The purpose of this museum is to show and to describe in an expressive and informative way the history of the artists, their actions, their life and their past and current performances. It not only honours the glory of some of the greatest, but it also focuses on every other one, whose performances contributed to the fame and the glory of the artists world.
For instance, we can learn about the history of artistic kinds, as the flying trapeze : In the mid-19th century circuses, new artistic kinds have been developed. The biggest fields were in the air acrobatics and the rings, rod and trapeze performances. The trapeze used to be a sport before it became a circus act, and the first flying trapezist, Jules Léotard (see picture), was the son of a sports teacher.
The museum is still recent, since it just opened its doors on September 5, 1997. But everyone there is really ambitious. Indeed, anyone can see travelling expositions round the year, but only a few collections are available permanently as it's the case there. In Klosterfeld, people are in charge of the history of every artistic kind, from cabaret to magic, including variety and, of course, circus. Everyone there gives back the spot circus deserves in the art and culture field, in order to make it popular again.
Anyone can look at pictures, decorations, posters (this one comes from Japan), portraits... Read programs, books, magazines... But also watch movies, listen to records... Anyone can discover a good deal of the repertoire of the arts and entertainment, a repertoire which is two centuries old.
We can also learn the history of circuses and their big tops, as Sarrasanni for instance : created in 1901, it was one of the most beautiful pre-war circuses. The big top could gather up to 10,000 spectators and was used to run around the globe. It was finally damaged during a tour in South America, in Sao Paulo : a fire destroyed everything lying inside.
The purpose of the creators of the museum is to make a room dedicated to the glory of artists and the entertainment business out of it. This international museum aims to transform itself into a big centre devoted to every entertainment art. It aims to display even more documents, movies... and to make file, study and reading rooms available. Arts and Science teachers and journalists could then be enabled to realize high quality works.
International artists museum, in Germany
Internationales Artistenmuseum in Deutschland
The purpose of this museum is to show and to describe in an expressive and informative way the history of the artists, their actions, their life and their past and current performances. It not only honours the glory of some of the greatest, but it also focuses on every other one, whose performances contributed to the fame and the glory of the artists world.
For instance, we can learn about the history of artistic kinds, as the flying trapeze : In the mid-19th century circuses, new artistic kinds have been developed. The biggest fields were in the air acrobatics and the rings, rod and trapeze performances. The trapeze used to be a sport before it became a circus act, and the first flying trapezist, Jules Léotard (see picture), was the son of a sports teacher.Anyone can look at pictures, decorations, posters (this one comes from Japan), portraits... Read programs, books, magazines... But also watch movies, listen to records... Anyone can discover a good deal of the repertoire of the arts and entertainment, a repertoire which is two centuries old.
The museum is made of a two-stories exposition hall, a study room, a picture library, a film library and plenty of other rooms.
We can also learn the history of circuses and their big tops, as Sarrasanni for instance : created in 1901, it was one of the most beautiful pre-war circuses. The big top could gather up to 10,000 spectators and was used to run around the globe. It was finally damaged during a tour in South America, in Sao Paulo : a fire destroyed everything lying inside.
The museum features around:
- 60,000 pictures of work places and an introduction of the artists
- 35,000 issues of around 210 different newspapers or magazines related to any artistic field published from 1890 to now
- 22,000 programs and handbills from circuses or show places where artists performed from 1827 to now
- 13,000 posters from 1750 to now
- 9,000 books about the artists and their world, variety, magic and circus, including any other art field related to entertainment and show business from 1810 to now
- 2,500 records, tapes and discs related to circus and entertainment
- 650 medals, including some representing the artist's daily life
- 250 portraits of artists, of clowns...
- 180 black and white and coloured movies either dedicated to artists or made by artists. It may be as well professional as amateur movies
The museum is located at : 2 Liebenwalder Strasse, 16348 Klosterfelde, in Germany.
The bus stops there and the museum is ten minutes away from the bus station.
The bus stops there and the museum is ten minutes away from the bus station.
You'll find back all this information and other on the museum official website : http://www.artistenmuseum.de