District of Upper Bavaria is planning a resignation from Dachau Museum Forum: Financial problems!

District of Upper Bavaria is planning a resignation from Dachau Museum Forum: Financial problems!

Dachau, Deutschland - The district of Upper Bavaria plans to leave the Dachau Galleries and Museums Association, as announced on Wednesday by Florian Hartmann, the chairman of the special -purpose association and mayor of Dachau. The exit, which is due to financial reasons, is discussed against the background of the current municipal budget situation. The district joined the special -purpose association in August 2023, with the aim of creating a modern museum district on the site of the old paper mill in Dachau.

The planned museum quarters should bring the existing institutions, including the painting gallery, the new gallery and the district museum, to work and industrial culture in Upper Bavaria in a new museum. An interdisciplinary construction team under the direction of Nina Möllers has been working on the conceptual foundations for the Dachau Museum Forum since the beginning of 2024

background of the exit

The implementation of the new museum is increasingly being considered critically. In particular, the necessary structural investment raises concerns. The statutes of the special -purpose association allows a resignation if the project concept is not pursued. For this reason, the district of Upper Bavaria has already searched for talks with the city and the Dachau district to discuss the exit process.

In the association meeting of the special -purpose association, it was decided to design a "timetable" for leaving. At the same time, scenarios for the possible continuation of the original purpose association should also be outlined. The responsible bodies in the city and district of Dachau are now faced with the decision as to whether the concept for a Museum Forum Dachau is being followed.

museum landscape in Bavaria

The situation in Dachau reflects a larger topic within the Bavarian museum landscape. Bavaria is home to over 1,250 museums that are operated by various providers, including the state, districts and municipalities. This diversity makes the Bavarian museum landscape the most lively in Germany, with almost 19 million visitors annually.

Although the state museums and collections are mainly concentrated in Munich, there are also important facilities outside the Bavarian capital. The outstanding examples include the Bavarian Army Museum in Ingolstadt and the Museum of Franconia in Würzburg, which is devoted to Franconian art and cultural history. Bavarian cultural policy actively promotes the development of these museums to make the cultural heritage of the Free State visible.

For more information about the Dachau Museum Forum, interested parties can visit the website of the Dachau galleries and museums . Information about the Bavarian museum landscape is available on the Page of the State Ministry for Science and Art