Saarbrücken , Saarland

Historisches Museum Saar

Gründungsdatum
1987

Das 1988 eröffnete Museum zeigt die Geschichte der Saarregion von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart. Es ist als sozial- und kulturgeschichtliches Museum konzipiert, das die einzelnen Objekte in den Zusammenhang mit weiteren archivalischen und audiovisuellen Zeugnissen stellt. Die Ausstellung der 1990er Jahre wurde 2008 überarbeitet und neu gestaltet. Über sie verstreut und in ihren jeweiligen historischen Zusammenhang eingeordnet, finden sich an zahlreichen Stellen Objekte und Hinweise zum saarländischen Bergbau. Hierzu zählen Haushalts- und Erinnerungsgegenstände oder mit Bergbaumotiven versehende Andenken ebenso wie Anstecknadeln, Plaketten oder Kohleschnitzereien, die der Propaganda während der Saarabstimmung 1935 dienten. Weiterhin ist der Bergbau in einigen Skulpturen und auf Plakaten vertreten.

 


Schlossplatz 15, 66119 Saarbrücken
http://www.historisches-museum.org/

Träger
Stadt Saarbrücken

eine ausgestopfte Ziege steht in einer Vitrine Foto: © Historisches Museum Saar/ Thomas Roessler
Blick in eine Vitrine
Blick in die Ausstellung des Historischen Museums Saaar

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Object groups according to relevance

An overview of all object groups can be found here.

Objects with a close connection to mining customs, miners’ associations as well as personal mementos

Meaning a miner's personal effects for use underground, and which do not directly serve as work tools. These might be the miner's lunch box or snuff pouch.

Image, film and audio material particularly containing historical images of collieries and audio-visual documentation of underground mining work.

Tools used in mining work. In German-speaking countries, the miner's toolset is known as a "Gezähe". (following: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon [The small mining glossary], 1998)

The purpose of mine ventilation is to allow people and animals in the mine to breathe, and to supply the air needed to fuel the miner's lamp, and to thin and dissipate the stale or toxic air and firedamp that accumulates in the mine, until it has been rendered harmless. (following: Grothe, Lexikon des Bergbaues, [Mining Lexicon] 1962)

Miner’s lamps, a collective term used in mining for all lighting equipment used underground. (following: Das kleine Bergbaulexikon, [The small mining glossary], 1998)

Facilities enabling communications to be relayed from aboveground to underground, and enabling people underground to communicate with one another

As lifelike, scaled-down replicas, models are used to explain the functional methods of technical plant and machinery.

Diorama, a plastic, painted rendering usually assembled within a display case and used as a teaching aid. (following: dtv-Brockhaus-Lexikon, 1986)

Alongside sculptures, the range of mining-related artworks particularly includes paintings, especially portraits and depictions of mines. A significant portion of these are naïve paintings created by amateur artists, frequently former miners who use this medium to describe their day-to-day work and leisure time.

This is protective clothing designed to withstand the tough working conditions underground.

Uniforms worn by mining officials and miners on festive and formal occasions.

These are written records (files, books, company brochures etc.), which are found in practically all the recorded collections and museums, alongside the objects kept there.