Glasmuseum Rheinbach

Om museet

Rheinbach’s rise as a glass town goes back to the period after the Second World War: in 1947 glass finishers expelled from North Bohemia settled here, and in 1948 the Staatliche Glasfachschule (state glass school) was re-founded as the successor to the school in Steinschönau (Kamenický Šenov) in Bohemia. Soon the first private collections emerged, along with the idea of a museum for Bohemian glass art.

In spring 1968 around 100 citizens founded the association “Freunde edlen Glases” (Friends of Fine Glass), and a few months later the glass museum opened in the former town hall. The Hickisch Foundation formed its core; operations, exhibitions and acquisitions were initially entirely in the hands of the association, and in 1980 the city took over as sponsor.

Since 1989 the museum has been housed in a modern new building set into the Franconian courtyard complex of the former Himmerod Abbey, which also serves as a cultural and community centre; the largest exhibition room doubles as the council chamber. The collection of Bohemian glass was expanded with federal funds, and significant holdings of contemporary studio glass were added. The Open Museum Workshop was established in 2006, and in 2020 three rooms were redesigned under the guiding theme “Bohemian Glass in Biographies”.

Højdepunkter

• North Bohemian glass from the 17th century to Art Nouveau
• Studio glass since the 1960s
• Audio stations on key figures in Bohemian glass history
• Open Museum Workshop with workshops for children and adults
• International Glass Art Prize of the City of Rheinbach

Permanente udstillinger

• Böhmisches Glas in Biografien – The section, redesigned in 2020, explains the production and finishing of North Bohemian glass over four centuries. Audio stations introduce the people who shaped this glass history.
• Studioglas – Artistic glass objects since the 1960s, including from the Bruns and Mülstroh collections, show the creative range of the material.

Grundlagt

1968

Ejer

Stadt Rheinbach

Ledelse

Ruth Fabritius

Entrépriser & rabatter

Card payment is currently not possible at the museum ticket desk; please pay in cash.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

All three exhibition levels can be reached barrier-free by lift.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Børnefødselsdage

The Open Museum Workshop offers workshops for children from about four to five years old, family activities and children’s birthday parties with a creative workshop (registration required, not on weekends).

Transport & parkering

By car via the A 61: from the direction of Koblenz take the Rheinbach exit, from the direction of Cologne/Aachen take the Swisttal-Miel exit; in Rheinbach the museum is signposted. Next door are the Römerkanal information centre and the Naturpark centre Himmeroder Hof.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik
• Wi-fi

Museum shop with glass souvenirs and publications; free Wi-Fi.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

The City of Rheinbach rents out rooms in the Himmeroder Hof community and cultural centre (same address) in accordance with its rental and usage regulations.

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