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Address:
Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design Halle, Archiv / Kustodie, Hermesstraße 5, 06114 Halle, Postal Address: Postfach 200252, 06003 Halle (Saale)
Opening Hours:
Mon-Thu 9am - 12am, 1pm - 4pm and by appointment
guided tour by appointment
Contact:
Dr. Angela Dolgner
dolgnera@burg-halle.de
Phone: +49 (0) 345 7751 725
Fax: +49 (0) 345 7751 76725
Links:
Archiv/Kustodie
Burg Giebichenstein Hochschule für Kunst und Design Halle
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Description:
At the art university in Halle, art and design are not only created but also preserved in archives. The history of Burg Giebichenstein – the most important art school in the 1920s alongside the Bauhaus, the most influential centre for the training of designers and craftspeople in the GDR, and today one of the largest art training institutes in Germany – is reflected in the contents of the university archive and the associated art and design collection.
The archive includes administrative and personnel files dating from 1900, certificates, printed material, newspaper cut-outs, artists’ dossiers, recordings of lectures, materials from artists’ legacies, thematic collections related to exhibitions, festivals, buildings, workshops, competitions, and much more. The image archive, which has well over 100,000 paper items, negatives and slides, documents artistic works as well as personal histories and events. The archive has thus become an essential resource for researchers all over Germany.
The Art and Design Collection now contains around 6,000 two-dimensional and three-dimensional works as well as some digital pieces. These works come from all artistic and design areas and disciplines at the university. The associated poster collection currently contains around 2,200 different items. The collection has been an important source for a range of regional and national exhibitions in recent years.
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