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For the successful combination of exhibition design and architecture, the team of curators from the Museum Kolumba price of the Arts Council receives hbs. Excellent, the five curators: Dr. Joachim Plotzek (as head of the museum from 1990 to April 2008), Dr. Stefan Kraus (curator since 1991, museum director since May 2008), Dr. Catherine Winneke, Dr. Ulrike Surmann, Dr. Marc Steinmann.
Peter Zumthor entworfenen Neubau für die ästhetische Verbindung von Ort, Architektur und Sammlung.">Kolumba is his by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor -designed new building for the aesthetic combination of location, architecture and library. Striking architecture exhibition designer is often a major challenge: how to hold the exhibition as an equal partner in building strong? The curatorial team of Columba, which developed the new concept of the former diocesan museum since 1990, the redesign has accompanied since 1997 and now develops annual exhibition with changing the library, has managed this balancing act. "The Columba makes much different from other houses - and everything right," says for example, the MONOPOLY Art Magazine in its September 2008 edition.
"The award honors the curatorial power, their competence and diligence, shrewdness and soundness of the arrangement offers high quality in every variation and again serves to illustrate. Therefore, has Kolumba become one of the leading institutions in dealing with images, founded Prof. Gottfried Korff, professor emeritus at the Ludwig-Uhland-Institut der Universität Tübingen, who was commissioned by the jury with the selection of the winner. - The 5000 prize is awarded every two years by the Arts Council hbs and distinguished curators, exhibition designers and exhibition designers from all over Germany, which have contributed significantly to a recent exhibition in a museum or an exhibition hall. One applicant for the Arts Council Museum Award hbs is not possible. The jury shall elect a competent representative who shall appoint the winner directly. The aim is to involve the individual experience horizon designated museum experts in the assessment.
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Contact Information
Kolumba Kunstmuseum
Kolumbastr 4
50667 Cologne (Germany)
Opening Time: daily 12-17h, exept Tu

Peter Zumthor im Foyer des Museums, Ende Mai 2006.

Baustelle: Bemusterung an der Fassade zur Kolumbastraße, Juli 2007
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