Kunstmuseum Albstadt

About the museum

The origins of the museum lie in the early postwar period: from 1951 onward, art exhibitions were regularly held in the Ebingen Heimatmuseum (local history museum) in the town hall. Mayor Walther Groz began building a private collection of modern prints from Expressionism onward around 1954, which later formed the core of the house. In 1970 a permanent display on the plein-air painter Christian Landenberger was set up in the town hall.

In 1974 the city acquired the former Evangelical Association House at Kirchengraben 11. In 1975, the year the city of Albstadt was founded, the Kunstmuseum opened there as an exhibition house and specialist collection for modern and contemporary art on paper. From 1976 the Stiftung Sammlung Walther Groz formed the cornerstone of the city's art holdings; it also established the Otto Dix collection.

Today the graphic collection comprises around 25,000 works, plus over 500 paintings and some sculptures. The museum holds 446 works by Otto Dix, making it one of the most important keepers of his work on paper worldwide. Other focal points are Felix Hollenberg, Dresden art, animal depictions, the collection on the landscape of the Swabian Alb, naive art and the New Relief. Since 1978 the Friends of the Kunstmuseum have made numerous acquisitions possible; since 2022 Kai Hohenfeld has directed the house.

Highlights

• One of the largest Dix collections on paper worldwide (446 works)
• Around 25,000 sheets in the graphic collection
• Largest surviving collection of the Impressionist painter Christian Landenberger
• Collection on the landscape of the Swabian Alb
• junger kunstraum and print workshop to join in

Founded

1975

Operated by

Stadt Albstadt

Director

Kai Hohenfeld

Admission & discounts

Admission is cashless only (EC card); invoices by arrangement. Group workshops: €40 per hour, plus reduced admission.

Accessibility

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

The main entrance has seven steps; wheelchair-accessible access is at the rear (bell at the back entrance). Elevator up to the fourth floor; the small fifth floor is reachable only by stairs. Accessible parking spaces nearby. Regular tours for people with dementia, for visually impaired visitors and in easy language (Leichte Sprache); listening stations in the junger kunstraum.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Activity booklet, scavenger hunt or kids’ audio guide
• Hands-on stations
• Kids’ birthday parties

Workshops, holiday activity days and escape games for children; in the junger kunstraum, children can experience original artworks interactively; participation booklet for €2 at the ticket desk. Children's birthday parties of about 2.5 hours for €80, including materials (from age 6 or 8, respectively).

Getting there & parking

Via the B 463, exit Ebingen, toward the city center/town hall.

Amenities & dining

Cake Sunday in the Forum on the third Sunday of each month from 13:00; catalogs in the online shop.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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