Staatliches Museum Schwerin

The entrance in 2008
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Location	Schwerin , Germany
Coordinates	53°37′35.0″N 11°25′5.9″E  /  53.626389°N 11.418306°E  / 53.626389; 11.418306

The Staatliches Museum Schwerin ( State Museum Schwerin ) is an art gallery and museum in Schwerin in Germany. It was established by Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1882 its historicist Haupthaus as the Staatsgalerie next to the Staatstheater . Its other locations are opposite the Schweriner Schloss and in the former residences at Schloss Gustrow and Schloss Ludwigslust .

Collections [ edit ]

It is nationally known for its medieval collections, including the Neustadt Altarpiece and its 17th-century Dutch and Flemish collections. It also holds major collections of Furstenberg porcelain. With 90 works, the Staatliches Museum Schwerin owns one of the most significant collections of French-American artist Marcel Duchamp in Europe.

The museum is a member of the Konferenz Nationaler Kultureinrichtungen , a union of more than twenty cultural institutions in the former East Germany .

Gallery [ edit ]

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  Lucas Cranach the Elder : Portrait of a young man in a hat, 1521
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  Adriaen Brouwer : Schlachtfest , c 1630-40
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  Carel Fabritius : The Sentry , 1654
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  Jean-Baptiste Oudry : Clara , 1749. 310 x 456 cm
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  Dirck van der Lisse : Lot und seine Tochter

Bibliography [ edit ]

• Karin Annette Moller: Porzellan aus Furstenberg. Katalog, Schwerin 2002, ISBN   3-86106-073-6

External links [ edit ]

• Staatliches Museum Schwerin
• The Duchamp Collection of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin
• The Duchamp-Research Centre is part of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin.
• Virtual tour of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin provided by Google Arts & Culture
• Media related to Staatliches Museum Schwerin at Wikimedia Commons