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Mountain adventure: Friederike Kaiser presents the new permanent exhibition in the Alpine Museum.
The house also houses an archive: with over 70,000 media, the DAV has the largest alpine collection in the world.
© Marcus Schlaf
The Alpine Museum will reopen its doors on Sunday after three years of renovations.
There are 200 years of mountain history to discover - and yet the new “cultural center” of the German Alpine Association is not stuck in the past.
This is also about the future of mountain sports.
Munich – Eight girls scramble through the wild Karwendel in shorts.
Each of them sucks a pebble instead of drinking.
Because if you drink, you sweat.
And that is frowned upon among hiking ladies in 1955. At that time, the sight of the newly founded girls' group from the Grafing section of the German Alpine Club was still unusual.
Mountain tourism as we know it today only gradually began.
Only then are paths developed and rules established: for example, that you have the right equipment with you and drink up to three liters of water on a long hike.
The girls from back then are now seniors.
Friederike Kaiser visited her and asked her what fascinated her about mountaineering.
“Back then, their parents were against them going to the mountains on Sundays instead of going to church,” says Kaiser.
“But for the young women, the trip was an opportunity to leave their village and learn what community means.” And that is exactly what shapes the DAV youth to this day.
The group of girls from the Grafing section poses for a photo in 1955.
Mountain sports have changed a lot since then.
© DAV
Alpine Museum: Permanent exhibition is dedicated to the fascination with the mountains
Friederike Kaiser heads the culture division for the DAV and therefore also the Alpine Museum on the Praterinsel in Munich.
After three years of renovation, it will reopen its doors on Sunday.
In the newly designed permanent exhibition “Darum Berge” you can experience more than just the adventures of the Grafingen women.
Stories about more than 200 years of mountaineering are told on 120 square meters.
Why are we still so fascinated by the colossi made of rock and ice, the forces of nature at high altitudes and the coziness of mountain huts?
“So we could also have asked: Why mountains?
Ultimately, the five chapters of the exhibition are about the relationship between people and the mountains – both then and now.”
There are many multimedia stations to discover in the permanent exhibition “Darum Berge”.
© Marcus Schlaf
It's about the early expeditions of scientists and mountain vagabonds who sewed their own tents and backpacks.
Just like the current challenges on the mountain.
About how climate change calls for sustainability, energy and water saving and the reduction of private transport.
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The museum exhibits the self-sewn equipment of a mountain vagabond from the 1930s.
© Marcus Schlaf
A pocket pharmacy from 1910 is on display in the Alpine Museum.
© Marcus Schlaf
Quaint artifacts - from antique crampons to the pocket pharmacy from 1910 - are on display.
But also newer objects, such as the down jacket that alpinist Ines Papert wore on the first ascent of Likhu Chuli in 2013.
Videos are shown at experience stations.
Special pieces can be discovered behind flaps and drawers on the display walls shaped like mountain peaks.
With 70,000 items, the DAV has the largest alpine collection in the world.
From A for abseiling to Z for Zugspitze, you have access to all aspects of the mountain world here.
The oldest writings date from the 17th century, the youngest are current magazines that are on the shelves for reading.
DAV: Renovation of the Alpine Museum costs 10.5 million euros
The Alpine Museum is more modern, open and barrier-free after the renovation.
It cost 10.5 million euros.
The federal government, the state, the city and the Munich Cultural Building Fund were sponsors.
Michael Feil from Regensburg won a competition as an architect and gutted the house, which was built in 1887, of everything that was subsequently installed and modernized it in a way that preserves the monument.
“We wanted to be more visible,” explains Kaiser.
“The old entrance was at the back of the house, now it is at the front towards the Isar Canal.” The name of the museum is now emblazoned on the facade in large brass letters.
And the gold-colored metal also brings a touch of glamor to the interiors, which are otherwise decorated with light maple and oak wood.
Eye-catcher on the Praterinsel: After the renovation, the entrance to the museum is on the front of the building.
© Marcus Schlaf
Anyone who enters from outside will find themselves in the open foyer with a ticket counter and café.
Large white balls glow on the ceiling.
The permanent exhibition, the library and a reading and lecture room are located here on the ground floor.
The ceilings in the ballroom of the Alpine Museum are much higher after the renovation.
The chandeliers date from the 1950s.
© Marcus Schlaf
On the upper floor is the ballroom, which can now be expanded to 340 square meters with two additional rooms for exhibitions.
“The round windows in the hall were suspended by a ceiling, now you can look through the oculi up to the Maximilianeum,” says Kaiser.
“Before, the rooms were nested and much lower – now you can breathe.” A pinch of mountain air.
In the middle of Munich.
The Alpine Museum reopened to the public on March 10th
Entry is free until March 31st.
From April 1st it costs 6 euros for adults and a reduced price of 3 euros for seniors, students and DAV members.
Information at www.alpenverein/museum.de
From café to Alpine Museum: The house on the Praterinsel has a long history
The address Praterinsel 5 has an eventful history.
In 1887, Friedrich Loewel built the Café Isarlust here as an excursion destination.
In 1908, the city made the neo-baroque building available to the Alpine Club.
He opened a museum here in 1911.
Over the course of the 1920s, further structural changes were added.
After the Second World War the house had to be rebuilt.
Since then, the external appearance has been more reduced in keeping with the spirit of the time.
The picture shows the house at Praterinsel 5 before its destruction in the Second World War.
© DAV
Today the Alpine Museum presents itself in the last formative design of the 1950s.
In the meantime, the DAV administration was housed here.
As part of the renovation, it is still planned to design the museum garden in the style of the terraced area from 1887.
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