• Water, washboard, soap suds – on the cultural history of washing

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    With the special exhibition "Water, washboard, soap suds - on the cultural history of washing" the Emsland Archaeology Museum starts into the new season. At the latest with the "invention" of clothing began all "misery" - namely, the need to clean not only the body, but also dirty clothes. In solving this problem, mankind [...]

  • ParkLicht – Light art at the Koppel lock

    Park an der Koppelschleuse An der Koppelschleuse 19, Meppen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

    "ParkLicht" features a course of six light art installations. The works of artists from all over Germany react to their surroundings, enter into dialogue with the park and with the coincidences of weather, atmosphere, time of day and season. The artists accentuate undiscovered places, modify known places, create new spaces. The site is opened [...]

  • Performance: Light bulb music by Michael Vorfeld About the ParkLicht project

    Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse An der Koppelschleuse 19, Meppen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

    Light bulb music is an audio-visual performance whose sounds are created through the use of various light bulbs and electrical control elements. The use of analog light controllers such as switches, dimmers, relays, flasher, etc. leads to multiple variations within the light event and the electrical current flow. This is made audible with the [...]

  • Under the microscope

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    At the beginning of 2023, the Emsland Archaeology Museum received as a gift from the heirs of an enthusiastic amateur archaeologist his collection of archaeologically relevant finds. For decades, the hobbyist meticulously searched the fields around Haren for relics from the Stone Age. The "little stones" collected over many years turned out to be [...]

  • From the village to the city. The territorial reform of 1974 in the Meppen area

    Stadtmuseum Meppen An der Koppelschleuse 19a, Meppen, Deutschland

    With the "Law on the Reorganization of the Municipalities in the Meppen Area" in March 1974, a total of 13 once independent villages became parts of the Meppen municipal area. The incorporation of the villages of Apeldorn, Bokeloh, Borken, Groß Fullen, Klein Fullen, Helte, Hemsen, Holthausen, Hüntel, Rühle, Schwefingen, Teglingen and Versen was intended [...]

  • Experience Meppen’s history in the Arenberg manor house

    ehemalige arenbergische Rentei Meppen, Deutschland

    An ensemble of "experience and information rooms on Meppen's town history" and attractive information islands with innovative educational offers on local history were created on the premises of the former Arenbergische Rentei with funds from the municipal funding program "Perspektive Innenstadt". These include a digital model of the town, an exciting introductory film on Meppen's [...]

  • Public guided tour of the Meppen City Museum

    Stadsmuseum Meppen An der Koppelschleuse 19a, Meppen

    In the fall of 2020, the newly established Meppen City Museum opened its doors at the Koppelschleuse. During a 60-minute guided tour of the museum, visitors will get to know the new museum and learn many interesting facts about the history of Meppen. You will travel through time with experienced museum guides who are happy [...]

  • History before eight: Thinking outside the box: Archaeology in East Frisia – Lecture with Dr. Jan F. Kegler

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    On this lecture evening, we will look beyond the horizon: the renowned archaeologist Dr. Jan Kegler, head of the Archaeological Research Institute of the East Frisian Landscape, will be a guest at the Archaeology Museum and will report on examples of excavations and research results from his area of responsibility. In the northern neighboring district [...]

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  • Public guided tour of the Meppen City Museum

    Stadtmuseum Meppen An der Koppelschleuse 19a, Meppen, Deutschland

    In the fall of 2020, the newly established Meppen City Museum opened its doors at the Koppelschleuse. During a 60-minute guided tour of the museum, visitors will get to know the new museum and learn many interesting facts about the history of Meppen. You will travel through time with experienced museum guides who are happy [...]

  • Public guided tour of the Meppen City Museum

    Stadtmuseum Meppen An der Koppelschleuse 19a, Meppen, Deutschland

    In the fall of 2020, the newly established Meppen City Museum opened its doors at the Koppelschleuse. During a 60-minute guided tour of the museum, visitors will get to know the new museum and learn many interesting facts about the history of Meppen. You will travel through time with experienced museum guides who are happy [...]

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