Ein Museum im Glück (a museum in clover)

Masterpieces of applied art from the collection of the Overstolzengesellschaft

18 May to 8 Decemberr 2013

Harlekin und Columbine, Paul Scheurich, Meissen, 1913 © Foto: RBA Köln, Marion Mennicken, Leon Sinowenka

The roughly 125 high quality exhibits from 125 years of collecting activity by the museum’s patrons include impressive, unique items and design classics and reflect the policy of acquisitions and donations by the Overstolzengesellschaft which spans various different epochs and cosmopolitan in character. The objects on show include fittings and furnishings, works in glass and porcelain, fashion and bookbinding – in short, all the important groups of objects from the realm of applied art. Volunteers from the workgroup of the Overstolzengesellschaft have actively participated in the creation of this exhibition and will present their personal favourites. Thus the exhibition will include – alongside major works – a fascinating and unusual selection of objects which reflect the sensibility, taste and professionalism of the museum’s patrons.