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, [...]
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 [...]
In this course, you will learn to capture little memories with little effort, but with pen and paint. With urban sketching, you can create great sketches of city views, parks or even people in just a few minutes, which you can then color in. After a short introduction to the basics of composition and color, [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
For the first time, a festival of cabaret will take place on May 24, 2025 from 4 p.m. on the grounds of the Koppelschleuse in Meppen. The Koppelschleuse cultural network will present impressive, fascinating and mysterious performances of contemporary circus, dance and theater. Performances by artists and cultural practitioners from a wide range of fields [...]
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 [...]