With funds from the city's "Perspective on the City Center" development program, an ensemble of experience and information rooms on the city's history as well as attractive information islands with innovative mediation offers on local history were created and set up in the rooms of the former Arenbergische Rentei. This includes a digital city model, [...]
With over 160 works by 60 artists, the exhibition center Gut Altenkamp presents or presented a multifaceted insight into the art landscape and regional history of the Emsland until August 2024. The exhibition is the result of an intensive search for artistic traces that poses the question: Who was artistically active in Emsland, when and [...]
Yvonne Zoberbier's sculptures are astonishing in their unusual processing of felt into human figures and heads, which have an aesthetic appeal all of their own. Her sculptures, consistently left in white natural wool, create a reference to the works of antiquity that have come down to us, without copying them. Rather, each work develops a [...]
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 [...]
We will paint individual pieces of driftwood in different colors according to our mood. A decorative wooden wreath is then formed and glued onto an MDF ring. The result brings a vacation feeling into your home. I'm looking forward to a nice, creative evening with you. Head: Kerstin Albers Age: young people from 16 and [...]
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 [...]
The "Song of the Moor Soldiers" in the past and present It is not a new, but always irritating observation that German fascism promoted the emergence of an impressive song culture directed against it. Or to put it another way: If the persecutions, the terror, the crimes of the Nazis had not existed, this part [...]
In the Open Studio we meet to create art together. Everyone who wants to develop their artistic skills is welcome here - children and adults, people with and without previous experience, newcomers and "old hands"! The focus is on the joy of creating. There is an opportunity to try your hand at various materials: The [...]
in the youth and cultural guest house 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 €11.70 for adults, [...]
From decoration to documentation, from hellscape to paradise, from idyll to stormy landscape, from illusion to reality, from mythical worlds to reality, with influences from Italy to England. In the development of landscape painting, there is a complicated succession and juxtaposition, but also some striking milestones. Through a historical journey from antiquity to the present [...]
The course is aimed at beginners, the curious and anyone who would like to familiarize themselves with clay as a material. The highlight of the course is the final firing of the pottery work in the raku kiln. Under guidance, candlesticks/light objects will be created, the surface of which will be fired using the raku [...]
Lecture with Clémence Rousset, scientific volunteer at the Emsland Archaeology Museum Clémence Rousset wrote her final thesis on the social structure of beggars in ancient Greece. Clémence Rousset studied at the Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (Université PSL for short), one of the most prestigious universities in France, and graduated with a Master's degree in [...]
In this course no theme is given; you can realize your own ideas - whether figurative or abstract. The artist Christa Baumgärtel gives you the freedom to develop your own themes and realize them in clay. Sculpture offers a wide range of possibilities in terms of content and form. For example, nature can be used [...]
In the Open Studio we meet to create art together. Everyone who wants to develop their artistic skills is welcome here - children and adults, people with and without previous experience, newcomers and "old hands"! The focus is on the joy of creating. There is an opportunity to try your hand at various materials: The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Last year, the Emsland Archaeology Museum made its premises available for the further training of specialists and teachers as part of the "Children's Research Foundation" project. In 2025, the training program will enter another round: the Emsland Archaeology Museum will continue to make its training rooms available for the project on the dates listed below. [...]
Lecture with Christina Peek, researcher in the textile archaeology department of the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research There were and are three "hotspots" in Emsland district archaeology, namely settlement relics in Geeste, Walchum and Haren. In recent years, excavations have been carried out there during the expansion of building areas. The results in [...]
Artist Kendall Lujan from Portland, Oregon, combines strong vocals with a folk/jazz flair. Her distinctive voice combines inspiration from old jazz and old country with her own unique interpretation of expression. She prefers to write when she's sad, but as she says, "sometimes people just want to be sad - it's actually enjoyable at times [...]
In the Open Studio we meet to create art together. Everyone who wants to develop their artistic skills is welcome here - children and adults, people with and without previous experience, newcomers and "old hands"! The focus is on the joy of creating. There is an opportunity to try your hand at various materials: The [...]
The course is aimed at beginners, the curious and anyone who would like to familiarize themselves with clay as a material. The highlight of the course is the final firing of the potted work in a raku kiln. Under guidance, candlesticks/light objects will be created, the surface of which will be fired using the raku [...]
The Koppelschleuse art school has always been committed to promoting creativity, innovation and artistic expression. The "Art - Traces - Search" program not only encouraged participants to view and explore art, but also inspired them to discover and leave their own artistic traces. The art school is not only a place of learning, but also [...]