Ore Mountain Toy Museum, Seiffen
The Erzgebirge Seiffen Toy Museum is an internationally recognized specialist and specialist museum with erzgebirgisches toys and the Erzgebirge folk art. It was opened in 1953 in Seiffen. In 1973 the Erzgebirge Open Air Museum as ethnographic - historical museum with 14 erzgebirgstypischen houses before 1900 added on the outskirts of the toy village.
History
The history of the toy museum begins with the wooden toys and wooden goods exhibition Seiffen, which took place from July 9 to August 3, 1914 in Albert salon. For admission price of 50 Pfg - 25 Pfg for children - could in the exhibition, for example, a Noah's Ark with 300 animals, chess pieces, products of tire spin - craft, which was then only in Seiffen - in a predicament Guild - was exercised, as well as larger animal figures, which were excised from post, admire. On display were products of Runddreherei and magnificent carvings, straw and finished work, with which you no longer really addressed, but which were made at the request of the head again.
Exhibition was organized by Rev. Hermann Härtel ( born September 30, 1864 in Lichtenstein; † August 7, 1919 in Seiffen / Sa. ) Together with the District Business Association, whose many years he was chairman. Pastor Härtel equipped the exhibition with a part of his community collection.
In a like an old Ore facility designed space was a painted poster bed ( 1764), a huge chest ( 1734), an interior painted in the lid chest ( 1785 ), a colorful over interspersed with flowers Wardrobe (1798 ), a huge farmhouse table with fine wooden plate, earthenware, guild jugs, jars and other household items on display. On the table was a mighty clay jug ( 1739 ), a Zinnlampe (Gockel lamp) and a whipped house Bible. The room was rounded off with a clamping Chandelier with chips. At the checkout you could buy a " miniature parlor with the stove in the matchbox " after a tour.
On December 5, 1920, the Toy Museum opened in the newly established State Technical Trade School. The senior teacher of the founder Professor Alwin Seifert (1873-1937) since 1914 compiled collection " Older and newer toys " was enriched by the " pastor Härtel Collection". With the pieces shown at the trade show in 1914 a farmer's parlor was compiled, together with a rare stove plus oven Bank. A sensor mounted on the table hanging chandelier ( made by Louis Strauss, now restored ) brought the exchange at the usual time for Christmas decorations. It lacked neither Christmas Angel, miners, or the Nutcracker Räuchermännel. The exhibition also included interesting old and new toys and teaching tests the technical trade school. At that time it was the only toy museum in Saxony.
In the early 1930s there were in Seiffen area efforts to create a central advertising exhibition. The then State toys school took over the design and equipment opened in 1936 Toy Werbeschau Seiffen.
On 5 July 1953, building on the house as home and Toy Museum re-opened and eventually renamed Erzgebirgisches Toy Museum of Seiffen. The first visitors to the museum was Rudolf Mauersberger, whose Dresden Kreuz Choir had sung before in Seiffen Ping for the evening. By 1999, the Toy Museum underwent a comprehensive reconstruction and expansion. On three floors today around 5,000 exhibits and extensive background information is presented.
Exhibition
The content conception aims to present the entire Erzgebirge toy area; including the Czech part. There are important changes coming into contact with the cultural and economic area. The oldest exhibits, especially the Christmas customs originate from the period around 1800. These treasures of old a Christmas folk art report from the mind of the Erzgebirge Christmas lights. In particular, the hierarchs were issued in 1880 as an important export product overseas. In another exhibition complex exhibits can understand the diversity and originality of former miniature toys.
Will be investigated in detail elsewhere individual artistic styles and the special life's work of individual manufacturers. With pattern sheets, price examples and nomenclatures the historical role and functioning of the toy publishers and international linkages of the toy angle to be interpreted. Finally, the arc is struck through to crafts and contemporary innovations of the current wood designs. In the attic present in addition to a changing special show smaller cabinet exhibitions, such as " The mining industry in folk art " or " woods in the world - the world of wood ."
Erzgebirgisches open-air museum
The Erzgebirge Open Air Museum, opened in 1973 as a division of the Toy Museum of Seiffen, sees itself as ethnographic and historical museum, where in different houses, workshops and building complexes, the Erzgebirge everyday life of the 19th and early 20th century is documented. Starting point was the surviving Preißler'sche hydropower slewing of 1760, was made in the early as the 1960s, an attempt to structure and technical facility to allow visitors to accessible in function. In the context of this monument, structured in a typical comb landscape of the Ore scattered settlement until today 14 building complexes were transferred. The houses, barns, sheds or technical systems originate from the region of the central Erzgebirge. The Erzgebirge Open Air Museum (tires slewing ) is a selected site for the intended candidacy for UNESCO World Heritage mining region Erzgebirge.