Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders
How to find us:
- Street
- Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
- Zip, City
- 51465 Bergisch Gladbach
- Country
- Germany
- Phone
- 02202 - 142356 und 02202 - 142334
- Fax
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- Web
- https://villa-zanders.de/htdocs_de/home/index.html
- museum@stadt-gl.de
Eintritt 4,00 € Ermäßigt 2,00 € Mitglieder des Galerie+Schloss e.V. frei
Kids
2 € (bis 6 Jahre frei)
Families
9 €
Students
2 €
Members of the Museums Associations
frei
Description
In the regional cultural offerings of Bergisch Gladbach, the Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders plays a defining role. The institution serves as the city museum and focuses on art made from and with paper; in 2014 the name was changed from “Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders” to its current designation.
The villa stands in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia. The building was erected in 1873/74 as the residence of the Zanders family of entrepreneurs. Originally a small park separated the property from the neighbouring paper mill; only remnants of that park remain.
After the founding family lived in the house until the 1930s, it entered public ownership in 1932 and later became the property of the city of Bergisch Gladbach through a land swap. For years authorities used the building as administrative offices. Its condition deteriorated significantly in the 1970s; in 1982 the villa was entered in the list of historical monuments and was comprehensively restored between 1985 and 1992. Since 1992 the house has been open as a municipal exhibition venue and, together with the neighbouring community centre “Bürgerhaus Bergischer Löwe,” forms the cultural centre of the city.
Architecturally, the three-storey brick building with natural stone elements reflects the French Renaissance. Characteristic features include risalits, a vertical articulation and a triumphal-arch motif. The mansard roof has dormers; the original roof cornice and chimney structures have not been preserved. A contemporary wood engraving shows the proximity of the former Schnabelsmühle to the southern side of the house.
The museum uses three floors: the historically furnished ground floor displays late Romantic paintings of the Düsseldorf School, including works by Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Carl Ludwig Fahrbach and Johann Wilhelm Lindlar. The two upper floors, adapted for temporary exhibitions, are devoted to art from the 19th to the 21st century. At its centre is the museum’s own collection “Kunst aus Papier,” with about 500 works by international artists that recall the city’s four-hundred-year paper tradition. The programme is complemented by a volunteer-run art lending library (Artothek), which has made over a thousand works available for loan since 1993 and includes, among others, works by Joseph Beuys.
Place on the map
Services
getting there
Accessibility
Entrances and paths to the building
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Access with ramp
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Dooe width (in cm) 138 cm
Lifts in the building
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Access stairless
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Elevator with tactile font / announcement
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Elevator door width (in cm) 90
Others
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Disabled toilet
Guided tours to permanent and special exhibitions
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Educational programs for visitors with learning difficulties