Celle: Bomann Museum
Celle
The Bomann Museum in Celle is one of the largest cultural history museums in Lower Saxony with collections on folklore, urban and regional history and exhibitions of modern art.
For more than 100
years, it has presented its folklore collections of eastern Lower Saxony,
Celle's city history and the country's history of the former Kingdom of
Hanover. The modern, entertaining and attractively designed permanent
exhibitions show the cultural history of the city and region in seven tours.
Celle and its surroundings - a journey through time
A chronological
tour introduces you to the history of Celle. In addition, a film takes visitors
on a tour of the district, showing many topics of the new permanent exhibitions
on site.
Smoke, stink and drudgery - The farmhouse
The low German
farmhouse built into the museum when it was founded has had a face-lift. Staged
scenes illustrate typical tasks such as threshing, cooking or slaughtering. The
lighting underlines the character of the hall house, where living rooms and
stables are located under one roof.
Heather - Honey – High-tech: A region in transition
This tour shows
the importance of agriculture for the cultural history of the Celle region. Notions
of an idyllic rural life determine the image of the farmer until today.
However, the reality until the 19th century was actually hard physical labour
and dependency on different masters. Today, global markets create new
dependencies and interdependencies, and the farmer has become an entrepreneur.
Hearth and Home - Education and Society: Civic Culture
in Celle
Here, the museum
looks into the Biedermeier era. Illustrative biographies illustrate the family
circumstances of Celle’s merchants and craftsmen. It traces the footsteps of
these people back to public life in the 19th century. The era sees the beginnings
of institutions and developments founded by civic society that continue to the
present day.
Labour, strike and guest workers - perspectives of
work
Advances in
technology and science have also shaped Celle since the end of the 19th
century. The discovery of raw materials, inventions and researcher spirit have changed
production processes and ways of working. The working and living conditions of
craftsmen and workers are illustrated using the example of individual
companies, and conditions for entrepreneurship and sales growth are outlined.
Not from here? Migration and integration in the Celle
region
To this day, the
city and region of Celle are characterised by people who came here at different
times - voluntarily or under duress - and stayed. The example of the Huguenot
refugees of the 17th century, the refugees and displaced persons after the
Second World War and the Yazidi-Kurdish refugees depict the experience of losing
one’s home and settling in foreign lands.
Topic of paintings, songs and travel - the discovery
of the heath
Attention now
turns to Lueneburg Heath - and its discovery by travellers, artists and
writers. Until the 19th century, the heathland is considered desolate and
bleak. Then the landscape is made famous by the poet Hermann Loens. However, it
is not only authors who discover the beauty of the heath as of the 19th century.
Artists also feel the radiance of this landscape. Then there are the poets of
the heath - Hermann Loens and, of course, Arno Schmidt. The heath has found a
place in world literature thanks to his work. Part of the exhibition is
dedicated to these two writers, who could not be more different.
In addition, the
museum puts on special historical and cultural-historical exhibitions as well
as presentations of modern art. The museum education department offers a
wide-ranging program for visitors of all ages - from children's birthday
parties to artists' workshops.
