Museum der Völker explained

The Museum der Völker in the Austrian Schwaz in the county of Tyrol was founded in 1995 as a cultural association Haus der Völker by Gert Chesi and belongs to the well known Ethnology museums in Europe. After a new construction and remodeling the exhibition operation opened on the 12th of April 2013 as Museum der Völker. Translated the name means museum of the peoples or museum of the tribes.

History

Gert Chesi, photographer, journalist and author, had collected more than a thousand exhibits from all over the world in the period of fifty years. The art objects are the base of the Museum operation and give an insight into the religious and artistic creation of mankind.[1] [2] In recent years, the museum underwent a complete redesign. Today, it features new building sections and an integrated studio gallery. The museum spans three levels with distinct exhibition themes: the permanent exhibition "Between Heaven and Earth" on the ground floor, and special exhibitions on the first and second floors.[3]

Cultural Club

Today the cultural club Museum der Völker runs the museum. Art objects from distant cultures determine the Museum: Stone sculptures of Khmer, Buddha images from many eras, terracotta figures of the Nok, ancestral figures of the Dajak, grave finds from China and old bronzes from South-East Asia are displayed in addition to contemporary Voodoo objects and utensils of animism.[4] [5]

Exhibitions

Artifacts from over a period of four thousand years ethnographic exhibits from four themes will be presented to the public:

Collections

In 2020, the museum celebrated its 25th anniversary, as well as its founder Gert Chesi´s 80th birthday by a special exhibition.

Another special exhibition is about Ethiopia and a local medical doctor who worked there in the 1950s and very early 1960s. A permanent exhibition is about Asian religions and its interest to the western world.

Documentary Film

please refer Gert Chesi

Decoration

1999, the Museum der Völker received the Tyrolean Museum prize[29]

1999 Recognition Award of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts and Culture [30]

2014 ICOM Austria, Österreichisches Museumsgütesiegel[31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tt.com/home/4852965-91/trotz-40-jahren-erfahrung-noch-immer-ein-lernender.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 23. August 2008
  2. http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/kunst/1389271/Mitten-in-Tirol_Asien-und-Afrika DiePresse 15. April 2013
  3. Web site: 2024-07-08 . German . Haus der Völker Schwaz .
  4. http://www.fr-online.de/kultur/haus-der-voelker-richtig-zu-sehen-lernt-man-erst-beim-sammeln,1472786,3309444.html Frankfurter Rundschau 23. August 2008
  5. http://tirol.orf.at/news/stories/2579611/ ORF 12. April 2013
  6. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/4828/sonderausstellung-schaetze-aus-dem-depot Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  7. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/2440/sonderausstellung-textile-kunst-aus-afrika Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  8. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/15100/sonderausstellung-feuer-und-erz---schmiede-und-giesser-in-afrika Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  9. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/18700/sonderausstellung-afrikas-moderne-im-spiegel-der-generationen Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  10. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/11487/sonderausstellung-wohnen-mit-den-ahnen---anonyme-architektur-in-asien Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  11. http://www.tirol-infos.at/schwaz/haus-der-voelker-schwaz.html Tirol Infos, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  12. http://www.tt.com/%C3%9Cberblick/4211845-6/neue-ausstellung-im-haus-der-v%C3%B6lker.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 24. Januar 2012
  13. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/37449/sangomas---traditionelle-heiler-suedafrikas-fotografien-von-peter-frank Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  14. http://kultur.tirol.at/de/beitrag/37445/sonderausstellung-geistermasken-aus-thailand Kultur Tirol, retrieved, 19 August 2014
  15. http://www.tt.com/kultur/kunst/8717397-91/ein-nomade-mit-der-kamera.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 4. August 2014
  16. http://www.tt.com/kultur/kunst/8429507-91/magische-schutzschilde-in-silber-und-seide.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 26. Mai 2014
  17. http://www.tt.com/kultur/kunst/9139841-91/von-r%C3%A4tselhaften-symbolen-durchsetztes-weltbild.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 21. Oktober 2014
  18. http://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/kultur/tanzende-schatten-marionetten-puppen-und-masken-aus-asien-d1233307.html Bezirksblätter 7. Februar 2015
  19. http://www.tt.com/kultur/kunst/9903818-91/wo-engel-lotosbl%C3%BCten-tragen.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 20. April 2015
  20. https://www.tt.com/kultur/kunst/10152240-91/die-wei%C3%9Fe-priesterin-des-heiligen-haines.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 17. Juni 2015
  21. http://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/kultur/zauber-der-weltkulturen-20-jahre-museum-der-voelker-d1443747.html Bezirksblätter 13. August 2015
  22. http://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/kultur/das-gedaechtnis-der-steine-d1520415.html Bezirksblätter 7. November 2015
  23. http://www.tt.com/kultur/kunst/11005352-91/das-b%C3%B6se-das-auch-gut-sein-kann.csp Tiroler Tageszeitung 14. Januar 2016
  24. http://www.museumdervoelker.com/#!Vernissage-zur-Sonderausstellung-Yoruba-Meisterwerke-einer-Afrikanischen-Hochkultur-Samstag-7-Mai-2016-2000-Uhr/cd23/5720b9180cf228a96f143d02 27. April 2016
  25. http://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/freizeit/sonderausstellung-gladys-der-maler-und-seine-geister-zeitgenoessische-malerei-aus-benin-d1783240.html Bezirksblätter 3. September 2016
  26. http://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/freizeit/sonderausstellung-in-der-studiogalerie-das-geheime-kamerun-fotografien-von-henning-christoph-soul-of-africa-museum-d1850332.html Bezirksblätter 12. September 2016
  27. http://www.meinbezirk.at/schwaz/leute/vernissage-afrika-im-gewand-textile-kreationen-in-bunter-vielfalt-d1864878.html Bezirksblätter 16. September 2016
  28. Web site: Sternagl Rosemarie – Tiroler Künstlerschaft. 2022-01-16. www.kuenstlerschaft.at.
  29. https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/kunst-kultur/museum/Museumsportal_Serviceteil/Serviceteil_DOKUMENTE/Dokumente_Aufbehalten/MDB_MuseumsauszeichnungenTirol_032014.pdf Liste Museumsauszeichnungen Tirol Stand 2014
  30. https://www.kunstkultur.bka.gv.at/Docs/kuku/medienpool/961/04berbli.pdf Anerkennungspreis Österreich 1999
  31. http://icom-oesterreich.at/news/oesterreichisches-museumsguetesiegel Österreichisches Museumsgütesiegel 2014

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