On Celtic Day, the Celts come back to life in the courtyard of the Franziskaner Museum. The living history group Carnyx and archaeotechnician Frank Tommer promise hands-on history:
1:00–5:00 p.m.
Camp life and craft demonstrations—
Celtic blacksmithing techniques
3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.:
Celtic weapons display
1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.:
Short guided tour of the Magdalenenberg Celtic Princes’ Tomb section with Dr. Anita Auer
2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.:
Family tour: In the Footsteps of the Magdalenenberg People with Dr. Sabine Dietzig-Schicht
Refreshments: Mirella Fanelli at the Café im Franziskaner
Sponsors: Sparkasse Schwarzwald-Baar and the Friends of the Municipal Museums in Villingen-Schwenningen
Visitors to Celtic Day are asked to provide their contact information at the entrance and to wear a face mask.
The art exhibition featuring paintings by Richard Ackermann, Ludwig Engler, Waldemar Flaig, and Paul Hirt from the 1920s is on view through September 26, 2021. Come visit the exhibition and immerse yourself in the zest for life and creativity of the “Golden Twenties.”
Admission is 5 euros; reduced rate is 3 euros.
Postcards featuring Waldemar Flaig’s portraits of women are available at the museum ticket office and in the exhibition shop.
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Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are flying into space—what does that have to do with the Franciscan Museum!? Not much, but one of the paintings in our current special exhibition, “The 1920s as Reflected by Villingen’s Modernist Artists,” once evoked associations with moon rockets in a fellow artist. Dr. Anita Auer explains why in the museum blog STADT HOCH 2.
This small exhibition showcases tools and creations from an ancient craft: bookbinding. Participants in a vhs course are displaying their work in the display cases of the cloister at the Franziskaner. They have been practicing this art for over 30 years.
The exhibition can be visited during the opening hours of the Tourist Information & Ticket Service:
Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is free
At the Friends’ Association general meeting in July, long-time President Wolfgang Heitner and Treasurer Dr. Jürgen Alscher stepped down.
The members elected Karin Neubarth-Raub (President) and Renate Nieding-Trefzer (Treasurer) as their successors.
Other members of the board include: Gerhard Ächtner (Vice President), Beate Müller-Uhlending (Secretary), Dr. Anita Auer, and Dr. Michael Hütt. The following were confirmed
or newly elected as members of the advisory board: Peter Graßmann, Ortrud Jörg-Fuchs, Barbara Martin, Dr. Michael Raub, and Hildegard Steinberger-Heitner.
The 2021 Museum Festival is scheduled to take place on Sunday, October 24, in its traditional combination with the Sunday shopping event and the opening of the annual exhibition of the Kunstverein Villingen-Schwenningen e.V.
Under the theme “Journey Through Time,” the event—organized in cooperation with the Friends of the Municipal Museums in Villingen-Schwenningen and the historical modeling agency “Sissis Erben”—will be a celebration featuring dazzling costumes. We hope that as many guests as possible will come to the museum festival with an umbrella, charm, and a bowler hat. We’ll reveal more in the coming weeks…
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