Kunstmuseum Marburg, University art museum in Marburg, Germany.
Description
Kunstmuseum Marburg is a university art museum in the city housing collections from classical modern art through contemporary works, distributed across multiple accessible exhibition spaces. The holdings include 19th-century paintings, post-war avant-garde pieces, and ongoing contemporary acquisitions.
History
The museum was founded in 1927 as part of Philipps-Universität Marburg, initially serving as an academic teaching collection. Following major renovation work, it reopened to the public in 2018.
Culture
The museum displays works from the Willingshausen artist colony, including paintings by Carl Bantzer, Johann Giebel, Wilhelm Thielmann, and Otto Ubbelohde. These artists shaped the local art scene and their works remain central to the collection today.
Practical
The museum is well-positioned on the university campus and easily walkable from the city center. The spaces are fully accessible and visitors can move freely between exhibition areas.
Did you know?
The Hilde Eitel collection at this museum preserves a significant body of post-war avant-garde artworks rarely seen together in other institutions. This collection documents a particular focus on experimental German artistic positions from the postwar period.
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