• 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€
  • 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 [...]

  • An Archaeological Trowel Meets a Game Board—Board Game Night at the Museum

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    Attention lovers of board and card games! This special games evening is all about archaeology, exciting discoveries and the adventure of history. Together we will embark on a playful journey into past cultures, solve puzzles of the past and test our knowledge in a cozy atmosphere with drinks and snacks. Whether you are an experienced [...]

  • Theater in the Café – The Artificial Silk Girl

    Café Koppelschleuse An d. Koppelschleuse 20, Meppen

    *The Artificial Silk Girl* is set in the early 1930s and tells the story of eighteen-year-old Doris. The secretary is fed up with poverty and small-town life; she wants her life to be like a movie: “With a white car and bathwater that smells like perfume.” With nothing but a stolen fur coat in her [...]

    14€
  • Write Your Own Mystery Novel! Writing Workshop for Teens

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    A mysterious death in the Emsland region. Hidden clues. And you’re right in the middle of it all. In our writing workshop for teens, you’ll write your own mystery novel and learn from renowned mystery author Marc Stroot how to bring suspense, secrets, and surprising twists to life on the page. Whether you already love [...]

    9€
  • Zentangle Class: “Avocado Ink and Coffee”

    Kunstschule Koppelschleuse

    You can make an interesting ink from avocados. We’ll use this, just like coffee, to dye the tiles and create patterns. This produces many beautiful effects and great results. You must have completed a Zentangle beginner’s course to enroll. Please bring your own basic supplies (fine-tip marker, pencil, and tortillon). The additional materials required for [...]

  • Sterre Weldring

    Café Koppelschleuse An d. Koppelschleuse 20, Meppen

    Through her songwriting, Amsterdam-based artist Sterre Weldring seeks to untangle the complex emotions that many of us encounter. She channels her wonder at human behavior and the conflict between the head and the heart—which is so often present—into melancholic folk-pop songs. Inspired by artists such as Florence + The Machine, Tom Odell, and Ben Howard, [...]

    14€
  • TACK TACK TACK – Paintings by the “Völker” class at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts

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

    At the Kunstverein Meppen, Cornelius Völker’s painting class will showcase various artistic approaches by young students. With their works, a class from the Münster Academy of Fine Arts is moving into the Kunstverein’s historic, protected spaces for an exhibition for the first time. In addition to painting, the students also work with sculpture or incorporate [...]

  • Murder in the Emsland Region—Crime Novel Reading with Irmela Schröck

    Emsland Archäologie Museum

    Crime novelist Irmela Schröck will present the first volume of her Haselünne crime series, “Death at the Movies,” during an exciting reading. When a body is found in the small town of Haselünne, Inspector Mark Köster takes charge of the investigation and quickly realizes that his girlfriend may be more deeply involved in the case [...]

    4€