• Crime scene Emsland – Gangsters, crooks and gendarmes

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    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 [...]

    4€
  • Maike Denker – Warrior of Mother Earth

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

    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 [...]

  • A new start at home. Dr. Elisabeth Schlicht and the Emsland Plan (1950 – 1963)

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    This summer, the Emsland Archaeology Museum is showing the Emsländische Landschaft's special exhibition on Dr. Elisabeth Schlicht - on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Emsland Plan. But what does the Emsland Plan have to do with archaeology? The rapid infrastructural and agricultural development of the 1950s presented the first female district archaeologist [...]

  • Promotion of the Wandel film evening and panel discussion

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

    Advertising for change Movie night and panel discussion The infrastructure measures initiated from 1950 onwards as part of the so-called “Emsland Plan” brought about far-reaching changes for nature and the rural environment. In order to help the reform program to be implemented on a broad social basis, Emsland GmbH, which was entrusted with the implementation [...]

    5,00€
  • Quiz and excavations

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    Quiz and excavations Think fast, laugh a lot and have fun at the quiz evening in Emsland Archaeology Museum! Answer our quiz questions in good company over a cool drink and discover finds from our model excavation field. Who will find the most buried treasures? Perfect for quiz fans and new players - come alone [...]

  • Lecture: History before eight: “Elisabeth Schlicht”

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    “Elisabeth Schlicht”, District archaeologist and finissage of the exhibition Dr. Elisabeth Schlicht - the first female district archaeologist in Emsland. At a time of great change and rapid infrastructural development, she was committed to the protection of many endangered archaeological monuments in Emsland. With few resources and in a strongly male-dominated (specialist) world, she campaigned [...]

  • FIGURA 4 – Painting

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

    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, [...]

  • Roman silver coin

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    East Frisian coin treasure meets Emsland treasures Volunteers make a valuable contribution to archaeology - as the Filsum silver treasure shows. In 2021, a team of five certified explorers discovered 96 Roman silver coins from the 1. and The site was already known in 1850, but was forgotten. Through meticulous research, the exact location was [...]

  • Open Monument Day

    Arenbergische Rentei

    Open Monument Day in the Arenberg Pension The classicist building of the Arenbergische Rentei in Meppen is open from 2 to 5 p.m. on the occasion of the "Open Monument Day" campaign. Insights are given into the building and its history, but also into the reign of the Dukes of Arenberg, who were sovereigns in [...]

  • Edible wild plants: Discover, identify and use

    Edible wild plants: Discover, identify and use Would you like to know how to touch nettles without stinging yourself? How to make a natural toothbrush from a hazelnut bush? Or which herb is best for a cough tea? Then join us on a wild herb tour! After a short welcome at the Koppelschleuse art school, [...]

    22,00€
  • Cyanotype workshop: Photographing without a camera!

    Cyanotype Workshop: Photographing without a camera! Create unique photographs with the iron blue printing process! During a small excursion into nature we collect our picture material. Leaves, sticks, sand or other objects form our motifs and can be photographed entirely without a camera. The participants now place their picture on the solar photo paper as [...]

    30,00€
  • 33rd Emsland Pottery Market

    Emsland pottery market The Meppen Art Circle invites you to this year's pottery market on the idyllic grounds of the Art Center. Between the youth and cultural guest house, the museums at the Koppelschleuse and the buildings of the Kunstkreis, around 30 professional ceramists will once again be exhibiting masterful ceramic art. This year you [...]

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