Museum für Glaskunst Lauscha

Over het museum

The impetus for the museum came from the 300th anniversary of the Lauscha glassworks in 1897, for which the first collection pieces were gathered. In 1903 the museum opened in the town's old school. Under Paul Eichhorn, it grew by the end of the 1920s into Germany's only specialist museum for glass art, and it is considered one of the oldest municipal museums in Thuringia.

After some 110 years at its old location, the museum moved in April 2014 into newly designed, accessible premises on the grounds of the Farbglashütte Lauscha glassworks. There, exhibition and ongoing glass production come together in one place. The museum is operated by the town of Lauscha; a friends' association has supported its work since 1991.

The collection comprises more than 10,000 objects, from medieval forest glass and courtly and bourgeois showpiece glasses to glass beads, artificial eyes, lampworked animal figures, and Christmas ornaments. The Christmas ornament section was redesigned in 2022 after the making of mouth-blown Lauscha Christmas ornaments was added to Germany's national inventory of intangible cultural heritage in 2021. The tour concludes with glass art of the 20th and 21st centuries, including the Lauscha studio glass movement.

Hoogtepunten

• Christmas ornaments from the 1860s to today (intangible cultural heritage)
• Artificial glass eyes and doll eyes from Lauscha workshops
• Forest glass and showpiece glasses from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century
• Lampworked animal figures and 20th-century studio glass
• Films on glassmaking techniques and local history included in admission
• "Objekt des Monats" (Object of the Month), changing monthly

Vaste collectie

• Christbaumschmuck – Immaterielles Kulturerbe – Redesigned section on the development from the glass bead to the silvered Christmas bauble, with historic tree ornaments from the 1860s onward.
• Hüttenglas und Lampenglas – From forest glass and showpiece vessels of the glassworks to glass beads, glass eyes, and figures blown at the lamp flame.
• Studioglas – Glass art of the 20th century and the present, from Art Nouveau and Bauhaus influences to contemporary Lauscha artists.

Opgericht

1903

Beheerder

Stadt Lauscha

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Film screenings on glass topics and local history are included in admission. Introductory talk about 15 min. €15, about 30 min. €30, extended guided tour about 45 min. €40 (each with advance registration).

Toegankelijkheid

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

The museum describes the premises in the Farbglashütte, opened in 2014, as accessible; details on elevator and restrooms are not published.

Kinderen & gezin

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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

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Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop with catalogs; the museum is located on the grounds of the Farbglashütte Lauscha glassworks.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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