Im Tal

Over het museum

In 1986 the sculptor Erwin Wortelkamp, who had settled in the old schoolhouse of Hasselbach, began shaping a valley between Hasselbach and Werkhausen with art. He invited sculptors, landscape architects, writers, and musicians to create site-specific works on meadows, pastures, and woodland plots acquired bit by bit.

By now about 50 artists have contributed; on roughly eleven hectares there are 49 artworks and four houses. The grounds are not a manicured park but a near-natural, extensively managed cultural landscape with a stream floodplain, wet meadows, ponds, and cattle pastures, crossed by mown paths. Historic garden artists such as Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell also served as a model for the interplay of landscape and art.

The family initiative gave rise in 2006 to the Stiftung Wortelkamp (Wortelkamp Foundation), which is meant to secure the site and the artistic work permanently for the public; a friends' association was founded in the same year. In 2009 the Depositum for the work of Erwin Wortelkamp opened in nearby Weyerbusch. In 2026 the project celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Hoogtepunten

• House for August Sander by Hanspeter Demetz
• "Sleeping Beauty" ("Schlafende Schönheit") by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger
• Hermitage by Gloria Friedmann
• Haus für die Kunst with changing exhibitions
• Near-natural stream floodplain with wet meadows and ponds

Vaste collectie

• Skulpturenlandschaft im Tal – Around 50 artworks and artists' houses blend into the meadows, stream floodplain, and wooded hills of the valley. Mown paths link the works into a tour of several hours.

Opgericht

1986

Beheerder

im Tal – Stiftung Wortelkamp

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The fee can also be paid contactlessly by bank transfer to the foundation's account; donations for the upkeep and further development of the grounds are welcome.

Toegankelijkheid

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

A children's map designed by children for children leads through the valley. Children and young people pay €2.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

GPS address: Schulstraße 18, 57635 Hasselbach. Take the B8 between Hennef and Altenkirchen, turn toward Werkhausen in Hasselbach, and after 150 m you reach the Haus für die Kunst. Taxi from Altenkirchen or Eitorf station about 15–20 minutes.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig

No snack option, picnicking not allowed; places to eat in Weyerbusch, about 1 km away.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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