3-89995-066-6.
References
- ^ Das Künstlerhaus Press service of the city of Hanover. (in German)
- ^ Hannover - Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum "Stadthistorie Hannover". (in German)
- ^ Wuchernde Dingfülle Johanna di Blasi, Die Welt, 2 November 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2010. (in German)
- ^ Archäologie The archaeology department. (in German)
- ^ Satzung des Niedersächsischen Landesvereins für Urgeschichte e. V. The society's constitution. (in German)
- ^ Niedersächsischer Landesverein für Urgeschichte e.V. (in German)
- ^ Effektive Schädlingsbekämpfung an Kunst- und Kulturgütern About the nitrogen chamber. (in German)