Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (BLMK) / Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art) was created in 2017 through the merger of two institutions. In Cottbus, a district gallery of art had been founded in 1977; it was elevated to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Cottbus in 1984, came under the care of the state of Brandenburg in 1991 and was incorporated into the Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus in 2004. In Frankfurt (Oder), the Galerie Junge Kunst, later the Museum Junge Kunst, had existed since 1965 and focused especially on artistic ties with Poland.

Since 2008 the museum in Cottbus has held its exhibitions in the former diesel power station on the Amtsteich pond. The Berlin architect Werner Issel built the complex in 1927/28: an engine house with features of New Objectivity and a switch house in the Brick Expressionist style. After about three decades of operation, the power station stood empty and decayed for a long time until the firm Anderhalten Architekten converted it into an art museum over four years of construction.

Since the merger, the museum has been run by the Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus-Frankfurt (Oder), funded by the state and the two cities. In Frankfurt (Oder), the BLMK uses the medieval town hall hall where the Galerie Junge Kunst was founded, and the Packhof on the Oder promenade, the city's last half-timbered building without plaster.

The collection comprises more than 45,000 works of painting, prints and drawings, photography, poster art and sculpture and is considered the most extensive museum holding of art from the GDR. It also includes art of the interwar period and contemporary positions, shown in up to 24 temporary exhibitions a year.

Highlights

• Industrial architecture of the diesel power station by Werner Issel (1927/28)
• Largest museum collection of art from the GDR
• The only museum photography collection founded in the GDR
• Important poster collection
• Children's museum mukk. (Museum.Kreativ.Kraftwerk)

Founded

1977

Operated by

Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus-Frankfurt (Oder)

Director

Ulrike Kremeier

Admission & discounts

Every first Thursday of the month €3.50 instead of a single or combination ticket. Free admission also for ICOM, CIMAM and IKT members. Prices apply to all sites.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

At the Dieselkraftwerk, all exhibition rooms, the event hall and the children's museum mukk. are accessible via three passenger elevators. Frankfurt sites accessible or reachable by ramp; visitors there are asked to come with a companion.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Kids’ birthday parties

Children's museum mukk. (Museum.Kreativ.Kraftwerk) in the Dieselkraftwerk. "Familienbande" family workshops on weekends for families with children from age 4, studios and holiday courses (from age 6) for children and teenagers, children's birthday parties for 5- to 12-year-olds.

Getting there & parking

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Amenities & dining

• Coat check
• Lockers

Coat lockers and storage lockers in the Dieselkraftwerk; cafeteria room (also available for events).

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events

Up to 250 guests.

Available for rent at the Dieselkraftwerk: event room on the first floor (200 m², up to 120 people in rows or 80 at tables), foyer (180 m²) and cafeteria (65 m²), combined for up to 250 people. No events in the exhibition rooms on the upper floors. Catering and technical equipment through partners.

Plan your visit