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  • Digital Offerings from the Meppen City Museum – Experience History at the Arenbergische Rentei

    Arenbergische Rentei

    In 2023, using funds from the municipal support program “Perspektive Innenstadt,” a complex of “experiential and informational spaces dedicated to Meppen’s city history” was created in the former Arenbergische Rentei building, along with attractive information stations offering innovative educational programs on local history. These include a digital city model, an engaging introductory film on Meppen’s [...]

  • “Meppen 1638” App – Become Part of History!

    This free app brings the history of Meppen Fortress and the era of the Thirty Years' War to life digitally. Augmented reality brings long-demolished ramparts, moats, bridges, gates, fortifications, and structures such as the Paulsburg back to life, providing a vivid picture of what was once the most powerful regional fortress in the Diocese of [...]

  • Writing Contest Hosted by the Emsland Archaeology Museum

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    The Story of Red Franz June 1900, Neu Versen: Peat cutter Bernard Herbers struck an obstacle with his spade. He quickly realized that he had found the body of a young man. 90 years later, laboratory analyses confirmed that the bog body was that of a 25-year-old man from the 4th century A.D. Today we [...]

  • In Search of the Truth.

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    2,000 Years of Criminal Investigation Special Exhibition at the Emsland Archaeology Museum “Please don’t touch anything!”—this line is familiar from many crime movies. But since when has it actually been the rule at a crime scene? In cooperation with the Emsland/Grafschaft Bentheim Police Department, the Emsland Archaeology Museum invites you on a captivating journey through [...]

    4€

  • Charlotte Wielage – Photons

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

    Photons are the smallest units of light and, at the same time, the starting point for these works, in which visibility is understood as a dynamic process. Charlotte Wielage’s works reinterpret the classical glazing technique by using everyday materials such as adhesive tape and ink. Through layering, transparent spaces of color emerge that are reminiscent [...]

  • History Before 8:

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    From “Friend and Helper” to “Street Fighter” and Instrument of Terror: The Police Apparatus under National Socialism Historian Jaqueline Meurisch examines the role of the police in the Nazi regime. The lecture traces the transformation of the police from an institution of the early Weimar Republic into an instrument of persecution and terror under National [...]

    4€

  • Public guided tour of the permanent exhibition at the Emsländichsen Archaeology Museum

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    Step back in time to the Emsland's earliest history! Every second Thursday of the month, the Emsland Archaeology Museum offers a guided tour of its permanent exhibition. You’ll discover significant finds and fascinating artifacts from past eras. The guided tour offers insights into the lives and mindsets of our ancestors from the Stone Age through [...]

  • Ceramics Workshop with Simone Krug-Springsguth

    Kunstschule Koppelschleuse

    Ceramic artist, author, and illustrator Simone Krug Springsguth, who runs her studio “Rauchblau” in Callenberg near Chemnitz, will lead this year’s ceramics workshop. She studied product design and visual design at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau. In 1995, she discovered ceramics. To her, clay is like “story dust” because it holds [...]

  • Ceramics Workshop: “The Poetry of Memory”

    Kunstschule Koppelschleuse

    Ceramic artist, author, and illustrator Simone Krug Springsguth, who runs her studio “Rauchblau” in Callenberg near Chemnitz, will lead this year’s ceramics workshop. She studied product design and visual design at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau. In 1995, she discovered ceramics. To her, clay is like “story dust” because it holds [...]

  • Open studio

    Kunstschule Koppelschleuse

    At the Open Studio, we get together to create art. Everyone who wants to explore their artistic side is welcome here—children and adults, advanced artists and beginners, newcomers and “old hands”! The focus is on the joy of creating. You’ll have the opportunity to experiment with various materials: The art school’s facilities allow for the [...]

    12€

  • Art School Breakfast at the Youth and Culture Guesthouse

    Kunstschule Koppelschleuse

    On the second Sunday of every month, parents can enjoy a hearty breakfast at the Youth and Cultural Guest House while the children give free rein to their creativity at the Art School. The breakfast buffet is available from 9 to 11.30 a.m. and costs €12.20 for adults, €5.60 for children under 5 and €10.20 [...]

  • Fall Break Sculpture Workshop

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

    We will carve a work of art out of sandstone. Animals, plants, and faces can serve as inspiration for bringing your vision to life. Bring your creativity, patience, and perseverance. Please bring sturdy shoes, safety goggles, gloves, and a cloth or mask (respiratory protection). One sandstone block is provided; additional stones can be purchased. Place: [...]