Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Contemporary art museum in Rolandseck, Germany
The Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck is an art museum in Remagen housed in two connected buildings: a protected railway station structure and a modern white construction by architect Richard Meier. Both sit directly on the Rhine and together create a space that blends historical and contemporary elements.
From 1964, Johannes Wasmuth turned the Rolandseck station into a cultural centre where concerts and exhibitions took place and artists lived and worked. After his death in September 1997, cultural life paused. The station reopened as the Arp Museum on 22 October 2004, and Richard Meier's new building on the slope above was inaugurated on 29 September 2007.
The collection centers on works by Hans Arp and Sophie Taeuber-Arp, artists whose creations define the space. The museum also houses historical paintings from the UNICEF Rau Collection, connecting visitors with art across different periods.
The station building and Richard Meier's hillside building are linked by a tunnel and a lift, so allow time for the transfer between the two exhibition levels. The tunnel is lit by Barbara Trautmann's 17-metre neon spiral, Kaa. The station sits by the Rhine below the slope; the new building stands above it on the hill.
The two buildings are linked by a tunnel that is a replica of a railway tunnel, though it never formed part of the real track. A 17-metre neon spiral by Barbara Trautmann, titled "Kaa" after the snake in The Jungle Book, lights the passage; it was installed in 2007.
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