Dom Carla i Gerharta Hauptmannów w Szklarskiej Porębie

About the museum

The Carl and Gerhart Hauptmann House (Dom Carla i Gerharta Hauptmannów) stands in the Valley of the Seven Houses in Szklarska Poręba. The Hauptmann brothers settled here in 1890, and their house became the heart of an artists’ colony. Gerhart Hauptmann later received the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Carl is the author of “Księga Ducha Gór” (Book of the Spirit of the Mountains).

Artists in the brothers’ circle included Otto Mueller, Max Wislicenus, Fritz Erler, Paula and Otto Modersohn, and Wanda Bibrowicz. In 1922 the artists founded the Stowarzyszenie Twórców św. Łukasza (Association of St Luke’s Artists), known as łukaszowcy.

The house is now a branch of the Karkonosze Museum in Jelenia Góra. The institution looks after the legacy of both writers and researches the artistic life of the Karkonosze. The permanent exhibition “Kolonie artystyczne Szklarskiej Poręby” (Artists’ Colonies of Szklarska Poręba) first shows the German artists’ colony and then the postwar generation of artists, including the Galeria Wlastimila Hofmana (Wlastimil Hofman Gallery) and the colony “Nowy Młyn” (New Mill). The garden adjoining the house is the Park Ducha Gór (Spirit of the Mountains Park).

Highlights

• permanent exhibition “Kolonie artystyczne Szklarskiej Poręby” (Artists’ Colonies of Szklarska Poręba)
• memorabilia of Gerhart and Carl Hauptmann
• łukaszowcy: Association of St Luke’s Artists
• Wlastimil Hofman Gallery
• Spirit of the Mountains Park beside the house

Permanent exhibition

• Kolonie artystyczne Szklarskiej Poręby – Exhibition on the German artists’ colony (Gerhart and Carl Hauptmann, the łukaszowcy) and on the postwar generation of artists, with the Wlastimil Hofman Gallery and the “Nowy Młyn” colony.

Founded

1995

Operated by

Muzeum Karkonoskie w Jeleniej Górze

Admission & discounts

Free admission: free admission to the permanent exhibition on Wednesdays

On Wednesdays a ticket for the temporary exhibitions costs PLN 3. The full price list is published on the museum’s website.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: not available
• 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

The exhibition rooms are on the first floor. The building has no lift and no ramp to the rooms on the upper floor, and the corridors are narrow. Only a small part of the exhibition and the museum shop are on the ground floor. Toilets are located on the first and second floors; there is no accessible toilet for people with disabilities.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

A museum bookshop operates on the ground floor.

Events & venue rental

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