Kleines Stuck-Museum

About the museum

The museum was founded by Freiburg master stucco plasterer and restorer Hans Rich, who opened it on August 1, 1979, alongside his business and without public funding. It is considered the first stucco museum in Germany and remains attached to the Werkstätte für Stuck, Baukunst und Denkmalpflege Hans Rich KG in the Industriegebiet Nord industrial area.

Over decades, Rich collected plaster models, molds, and architectural ornaments, many of them from old buildings that were being remodeled or gutted. The collection, covering about 120 square meters, includes cornices, rosettes, corbels, columns, capitals, busts, reliefs, and overdoors, complemented by tools, drawings, and technical literature. Many pieces come from the production of the Freiburg firm Brenzinger & Cie., whose pattern book is also on display. Some models document lost Freiburg architectural ornament, such as plaster models for the Lutherkirche, which was destroyed in World War II.

The museum serves as a teaching collection for apprentices in the stucco trade and as a repository of forms for restoration work in historic preservation. Visits are possible by prior appointment, and admission is free.

Highlights

• By its own account, the first stucco museum in Germany
• Historic plaster models of rosettes, cornices, and capitals
• Pattern book and models from the Freiburg firm Brenzinger & Cie.
• Tools and molds of the stucco plasterer's trade

Founded

1979

Operated by

Hans Rich KG

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: no information
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• 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

According to the Landesstelle für Museen (state museum office), largely barrier-free.

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