Dennis von Wildenradt
Head of Communications | Education
Tel .: 0511-9807 626
dennis.wildenradt@landesmuseum-hannover.de
Nicola Kleinecke
Communication | Cultural mediation
Tel .: 0511-9807 647
nicola.kleinecke@landesmuseum-hannover.de
Despite the pandemic-related closure for almost five months, around 2021 people visited the Hanover State Museum in 90.000. Accordingly, the WeltenMuseum can look back on a successful museum year again thanks to the diverse program. This positive development is to be perpetuated with the continuation of special exhibitions on art and history as well as a top-class show from the field of archeology.
In Europe in the early 19th century, a new type of artist appeared: the open-air painter. His works of art are created in the open air in order to capture realistic color effects and lighting conditions. For a long time the "plein airists" were the subject of caricature and art criticism - today these artists are extremely popular.
Dinosaurs and film form a perfect symbiosis: no other medium allows the primeval lizards to resurrect as lifelike as the moving image. And like no other creature, the dinosaur offers filmmakers the opportunity to create fantastic worlds that are nonetheless anchored in reality. In the interdisciplinary exhibition "KinoSaurier" the Landesmuseum Hannover throws an unprecedented look at these cinematic reconstructions of dinosaurs. The focus is always on the question of the relationship between »fantasy and research«.
With the WebApp on a virtual journey of discovery: Museum friends can now also explore the Landesmuseum Hannover digitally. With the new Media Guide you can immerse yourself in the natural and human worlds as well as explore the current special exhibitions. The special panorama navigation enables a virtual museum visit despite the corona-related closure.
From March 14th to May 7th and in the months of November and December 2020 the museum was closed due to the pandemic. Nevertheless, over 91.000 people visited the Hanover State Museum last year. Despite the restrictions, the WeltenMuseum am Maschpark can look back on a diverse museum year. With an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, this focus on the public will continue to be trend-setting in 2021.
The museum shop of the Landesmuseum Hannover opens from December 11th to December 23rd, 2020 (Tuesday to Saturday). If you are still looking for a special Christmas present, you will find it in the WeltenMuseum shop. The exhibitions and the café, however, remain
still closed.
On the occasion of the upcoming special exhibition »KinoSaurier. Between Fantasy and Research «, three life-size dinosaur models have been set up on the grounds of the Landesmuseum Hannover. Among them is a model of a 45 meter long seismosaur from the group of sauropods.
The historic roofs of the representative museum building erected in 1902 have been extensively renovated since March 2019. After the successful completion of the work in the area of the "New Masters", the spectacular starting shot is now given for the second construction phase, for which the "Old Masters" also had to temporarily vacate their space: the pyramid in the middle of the building is given a new roof covering. The construction measures are controlled by the State Construction Management in Hanover.
The new Corona funding line from the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation enables the conservation of several works from the collections of the Landesmuseum Hannover. Three freelance restorers dedicate themselves to the works of art that will be on view in the new KunstWelten from 2022.
Since the beginning of time, we have shared the world with a charming duck family, the »interDucks«. But while mankind was making history, the ducks remained undetected for a long time. But that's now the end: »DUCKOMENTA« presents the cultural history of the world exclusively from a duck perspective.
After the temporary closure due to the potential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Hanover State Museum will reopen on Thursday, May 7.5.2020th, XNUMX. A number of measures are taken to ensure the safety of visitors and employees.
Since April 1.4.2020, 1981, the Landesmuseum Hannover has had Carmen Klünder (* 2012 in Hameln) a new manager at the side of the director Prof. Dr. Katja Lembke. The focus of her work is in the commercial area. The areas of finance, controlling, personnel management and building management are particularly responsible for their supervision and organization. With this she succeeds Matthias Görn, who worked at the WeltenMuseum from April 2019 to June XNUMX.
Due to the current situation and the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Hanover State Museum is expected to be closed until April 19.4.2020, XNUMX. At the same time, exit restrictions apply to all people living in Germany. In these difficult times, numerous cultural institutions are trying to be digitally accessible to visitors under the hashtag #closedbutopen. The Landesmuseum has also developed a campaign to participate in this project: Under the title #WWWeltenMuseum, content about the museum, its collections and its employees is published daily on its own social media channels. The focus is on video tours in which the curators of the house present special objects.
Leonardo da Vinci is a myth: like no other of his contemporaries, the universal genius combined art with nature in his work. As an exceptional painter, he created the Mona Lisa, the most famous painting in the world. As an enthusiastic natural scientist, he studied human anatomy and outlined the "ideal human being". And as a visionary engineer, he designed sketches for aircraft that were way ahead of his time. Taking up this characteristic diversity, the multifaceted WeltenMuseum brings the thought leader into the digital age with the multimedia special exhibition. His masterpieces and machines are brought to life with the help of films and projections. The boundaries between art and reality are blurring and visitors are immersed in »Leonardo's World«.
The exhibition is extended until 25.10.2020
Due to the current situation and the spread of COVID-19, the Landesmuseum Hannover will be open from March 14.03th. close until April 19.04.2020, XNUMX inclusive. We follow the official order. The cancellation concerns the exhibition and all events as well as our shop and the café. We hope to make a contribution to help stop or slow down the spread of the virus.
Around 125.000 people visited the Hanover State Museum in 2019. This enabled the WeltenMuseum am Maschpark to increase its visitor numbers again and looks back on a successful museum year. 2020 will continue to be exciting: Visitors can look forward to three impressive special exhibitions and be inspired by various events.
In the first few decades of the 15. In the 19th century, an outstanding work of art was created in Lüneburg: carpenters, woodcarvers and painters of international renown created the "Goldene Tafel", a new altarpiece for the Lüneburg Michaelis Church. This work served the solemn staging of a church treasure that has grown over centuries and, with its paintings and sculptures, is the most beautiful, which has been preserved from the time around 1400 in northern Germany. After several years of scientific work and comprehensive restoration, the Landesmuseum Hannover is now presenting the Goldene Tafel in its own exhibition. Together with prominent loans from home and abroad, the show reveals the rich panorama that depicts Gothic art in its international scope. In addition, she brings together the multi-part altar ensemble again in one place for the first time.
The origin of ethnological collections from colonial contexts is currently undisputed in the focus of media attention. In Lower Saxony, the need to research the origin of colonial collections was recognized early on, and the collaborative project »Provenance Research in Ethnological Collections and Ethnology in Lower Saxony« (PAESE) was developed. The project, initiated by the Landesmuseum Hannover, has been carried out since 2018 with partners in Braunschweig, Göttingen, Oldenburg and Hildesheim and generously supported by the Volkswagen Foundation.
A generous gesture: Starting today, three new paintings by a private collector from Hanover decorate the KunstWelten of the Landemuseum Hanover as a permanent loan and complement the high-caliber collection of Dutch painting.
Who are the Niedersachsen? Descendants of the "old Saxons" who fought against Charlemagne over 1000 years ago? Her name still gives identity - but who were these Saxons? A Germanic tribe who took possession of the country during the Roman emperors and conquered England?
Around 120.000 people visited the Landesmuseum Hannover in the year 2018. This enabled the WeltenMuseum am Maschpark to increase its visitor numbers again and looks back on a successful museum year. 2019 will also be an exciting year for the WeltenMuseum: in addition to numerous events, visitors can look forward to two large special exhibitions and the more than 100-year-old museum building on a new roof.
