Leonhardi-Museum

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Over het museum

The house in the Loschwitzgrund valley goes back to a watermill first mentioned in the 16th century, which ground flour until the 1870s. In 1879, the landscape painter Eduard Leonhardi (1828–1905), a pupil of Ludwig Richter, bought the property, replaced the mill and stable buildings with a studio building, and extended the residence with a studio. In the early 1880s, the young painter Charles Palmié gave the half-timbered house its playful painted decoration with mottoes and ornaments; since then it has also been known as the "Rothe Amsel" (Red Blackbird).

Leonhardi wanted to offer young colleagues affordable living and working space here, but the artists' community soon fell apart. Instead, in 1885 he opened a museum displaying his own landscape paintings.

In September 1963, Dresden artists around Günter Tiedeken formed a working group that organized its own exhibitions in the skylit hall of the studio building. By 1990, more than 100 self-organized shows had been held there, repeatedly bringing the group into conflict with East German cultural policy and the Stasi (state security service).

Since 1991, the Leonhardi-Museum has been a municipal gallery, today part of the Museen der Stadt Dresden (Dresden City Museums). It reopened in 2003 after two years of renovation. Solo and thematic exhibitions, often with a regional connection, rotate in the large hall and the side galleries, while the Leonhardi-Atelier, set up in 1994, permanently displays paintings by the museum's namesake. Concerts of contemporary music round out the program.

Hoogtepunten

• Half-timbered house "Rothe Amsel" with a painted facade and a miner figure
• Temporary exhibitions of contemporary art, often with a Dresden connection
• Leonhardi-Atelier with landscape paintings by Eduard Leonhardi
• History as a self-organized artists' exhibition venue in East Germany
• Free admission on Fridays

Vaste collectie

• Landschaftsmalerei von Eduard Leonhardi – The Leonhardi-Atelier permanently displays forest landscapes and Elbe hillside motifs by the museum's founder, on loan from his heirs.

Opgericht

1963

Beheerder

Museen der Stadt Dresden

Directie

Bernd Heise

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Gratis toegang: Free admission every Friday

Free admission with the DresdenPass. Payment in cash or by card.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: niet aanwezig
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: niet aanwezig
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The historic building is only partially accessible: the lower exhibition rooms can be reached with mobile ramps and staff assistance, the upper rooms currently cannot. Please call ahead before your visit. Information in sign language on the website.

Kinderen & gezin

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops: niet aanwezig

Family tickets available; no dedicated programs for children or families are offered.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Arriving by public transport is recommended; the hop-on hop-off city tour stop "Blaues Wunder / Grundstraße" is about 40 m away.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig
• Museumwinkel
• Wifi

Museum shop with catalogs, posters, and editions. Backpacks are not allowed in the exhibitions; staff can store them. Bike racks on the grounds.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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

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