Evelies Baumann: Karrasburg's museum legend is retired after 30 years!

Evelies Baumann: Karrasburg's museum legend is retired after 30 years!

After 30 years in the service of the city museums, Evelies Baumann says goodbye to her role as head of the Karrasburg Museum in Coswig. On June 30, 2025, the experienced museum curator ended her work, which she shaped her with a lot of passion and commitment. At the beginning of her career, the Karrasburg Museum was in a desolate condition and was temporarily closed in 1983. The building in which the museum was located also served as a living space for a couple during this time. Baumann, who originally worked in Meißen before studying, developed a convincing concept in 1991 and successfully applied for the management of how Saechsische.de reported.

Under Baumann's leadership, the Karrasburg Museum was not only renovated, but also an attractive exhibition space for the city history collection, which now comprises 26,000 objects. From 1996 the museum, which initially only extended on the ground floor, received a new identity with the opening of the renovated building. The cultivation of the town hall in 2000 enabled an expansion on both floors, which significantly increased the availability of the exhibitions. Let's take a look at the highlights of your management:

an impressive exhibition activity

• A total of 121 special exhibitions were curated during Baumann's time, which dealt with various topics. The exhibition about the Friedewald gave her a lot of pleasure.
• The permanent exhibition has been modernized since 2020 and is now a popular destination for school classes and interested visitors.
• The equipment with interactive and child -friendly offers shows the commitment of the museum for a broad target group.

The museum will go into a summer break on June 30 and will be closed until August 28th to create space for planned renovation measures. But don't worry: From the end of August, the hiking exhibition "Dining Culture in the Middle Ages" will again invite you to visit before the exhibition "The Smurfs are going on!" is opened. This strategic planning underlines the team's wish to arouse the interest of the visitors through exciting and varied offers, while it is also working on the accessibility of the premises - an important step that cannot be neglected today.

accessibility and inclusion

The efforts to access accessibility and inclusion are not only a question of the regulations, but also a social concern. As described in the [Museum Guide] (https://museumsguide.net/barrierfreiheit-und- Inclusion-in-museen/), access to art and culture is of great importance for all people. The Karrasburg Museum has set itself the goal of giving people with disabilities unhindered access to its offers. So far, the team will file solutions to reduce the physical and social barriers within the cathedral. The aim is that everyone, regardless of origin or restrictions, can take part and visit the museum.

The future of the Karrasburg Museum seems promising, even if the farewell to Evelies Baumann hurts. Her successor Katrin Kynast, currently on parental leave, will take over the management in 2026 and continue the tradition of quality and innovation in the museum. Until her return, Baumann will continue to be available to the team in order to make the transition as smoothly as possible.