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Landesmuseum Mainz

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Landesmuseum Mainz
Landesmuseum Mainz
Landesmuseum Mainz
The Landesmuseum Mainz is located in the former „Golden-Ross-Kaserne” – or the Golden Steed Barracks. This unique baroque architectural ensemble was previously the large horse stables of the Elector of Mainz.

The origins of the Landesmuseum date back to the French period (1798 – 1814). It was Napoleon Bonaparte who, in 1803, left the city of Mainz the so-called “French Bequest”: 36 paintings which the revolutionary troops had confiscated elsewhere. This formed the basis for what, during the past 200 years, developed into the most important art collection in today's federal state Rhineland-Palatinate.

The art and cultural-historical collections of the Landesmuseum extend from the Stone Age to the present. Among the exhibits on display are gold jewellery, shields and swords from prehistoric epochs, Roman stone monuments, sculptures and tables from the Middle Ages, Renaissance paintings and art, Baroque furniture and porcelain, unique pieces from the 19th century and art nouveau treasures, Modern art works by Liebermann, Slevogt, Corinth, Beckmann or Picasso.
Equally worth seeing: The impressive baroque ensemble of the museum with ist modern glass and steel structures alone, as well as the electoral stabels and the indoor riding hall are worth a visit.
Address

Landesmuseum Mainz

Große Bleiche 49-51
55116
Mainz
Germany
+49 6131 28 570
Opening hours
Open all year
Tuesday: 10:00-20:00
Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00-17:00

50.003451, 8.268486

Gerrit van Honthorst oder Werkstatt, Das Konzert, nach 1624 © GDKE, Landesmuseum Mainz, Foto: U. Rudischer
Mainz
With ALL Senses. A journey through the art of the early modern period

Musical figures, tasty fruits or the haptics of surfaces - works of art not only appeal to our sense of sight. How are the five senses addressed in early modern art? And how do objects, paintings, and ...

Exhibition
Johann Peter Melchior / Höchst, Die erlegte Taube, um 1775, Porzellan, Inv.-Nr. KH 1935/86, Foto: © GDKE - Landesmuseum Mainz (Foto: U. Rudischer)
Mainz
Origin [un]clarified.

There are impressive, harrowing, and in many parts incomplete stories associated with the artworks in the Landesmuseum Mainz and their former owners, which will be told in this show. The cabinet ...

Exhibition
Römisch, Mainzer Orpheusmosaik (Detail) © GDKE Landesmuseum Mainz, Foto: K. Pelka
Mainz
Stone carpets - Roman mosaic floors from city villas in Mainz

In contrast to Trier and Cologne with numerous mosaic floors from Roman times, Mainz was long considered a mosaic-less city. In a joint project, Landesarchäologie Mainz and Landesmuseum Mainz now want ...

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