20 years MKM Museum Küppersmühle
We are celebrating our birthday and inviting our visitors:
Anniversary promotions from April to September 2019
Extension MKM Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, simulation perspective inner harbor, © Herzog & de Meuron
20 years is a reason to celebrate! We are celebrating 20 years and opening our doors to neighbors and new guests, Duisburg residents and visitors from all over the world, art lovers and all those who want to become one.
Looking back: in April 1999, the MKM opened its doors as an art museum for the first time in an industrial building from the turn of the century, which had served as a mill and warehouse until the 1970s. Basel architects Herzog & de Meuron, who are also currently working on the extension to the MKM, were responsible for converting it into a museum. The listed brick façade of the historic Küppersmühle, the old steel silos and the name “Küppersmühle” have been retained and have become trademarks of the museum.
The Bonner Stiftung für Kunst und Kultur e.V. (www.stiftungkunst.de) has been responsible for the conception, organization and operation of the MKM from the very beginning.
In addition to major temporary exhibitions, the MKM permanently displays works by the most important German post-war artists from the Ströher Collection, from K.O. Götz to Anselm Kiefer and Gerhard Richter. The first exhibition “Malerwald” by Jörg Immendorff opened on 18.4.1999. Important exhibitions of the last 20 years include “ChinArt” (2002), “Wonderlands” (2003), “The New Ten” (2004), “Gerhard Richter: Pictures from Private Collections” (2009), Olaf Metzel in the Capital of Culture year (2010), “Tony Cragg – Things in the Head” (2011), the retrospectives of Günther Uecker (2005), Stephan Balkenhol (2006), Peter Brüning (2007) or K.O. Götz (2014), the cross-city project “China8” (2015), the homage to Jannis Kounellis as part of “Kunst & Kohle” (2018) or the funding project “Jugend interpretiert Kunst” (2000-2017). A list of all exhibitions can be found in the attachment and in our online archive (www.museum-kueppersmuehle.de).
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ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGNS
April: 20 days free admission for everyone!
To kick things off, we are giving all visitors free admission to the MKM collection with works by Georg Baselitz, K.O. Götz, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, Günther Uecker & Co as well as to the current exhibition by Klaus Rinke.
Promotion period: 3.4. – 28.4.(Wed-Sun / during regular opening hours)
May: We are giving away 20 art catalogs
On 20 days in May, every 20th visitor will receive a free catalog, freely selectable from various titles.
Promotion period: 1.5. – 26.5. (Wed-Sun / during regular opening hours)
June: Free Friday guided tours +++ Unfortunately already fully booked +++
On Fridays in June at 5 pm: free admission with an exclusive after-work tour of the collection for up to 20 people. Places will be allocated according to registration. The rule is: first come, first served.
Dates: Fri 7.6. / Fri 14.6. / Fri 21.6. / Fri 28.6.
July: Art coffee cake
What could be better than a day at the museum? A day at the museum followed by a visit to the café, that’s right. For 20 days, we’re giving every 20th visitor a voucher for coffee and cake in the Küppersmühle Restaurant.
Promotion period: 3.7. – 28.7. (Wed-Sun / during regular opening hours)
August: Art discoverers watch out!
For 20 days, art detectives (up to the age of 12) can solve our museum puzzle. A small gift will be given at the cash desk if the solution is correct.
Campaign period: 7.8. – 1.9. (Wed-Sun / during regular opening hours)
September: 20 free annual tickets
For the finale, we are exclusively giving away 20 annual tickets for the MKM. The tickets are valid for one person from October 2019. Further information about the raffle will be announced soon.
Enquiries at:
E office@xn--kp-xka.vereda.de or T 0203 / 30 19 48 11