Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus
Illustration — The Behnhaus (2009) The Behnhaus is an art museum in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany, and part of its World Heritage Site. The Behnhaus as a structure is a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie. The museum exhibits furniture from this period, and paintings and sculptures from this period onwards.
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Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus
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- 1783
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- Germany
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Illustration — The Behnhaus (2009) The Behnhaus is an art museum in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, Germany, and part of its World Heritage Site. The Behnhaus as a structure is a neoclassical building with interior design by the Danish architect Joseph Christian Lillie. The museum exhibits furniture from this period, and paintings and sculptures from this period onwards.
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It specializes in Nazarene art, since Friedrich Overbeck was born in Lübeck. The museum is also known for its collection of works by Edvard Munch.
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1783
Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus established.
1783
Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus is recorded from 1783.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q814533: Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10061352-4, Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus.
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- 1.Helge von Schwartz. Erste Einblicke: So sieht’s im neuen Behnhaus aus. Lübecker Nachrichten. 2025-09-27.
- 2.Infotafel im Behnhaus am Übergang zum Dräger-Haus.
- 3.Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus. In: Herbstprogramm der Lübecker Museen, Stand 1. Oktober 2014, S. 14–15.
- 4.Thomas Markus Leber: Das Behnhaus – ein Gesamtkunstwerk: Ein Rundgang durch die neue Ausstellung. In: Lübeckische Blätter 190 (2025), S. 310 (Digitalisat)
- 5.Neugierig, aber ein wenig befangen. Die schönsten Meisterwerke aus dem Behnhaus – Heute: „Die Söhne des Dr. Max Linde“ von Edvard Munch. In: „Lübecker Nachrichten“, 16. Dezember 2017, S. III.
- 6.Das Gesamtverzeichnis unter Lübeck-Behnhaus sagt 210; in der Datenbank "Entartete Kunst" sind 255 Werke recherchierbar
- 7.Die Bronzefigur „Brigitte“ von Gerhard Marcks kehrt als Leihgabe ins Behnhaus zurück. (PDF; 77 kB), Presseinformation der Ferdinand-Möller-Stiftung vom März 2011, abgerufen am 3. November 2013; siehe auch Die Rückkehr der „Brigitte“ ins Behnhaus. In: Lübecker Nachrichten vom 30. März 2011, S. 17.
- 8.Die Liebe hinter dem gnadenlosen Röntgenblick in FAZ vom 15. September 2014, Seite 11.
- 9.Neue Ausstellung: Die Sammlung Veendorp aus Groningen unter luebeck-places.de vom 12. November 2015.
- 10.https://museum-behnhaus-draegerhaus.de/ausstellungseroeffnung-muehlenpfordt--neue-zeitkunst-und-anna-draeger-muehlenpfordt--ausgewaehlte-werke_1578316889
- 11.Gothmund. Fischerdorf und Künstlerort an der Trave - Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus - Die Lübecker Museen.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10061352-4, Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus, Museen für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Lübeck. Drägerhaus and Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Lübeck. Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus.
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