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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Now is the time, This is the hour, Ours is the magic, Ours is the power (The Craft,1996) The history of witchcraft in the western world begins with ancient myths and stories. In the early modern period, the climate changes of the Little Ice Age, wars and religious dogma led to a long and brutal [...]
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 [...]
A musical journey through the different eras in the museum's garden and in the exhibition. Dance classes to some of the songs will accompany the program. Bring a blanket and snacks, picnic on the lawn by the museum and let the music take you back in time. The Emsland Archaeology Museum is breaking new ground [...]