Gottfried-Silbermann-Museum
Museum on the Baroque organ builder Gottfried Silbermann on the market square of Frauenstein, with a playable organ replica and town and castle history.
Om museet
Frauenstein in the eastern Ore Mountains is the hometown of the organ builder Gottfried Silbermann, who grew up here, learned the craft from his brother Andreas in Strasbourg, and built a total of 46 organs that shaped Saxon organ building. The town has had a museum tradition for some time: around 1900 a collection of antiquities was established in the castle's gatehouse, which was lost in 1945; from 1953 a new collection was built up.
In 1983 the museum was given a new focus and opened in the castle as the Gottfried-Silbermann-Museum. In 1994 it received its most important piece: a faithful copy of the Silbermann organ from Etzdorf, which the Dresden workshop of Kristian Wegscheider built in parallel with the restoration of the original, which now stands in Bremen Cathedral. The organ is the centerpiece of the concert series "Frauensteiner Orgeltage" (Frauenstein Organ Days).
In November 2021 the museum moved into the renovated Stadthaus at Markt 4, a Neo-Renaissance building from 1870 that was built after the town fire of 1849. The new permanent exhibition is spread over three levels: on the gallery, it is about Silbermann's life, family, and milieu, supplemented by excerpts from the travel diaries of his nephew Johann Andreas; the hall is devoted to organ and instrument building with working models and original parts; in the basement, the history of the town and castle of Frauenstein is told. The museum also looks after the nearby Frauenstein castle ruins.
Højdepunkter
- Playable copy of the Silbermann organ from Etzdorf
- Concert series "Frauensteiner Orgeltage"
- Playable working models of an organ
- Town and castle history in the historic basement with animated film
- In summer, a combined ticket with the Frauenstein castle ruins
Permanente udstillinger
- Gottfried Silbermann – Familie, Freunde, Frauenstein – On the gallery, the focus is on the life, work, and milieu of the organ builder, supplemented by excerpts from the travel diaries of his nephew Johann Andreas Silbermann.
- Orgel- und Instrumentenbau – The organ hall shows the playable copy of the Etzdorf Silbermann organ, instrument models to try out, and original parts of historic organs.
- Stadt- und Burggeschichte – In the basement, Frauenstein's history as an administrative town, mining, agriculture, and the castle are presented with analog and digital means.
- Grundlagt
- 1983
- Ledelse
- Cornelia Ferguson
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 4 €Trainees, students, people with a severe disability, holders of the Frauenstein guest card |
| Børn og unge | 3 € |
| Personer med handicap | 4 € |
| Studerende og elever | 4 € |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | 4,50 € pr. personFrom 10 people in the winter half-year; in the summer half-year €6.50 (reduced €5.50, children €4.50). |
| Familier | 16 €In the summer half-year €24 |
| Day ticket museum and castle ruins (May 1 – October 31) | 7 €Reduced €6, children €5, family €24 |
| Guided tour (group of up to 20 people) | 35 €Children's groups €25, by advance registration only |
| Organ recital (group of up to 10 people) | 45 €From 10 people €4.50 per person, by advance registration only |
The base prices given apply in the winter half-year (November 1 – April 30, museum only). In the summer half-year a day ticket for the museum and castle ruins applies, from €7. Commercial photography permit €25.
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 floors of the museum can be reached by elevator for wheelchair users. All exhibition texts are recorded and can be accessed via QR codes or audio guides; plus numerous listening stations.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Familiebillet | 16 € · In the summer half-year €24 |
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- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Interaktive stationer
Instrument models to try out and an animated short film on the town's history. During school holidays there were animated-film projects for schoolchildren; at the castle ruins, the castle ghost Vrouwin accompanies children on the tour.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Frauenstein, Markt
Bus lines 732 and 775 (Mon–Fri) to Frauenstein, Markt; on weekends and public holidays line 732 as an on-demand shared taxi (register 60 minutes in advance at 03731 355500).
Service & spisesteder
- Museumsbutik
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Bryllupper / vielser
Weddings are possible at the Frauenstein castle ruins.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Audioguide | ja |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Silbermann tours in German and English as well as castle tours by volunteer members of the friends' association, each by advance registration. Organ recitals on the museum organ can be booked for groups and private occasions, organ playing for organists by registration. |
