Kulturhuef – Musée luxembourgeois de l'imprimerie et de la carte à jouer

Over het museum

Kulturhuef was created in two former slaughterhouse buildings dating from 1902, which operated until 1975 and were afterwards used, among other things, as a scout hall and social housing. In 1994, the culture minister of the time approved a printing museum for Grevenmacher; from 1995 the buildings were renovated and extended under the architect Romain Schmitz. On June 29, 2000, the house opened with a museum, a cinema and a bistro.

The museum has two permanent exhibitions. “Gutenberg Revisited” (since July 2018) tells the story of printing from the 3rd millennium BC to today and displays historic machines on the ground floor, such as the Linotype and the Heidelberg Tiegel press. The second exhibition is devoted to Jean Dieudonné, who founded a dynasty of card makers in Grevenmacher in 1754; their workshops operated until 1880.

The collection includes large printing presses, wooden and metal type, around 15,000 printing blocks and more than 1,000 playing-card sets; most of the objects are on loan from the national museum MNAHA, and the rest come from donations. Courses and artist residencies mean the historic machines are still in use today.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent exhibition “Gutenberg Revisited” with historic printing machines
• Exhibition on the Dieudonné dynasty of card makers
• Free admission to the museum
• Hands-on printing on a hand press, with motifs that change every month
• Former slaughterhouse with cinema and bistro under one roof

Vaste collectie

• Gutenberg Revisited – The history of printing from the 3rd millennium BC to today, with historic machines such as the Linotype and the Heidelberg Tiegel press on the ground floor.
• Spielkarten – Jean Dieudonné – The Dieudonné family of card makers, who produced cards in Grevenmacher from 1754, with printing plates, sheets, cards and tools.

Opgericht

2000

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission to the museum is free; only guided tours cost money. The cinema and the bistro have their own prices.

Toegankelijkheid

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

The house carries the EUREWELCOME label. Wheelchair-accessible lifts serve all exhibition levels, and there are two public accessible parking spaces; the house is partly accessible for visually impaired visitors. Assistance dogs are welcome in the museum, cinema and bistro.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Doe- en voelstations
• Kinderfeestjes

For children there are workshops on old and new printing techniques, family tours, a children’s booklet and the companion booklet “Gutenberg & Dieudonné for Kids” (available in the shop). The theatrical tours are aimed at children aged 6 and up. Children’s birthday parties are offered.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

By car via the A1 (Luxembourg–Trier), exit 14 “Mertert-Wasserbillig” towards Grevenmacher; the museum lies right in front of the roundabout.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

Museum shop (Tuesday to Sunday, 14:00–18:00) with notebooks, postcards, type and printed works from the artist residencies. According to the website, the house’s bistro is temporarily closed.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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