Museum Ritter, Modern art museum in Waldenbuch, Germany.
Museum Ritter is an art museum in Waldenbuch, Baden-Württemberg, displaying geometric and abstract art in a building designed by Swiss architect Max Dudler. The building has clean lines, bright rooms, and a plain exterior that deliberately avoids decoration.
The museum opened in 2005 and houses the collection built by Marli Hoppe-Ritter, an heir to the Ritter Sport chocolate family. The collection grew over several decades and focuses on geometric art from the 20th century.
The collection revolves around the square as a geometric base form, something visible in nearly every work on display. Many pieces play with optical illusions or the impression of movement, drawing the viewer into the work itself.
The building is split into two wings by a passage that follows the course of the Aichtal, and both parts are step-free. The larger wing holds around 700 m² of exhibition space on two levels, plus the museum shop and café. In the smaller wing, the ground floor has a factory sale of Ritter-Sport chocolate and the first floor an exhibition on chocolate and the company's history.
The museum holds one of the largest collections in the world devoted entirely to the square as an art form. This focus was intentional from the start, setting it apart from other modern art collections.
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