Museumsfest: Ausstellungseröffnung Sprechende Bilder und Käpt'n Book Lesefest

Open House – Free admission and free events!

Museum festival featuring the opening of the “Talking Pictures” exhibition, the Rhineland Reading Festival “Käpt’n Book,” and other events.

11:00 a.m. Opening of the “Sprechende Bilder” exhibition at the Meierbau with Dr. Julia Wallner (Director of the Arp Museum), Dr. Susanne Blöcker (Curator of the Arp Museum), Peter-Matthias Gaede (Deputy Board Member of UNICEF Germany), and Tania Brugnoni (Director of the National Museum of Luxembourg, MNAHA)

11 a.m.–5 p.m. Active games with play equipment provided by Sportbund Rheinland e.V. on the forecourt

12:00 PM–5:00 PM XXL painting on the forecourt. We’ll let the pictures speak for themselves and paint together on a large canvas in front of the Arp Museum.

12:00 PM–5:00 PM Comic workshop in the Arp Lab. Inspired by works in the exhibition, children and families will create their own art comics by cutting out motifs, coloring them, and adding their own speech bubbles.

Guidedtours (45 minutes each)

1:00 p.m. – 2 guided tours: “Speaking Images” ( Rau Art Cabinet) or “Arp’s Cosmos” ( upper level of the Meierbau)

2:00 p.m. – 3 guided tours: “Kosmos Arp” ( upper level of the Meierbau), “Art on Site,” or “To the Stars!” ( ground floor of the Meierbau)

3:00 p.m. – 2 guided tours: Speaking Images (Rau Art Chamber) or Architecture of the Train Station

4:00 p.m. – 2 tours: Architecture or “To the Stars!” ( ground floor of the Meierbau)

Meeting points: In the respective exhibition or, for “Architecture” and “Art on Site,” in the entrance foyer. 

Captain Book Reading Festival

12:30 p.m. Train Station: Sylvia Graupner “Through the Night in a Paper Boat” (ages 5 and up)
1:45 p.m. Train Station: Jutta Nymphius “Pelle’s Dad” (ages 8 and up)
3:00 p.m. Meierbau: Oliver Steller reads and sings poems (ages 5 and up)
4:00 p.m. Train Station: Katja Frixe, “The Valley of Wishes” (ages 6 and up)

Refreshments will be provided by Erdapfel Bonn and Interieur No. 253.

Catering: Erdapfel Bonn andInterieur No. 253 on the forecourt

No registration required!

Contact and information: anmeldung@arpmuseum.org or +49 2228 9425-36

Note: Photos and videos will be taken during this event. These will be used for the museum’s public relations efforts (including on social media) and also serve to permanently document the event.