Quadrat Bottrop

Aktuelle udstillinger

Om museet

The Quadrat grew out of Bottrop's local history museum, which was officially founded in 1961. Former coal miner Arno Heinrich, who was self-taught, built it up over decades and, with finds from the region, turned it into one of the most important collections of Ice Age mammals in western Germany, including mammoth and woolly rhinoceros.

In 1976, Bernhard Küppers' pavilion architecture – with the Ice Age hall, foyer, and Moderne Galerie – was completed in the Stadtgarten next to a villa from 1903, and the Quadrat museum center was born. Bauhaus artist Josef Albers, a native of Bottrop, had already donated works to his hometown in 1970 when he was made an honorary citizen; after his death in 1976, his widow Anni Albers added to the gift. The Josef Albers Museum opened to house it in 1983.

With around 350 works, Bottrop today holds the largest public Albers collection in the world, including many paintings from the "Homage to the Square" series, early works, glass pictures from the Bauhaus period, and prints. It is complemented by constructivist and concrete art as well as sculptures in the surrounding park. In October 2022, a two-story extension by the Swiss architects Gigon/Guyer added around 700 square meters of exhibition space plus workshop rooms. In 2026, the Quadrat celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Højdepunkter

• The world's largest public collection of works by Josef Albers, with numerous "Homage to the Square" paintings
• Ice Age hall with finds of mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, and other Ice Age animals
• Pavilion architecture by Bernhard Küppers (1976/1983) and extension by Gigon/Guyer (2022)
• Sculpture park among the old trees of the Stadtgarten, with works by international artists
• Free admission to the collections

Permanente udstillinger

• Josef Albers Museum – Works from every phase of Josef Albers' career, from early self-portraits and Bauhaus glass pictures to the "Homage to the Square" series.
• Museum für Ur- und Ortsgeschichte – Ice Age mammals from the region, geology and paleontology, and Bottrop's local history from the Stone Age to the 20th century.

Grundlagt

1976

Ejer

Stadt Bottrop

Ledelse

Dr. Linda Walther

Entrépriser & rabatter

Der er gratis entré.

Gratis entré: On Fridays, free admission to paid special exhibitions for Bottrop residents.

The Josef Albers Museum, Moderne Galerie, and Museum für Ur- und Ortsgeschichte are free; the anniversary exhibition "50 Jahre Quadrat" is free as well. Admission is charged for certain special exhibitions; free admission there for, among others, refugees with a companion, press, members of ICOM/BBK/Museumsbund, and RuhrKulturCard holders. American Express is not accepted.

Tilgængelighed

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

Most of the building is accessible (first floors, Josef Albers Museum, and gallery); elevators with door widths of 90–230 cm; loaner wheelchair available; two accessible parking spaces on the street Im Stadtgarten. Programs for people with dementia.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Børnefødselsdage

Talks and workshops for children and teenagers, holiday programs (next one planned for 2027) and children's birthday parties for ages 7 to 12 (max. 12 children, 120 minutes).

Transport & parkering

Depending on your GPS, enter the old address Im Stadtgarten 20; signposted from the A 2 (exit Bottrop) and A 42 (exit Bottrop-Süd).

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik

Cafeteria with seating area, coffee and water for a donation. Museum shop on site and online.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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