Von der Spanschachtel zum Spielschiff
In the organizer's words:
FREE ADMISSION! Please register at: From the chipboard box to the toy ship - Volkshochschule Leipzig (vhs-leipzig.de)
It's hard to believe: ships were built in Leipzig and southern Thuringia and delivered all over the world. Claude Bernard and Christof Stepp shed light on the history of toy ship production in Central Germany, which began in 1853 with two floatable ship models. Small family businesses grew into companies that produced for export. At the beginning of the 20th century, this already accounted for 60% of German production. The ups and downs of the approximately 150-year development of toy ship production are at the same time an expression of the dependence of this branch of industry on technical innovations and the sensitive reaction to social and economic movements.
Claude Bernard owns the largest collection of wooden toy ships in Europe, researches the history of this rather unknown branch of the toy industry and runs the German Toy Ship Museum in Mutzschen. The museum has already won awards for its valuable collections. On this evening you can admire some of his original objects.
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Free admission. Please register.
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