Kiel founds emergency network: cultural assets now optimally protected!

Kiel founds emergency network: cultural assets now optimally protected!

Kiel, Deutschland - On June 10, 2025, 15 cultural institutions in Kiel and the surrounding area took an important step to better protection of valuable cultural assets. The ceremonial signing of the cooperation agreement took place in the university library of the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel. The ​​Emergency network Kiel was founded, the aim of which is to react quickly and effectively to dangers such as fire, water damage and vandalism.

This emergency network is particularly important because the protection of cultural assets is gaining in importance through climatic and social changes. Dagmar Linden from the museum counseling and certification of Schleswig -Holstein underlines the need for such allies to preserve valuable collections. The Kiel emergency network is the third of this kind in Schleswig-Holstein; The first was founded in Schleswig-Flensburg in February after parts of the landscape museum fishing/unewatt burned down.

composition and goals of the emergency network

The Emergency network Kiel includes a large number of institutions, including the Kiel city archive Library of the Muthesius Kunsthochschule and the Zoological Museum. A total of 15 institutions are involved in the network:

• Kunsthalle zu Kiel
• University Library Kiel
• City Archives Kiel
• District archive Schrevenborn
• Library of the Muthesius Kunsthochschule
• University of Applied Sciences Kiel (Computer Museum, University Library, Campus Art)
• Kiel city and shipping museum
• State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Schleswig-Holstein
• State Church Archive
• Medical and pharmaceutical history collection of the CAU
• Schleswig-Holstein State Library
• ZBW-Leibniz information center Economy
• Zoological Museum

The network enables mutual support in the form of material, personnel and expertise. In addition, the focus is on structured emergency provision in order to react coordinated in the event of a disaster. A close cooperation with the local hazard authorities is also part of the concept.

Exhibition on the subject of cultural protection protection

To celebrate the foundation, the exhibition "The Emergency Association Kiel-Culture Protection in Schleswig-Holstein" will be shown from June 10 to September 6, 2025. This exhibition addresses the importance of cultural protection protection and the challenges for the facilities. Among the exhibits are historical documents and objects that have been damaged by environmental influences.

dr. Kerstin Helmkamp emphasizes the responsibility for the cultural heritage and the importance of protective measures with regard to the changing threats. It emphasizes that Schleswig-Holstein has so far been one of the few federal states without its own emergency associations and the country actively supports the development of such structures.

The Federal Central Webe It is that the emergency provision for cultural assets is an essential task to avoid the loss of cultural heritage in the long term. With the establishment of the Kiel emergency network, an important contribution to the protection and receipt of these treasures is made.