Exhibitions

With funds from the city's "Perspective on the City Center" development program, an ensemble of experience and information rooms on the city's history as well as attractive information islands with innovative mediation offers on local history were created and set up in the rooms of the former Arenbergische Rentei. This includes a digital city [...]

The Koppelschleuse art school has always been committed to promoting creativity, innovation and artistic expression. The "Art - Traces - Search" program not only encouraged participants to view and explore art, but also inspired them to discover and leave their own artistic traces. The art school is not only a place of learning, but also [...]

Spectacular criminal cases in the region. In cooperation with the Emsland/Bentheim police department, the Emsland Archaeology Museum is presenting the special exhibition "Crime Scene Emsland - Gangsters, Crooks and Gendarmes". The exhibition naturally includes a very famous historical "cold case" - the "Red Franz File", probably the oldest unsolved murder case in Emsland. In addition [...]

Now is the time, This is the hour, Ours is the magic, Ours is the power (The Craft,1996) The history of witchcraft in the western world begins with ancient myths and stories. In the early modern period, the climate changes of the Little Ice Age, wars and religious dogma led to a long and brutal [...]

This exhibition brings together the works of renowned artists Oleksii Gnievyshev, Lena Krashevka and Maxim Probst, who each reflect in a unique way on the connection between art, freedom and self-determination. Oleksii Gnievyshev, born in the Ukraine, combines classical painting techniques with contemporary themes and questions social norms and constraints through his works. Lena Krashevka, [...]

Arriving and being at the start at the same time is the motto of the artist, Roswitha Lammersdorf, to constantly reinvent herself and her work. In this exhibition, she presents her works from the last ten years. Using acrylic paints and pastels, she created large-format, impressionistic landscapes as well as realistic paintings of people in [...]

The Meppener Kunstkreis cordially invites all interested parties to the opening of the exhibition "Two Times - Painting and Drawing" on January 30 at 7 pm. Drawings and large-format paintings by Rüdiger Barharn will be on display at the Koppelschleuse art center.   The exhibition comprises two phases of work by the artist Rüdiger Barharn, [...]

History before eight: News from the Emsland Archaeology Museum Many treasures lie hidden in the museum's depot: They range from inconspicuous everyday objects from centuries past to spectacular discoveries that are changing the face of regional history. Find out first-hand what the objects in the Emsland Archaeology Museum's collection reveal about the lives of our [...]

At the end of the exhibition, the Stadtmuseum invites visitors to view the show once again free of charge. Free special tours take place at 2 pm and 4 pm. There will be children's activities for families, children and young people from 12 noon to 4 pm. The award ceremony for our poster competition will [...]