Treasure hunters among themselves

Emsland Archäologie Museum

Communication, exchange of experiences, news: District archaeologist Thomas Kassens is available to volunteer metal detectorists at an informal meeting on the last Thursday of every month. Treasure hunting was already a topic in the early Middle Ages. From this time comes the so-called "Schatzregal", which states that all finds deeper than a plowshare (about 30 [...]

Public guided tour of the Meppen City Museum

Stadtmuseum 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 [...]

licht.gestalten – A sonorous silent movie evening with Johannes Cernota and Simone Nowicki

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

On August 30, the Förderunion für Kunst und Kultur (Fu.K.K.) is taking a trip back to the early days of film art for the first time. In collaboration with the Koppelschleuse cultural network, three short films from the US silent comedy genre by and starring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Stan & Ollie will be [...]

Open studio

In the Open Studio we meet to create art together. Everyone who wants to develop their artistic skills is welcome here - children and adults, advanced and beginners, newcomers and "old hands"! The focus is on the joy of creating. There is an opportunity to try your hand at various materials: The premises of the [...]

Zentangle® Basic Course

Zentangle® is an artistic relaxation method that is very easy to learn. There are no mistakes in Zentangle® art, no "right" and "wrong". Anyone who is able to hold a pen can create magical works of art using this method. The Zentangle® method was developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas in the USA. This [...]

Art School Breakfast at the Youth and Culture Guesthouse

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 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and costs €8.90 for adults and children aged 12 and over [...]

Day of the Open Monument in the Arenberg Rentei

"True signs. Contemporary witnesses of history" - focusing on monuments as authentic testimonies - is the motto of this year's Open Monument Day. On September 8, 2024, millions of culture fans across Germany will be able to experience that monuments are "true signs": They symbolize history, time periods and regions as well as very personal [...]

32nd Emsland Pottery Market

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

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 will once again [...]

Festival of lights at the Koppelschleuse

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

With a new program, the Festival of Lights at the Koppelschleuse offers a special aesthetic experience for the twelfth time. The Meppener Kunstkreis is showing light art and projections by Anne Nissen and Steffen König (Hanover) at the Koppelschleuse art center for the Festival of Lights. Students and lecturers from the art school will design [...]

Festival of lights at the Koppelschleuse

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

With a new program, the Festival of Lights at the Koppelschleuse offers a special aesthetic experience for the eleventh time. The Meppener Kunstkreis is showing light art and projections by Anne Nissen and Steffen König (Hanover) at the Koppelschleuse art center for the Festival of Lights. Students and lecturers from the art school will design [...]

Art therapy program for young people aged 16 and over and adults – “Traces of the soul”

The dust of everyday life... ...like an archaeologist, with a brush, very carefully wiped aside. Piece by piece. It takes patience and good teamwork to safely unearth the treasure. Artistic creation can also help to uncover valuable discoveries within yourself. We embark on an artistic search for traces of the wonderful things that lie dormant [...]

Poetry and music at the Arenbergische Rentei Reading with Christian Quaing, Jan Bernd Müller and Gesche Gloystein

The town museum and the Meppen local history association cordially invite you to a cozy literary evening with old and new local history poems in the Biedermeier room in the Arenbergische Rentei. In the impressive historical ambience of a Meppen bourgeois parlor from around 1900, the guests first fortify themselves with chicory coffee and buckwheat [...]

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