Glasmuseum Schloss Hadamar

About the museum

The glass museum is located in the former princely apartment of Hadamar's Renaissance palace, the private chambers of the princes of Nassau-Hadamar. The elaborately restored rooms form the setting for the glass objects; the museum is run by an association.

Glass has a comparatively young tradition in Hadamar: after the Second World War, glass finishing firms from North Bohemia and Silesia settled here and founded a technical school to train young people in painting, engraving and cutting. These beginnings are documented in the museum. Under the title "Lehrer und Schüler" (Teachers and Students), it shows around 1,000 objects, including works by well-known teachers such as Alexander Pfohl, Willi Pistor, Josef Welzel and Kurt Eiselt, and by their students.

The collection includes modern glass, such as Willi Pistor's geometrically clear glass blocks, as well as a collection of ancient glass from Egypt, Syria and the Mediterranean region. In the mid-1960s, Josef Welzel rediscovered the ancient technique of Roman net diatreta glass; he made replicas of almost all known pieces. The flat-glass room features colored glass panes by several artists.

Highlights

• Glass art from the Glasfachschule Hadamar ("Lehrer und Schüler", around 1,000 objects)
• Ancient glass from Egypt, Syria and the Mediterranean region
• Replicas of Roman net diatreta glasses by Josef Welzel
• Modern glass objects by Willi Pistor
• Exhibition in the restored princely apartment of the Renaissance palace

Permanent exhibitions

• Lehrer und Schüler – Around 1,000 glasses and glass objects on the history of glass and the Glasfachschule Hadamar, with works by teachers and students.
• Modernes Glas – Contemporary glass objects, including by Willi Pistor, which depend on cut, grinding and reflection.
• Antikes Glas – Around 100 ancient glasses from Egypt, Syria and the Mediterranean region, complemented by bronze and ceramic objects, plus replicas of Roman net diatreta glasses.

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Trägerverein des Glasmuseums Schloss Hadamar e. V.

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