A French frog, American birds and Japanese fishes are guests of the Schlossbergmuseum Chemnitz. These artificial but nonetheless movable toys have been shown with the exhibition Mechanische Tierwelt – mechanical animal world in various museums of the Federal Republic, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria. The collection of the two Berlin photographers Volker Weinhold and Sebastian Köpcke includes 200 functioning mechanical animals from international manufacturers from 1900 to 1970 out of 14 countries. They are being presented along with photographs that are showing an artificial natural connection for themselves. A film shows the characteristic movements of the mechanical toys. The accompanying publication has been compiled in cooperation with the Naturmuseum St. Gallen.
Mechanical animal world
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Schloßberg 12, 09113 Chemnitz
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Plaything, 1960er jahre
The houses of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Schloßbergmuseum
The Museum of History of the City of Chemnitz is housed in one of the most beautiful and best-preserved monastery sites in Saxony. Around 1135, Emperor Lothar ordered to build a Benedictine monastery on a ridge above the Chemnitz River, which would exist until the age of Reformation.
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General admission 8 Euros, reduced admission 5 Euros.
For children and adolescents through age 17, as well as for students of the Technical University Chemnitz, holders of a Chemnitzpass, and chaperones to severely handicapped persons, admission is always free.
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