Museum Schloss Fürstenberg, Porcelain museum in Fürstenberg, Germany.
Museum Schloss Fürstenberg occupies the historic Schloss Fürstenberg, a building used for porcelain production from 1747 to 1972. Its interiors are timber-framed and were painted white during the museum's redesign. The permanent exhibition shows selected objects from the manufactory's collection, from the Rococo period to the present, alongside a visitor workshop where porcelain painters demonstrate techniques.
The museum opened in 1957 on a small exhibition area, based on the private collection of a shareholder of the then Fürstenberg stock company. The historian Rolf Hagen, later director of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, initially provided scholarly oversight. In the 1960s a targeted collecting policy began, including repurchases from the art trade. The museum has occupied the historic castle building, used for porcelain production from 1747 to 1972, since a renovation in 1978.
The collection displays porcelain from different periods and shows how design has changed over time. You can see how craftspeople developed their techniques and which patterns and colors were popular in different decades.
The museum occupies the historic castle building on the western edge of the Solling, where porcelain was made from 1747 to 1972; the exhibition reopened in March 2017 after renovation. The visitor workshop lets you paint porcelain yourself, and the Schaumagazin in one of the oldest rooms has shown pieces from the 18th to 20th centuries since May 2018. The Keramikum, which covers earthenware, lies on the eastern side of the Solling.
Visitors can participate in porcelain painting workshops and learn from experienced craftspeople how traditional decoration techniques are applied. Hands-on experience with the craft provides direct insight into work that is otherwise only visible in display cases.
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