Schloss Derneburg

Over het museum

The complex at Derneburg looks back on almost nine centuries. After a castle of the Counts of Winzenburg, an Augustinian canons' foundation was established here in 1143, later a women's convent, from 1443 a Cistercian nunnery, and from 1651 a Cistercian monastery. In the 18th century the monks built most of the buildings that survive today, including a large Baroque church and the estate buildings.

After secularization in 1803, Derneburg passed in 1815 to Count Ernst zu Münster, who had the monastery converted into a manor house by the Hanoverian court architect Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves. This produced a landscape park in the English style stretching down to the Nette and, from part of the church, a Knights' Hall in Neo-Gothic forms. The Münster family remained the owners until the 1970s; in World War II the castle served as a military hospital, afterward as housing for refugees.

In the mid-1970s the painter Georg Baselitz acquired the castle and lived and worked there for around three decades; in the mid-1990s he had a new studio built in the park. In 2006 the estate passed to the collectors Andrew and Christine Hall. The Schloss Derneburg Museum gGmbH reunited it with the neighboring estate (Domäne) and has since been renovating the buildings in order to show works from the collection of the Hall Art Foundation to the public there.

The art museum presents painting, sculpture, and photography of postwar and contemporary art, with a focus on, for example, Georg Baselitz, Markus Lüpertz, and other German painters. Since 2023, Baselitz's former studio has been an exhibition space. A sculpture park is growing around the castle; further exhibition areas and visitor facilities are to be completed in the coming years.

Hoogtepunten

• Former monastery with cloister and Neo-Gothic Knights' Hall
• Exhibitions in the former studio of Georg Baselitz
• Sculpture park with works by Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, and Alicja Kwade, among others
• Large glass window by Markus Lüpertz in the entrance hall
• Historic landscape park designed by Laves

Vaste collectie

• Skulpturenpark – In the historic castle park stand sculptures and installations by artists such as Carl Andre, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Alicja Kwade, and Kenny Scharf; the park is accessible without a tour and is continually being expanded.
• Baselitz im Atelier – About two dozen late paintings and one sculpture by Georg Baselitz, shown in the studio building in the park, where he created them shortly before the sale of the castle.

Beheerder

Schloss Derneburg Museum gGmbH (Hall Art Foundation)

Directie

Alexander Haviland

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The admission ticket is valid for the sculpture park and the exhibitions in the annex buildings; the exhibitions in the castle are accessible only with a tour (surcharge). Tickets online in the ticket shop, reservation recommended for tours.

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift
• Aangepast toilet
• 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

Partially accessible. Wheelchairs can be reserved in advance free of charge, and staff will help if needed. Parts of the outdoor grounds are gravel, and the paths in the wooded castle park are unpaved. The historic access to the cloister has some steps, and on the first floor there are some historic door thresholds. Most of the exhibition "Hard Edge(d)" in the Knights' Hall is accessible without barriers, one part only via stairs.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

Children are welcome, but the following applies: one accompanying adult per child, children under 6 by the hand, no running, and no carrying on backs or shoulders. Strollers may be prohibited for safety reasons. Some exhibitions show sexual or disturbing content. On event days such as International Museum Day, there is the hands-on station "Kunst Station" for families.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car via the A7, exit Derneburg, then on the B6 toward Hildesheim and follow the signs to Derneburg.

Service & horeca

• Kluisjes

Large bags, backpacks, and umbrellas must be stored in lockers. Pets as well as food and drinks brought from outside are not allowed, and smoking is prohibited throughout the grounds.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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

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