Open studio

Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse, Remise Meppen

In the Open Studio we meet to create art together. Here, everyone is welcome who has the desire to develop artistically - 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 [...]

10,45€

Treasure hunters among themselves

Emsland Archäologie Museum

By popular demand, District Archaeologist Thomas Kassens offers an informal meeting for metal detectorists on the last Thursday of each 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 cm) belong to the king, [...]

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 [...]

Sculptors – Summer academy “With hand and heart”

Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse, Remise Meppen

You would like to creatively implement your own ideas and designs in stone? Would you like to try something new or deepen your existing knowledge? Then our sculpting course is just right for you! This year, Juri Platon is accompanying us as a lecturer at the Summer Academy. Look forward to working with the different [...]

Historical market

Emsland Archäologie Museum

Experience history live at the "mercatum nostalgica", the historical market around the Emsland Archaeology Museum at the Koppelschleuse.   Craftsmen and traders from near and far come to the historic market in the museum garden between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. to sell unusual goods and demonstrate old craft techniques. The offer ranges from Roman [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Draw new strength

Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse, Remise Meppen

"Art washes the dust of everyday life from the soul" (P. Picasso)   With this course we would like to make you a special offer: Within the framework of an art-therapeutic workshop you have the opportunity to come back to yourself. It should serve as a time-out from stresses and exhaustion and help you to [...]

Edible wild plants and herbs: discover, identify and use them

Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse, Remise Meppen

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, we will go on a herb walk [...]

Cyanotype Workshop: Photography without a camera!

Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse, Remise Meppen

Create unique photographs with the iron blue printing process! On a short excursion into nature, we collect our picture material: plant parts, leaves and branches as well as sand, stones or silhouettes form our motifs and can be taken without a camera. The participants place their picture on the cyanotype paper as they wish. Here [...]

New research on the history of the Jewish cemetery in Meppen Lecture by Manfred Fickers (in cooperation with the Initiativkreis Stolpersteine Meppen)

Stadtmuseum Meppen An der Koppelschleuse 19a, Meppen

The Jewish cemetery in the street "An der Hütte" is the oldest and only surviving evidence of Jewish life in Meppen. The first Jews settled in the town of Meppen around 1700. They acquired an elongated plot of land east of the town near the Hasen to bury their dead here according to Jewish rites. [...]

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