As of: February 29, 2024, 11:01 a.m
By: Katja Kraft
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Place kissed by luck: the Buchheim Museum Bernried.
You can swing under the footbridge to Lake Starnberg.
© Julia Rejmer
What's next at the Buchheim Museum?
Former boss Daniel J. Schreiber now works in Landshut.
And what is happening in Bernried?
The CEO of the Buchheim Foundation provides answers.
It could all be so beautiful.
Visitors swing on the swings under the footbridge of the Buchheim Museum Bernried, the lake glitters in the sunshine, the first daffodils and crocuses poke their heads out of the earth.
And Walter Schön also puts his best foot forward in the conversation.
The CEO of the Buchheim Foundation does not want to look back on the past year, in which museum director Daniel J. Schreiber and press officer Claudia Lamas Cornejo were terminated without notice.
But into the future.
Isabelle Zapp is now in charge of the press department.
The tender for the replacement of Schreiber's top position is now being approached "calmly and calmly".
Erich Schneider and deputy director Rajka Knipper are running the business on an interim basis.
The annual program is in place and was presented a few days ago.
A highlight will be the “Samselsurium”; from June 29, 2024, the exhibition will take you into the world of the virtuoso word artist Paul Maar.
Daniel J. Schreiber, former director of the Buchheim Museum in Bernried, now works in Landshut.
© Ralf Ruder
And then work on the planned extension will soon begin.
“The house is expected to be completely closed from the end of January to May 2025.
We can at least partially reopen until around autumn 2026: the Expressionist area, the tower, but all other rooms will not be available,” explains Schön.
His plan is therefore to start completely new in autumn 2026 with a new boss in the expanded house.
“That's why we're not in a hurry to find a succession plan; we don't want to commit anyone to a construction site.
We will hire a new director from July 1, 2025.” This gives the person the chance to spend a year learning the ropes and developing their own program.
What does the person need to bring with them?
“We are looking for a director who has the confidence to do this.”
What does the new boss need to bring with him?
Confidence in the job
Otherwise, be completely open.
Just like Daniel J. Schreiber was always open to his creative ideas.
And that brings Schön back to the house's inglorious history.
The expulsion of the director and press officer - reason: “disturbing the peace in the company” - has cast a shadow on the Buchheim Museum, which has been kissed by fortune.
Schreiber had sued against his dismissal.
The much-loved boss now has a new position in Landshut;
A number of people protested against his dismissal in Bernried, including the friends of the museum with prominent voices such as the museum founder's nephew Nikolaus Buchheim or the founder Joseph Hierling,
In Landshut, Daniel J. Schreiber has taken over the management of the city's museums.
The city council there voted overwhelmingly in favor of the 58-year-old.
Schreiber is sticking to his lawsuit before the labor court.
He's about rehabilitation.
The next hearing date is still pending.
“The court will set the date.
We have to wait and see,” says Walter Schön.
Emphatically calm.