History - Luther museums with 105,000 visitors - plans for 2024
Around 105,000 people have visited the Luther museums in Wittenberg, Eisleben and Mansfeld this year. This is around 90 percent of the number of visitors in the pre-corona year 2019, the Luther Memorials Foundation in Saxony-Anhalt announced in Wittenberg on Tuesday. Among the highlights of this year were the hands-on exhibition "Raus mit der Sprache" in Luther's death house in Eisleben and the Wittenberg hands-on exhibition "Tatort 1522 - Das Escapespiel zur Lutherbibel". The exhibition in five escape rooms, in which visitors have to solve puzzles and free themselves, has been extended until spring 2025. Around 435 groups were there in 2023.
Two major projects are planned for the Luther museums in the coming year. Firstly, the Luther House in Wittenberg will be renovated to improve its energy efficiency, developed for tourism and given a new permanent exhibition. It is expected to reopen in 2025. In the Melanchthonhaus, an exhibition entitled "Cranach as a guest of Melanchthon" with Cranach treasures from the collection will be shown from the spring. They will thus remain accessible during the closure of the Lutherhaus. The small exhibition will showcase special works from the Cranach workshop, such as the portraits of the Reformers as well as the illustrations for their works and the large Ten Commandments panel.
Preparations are also underway for the commemoration of 500 years of the Peasants' War in 2024/25. On May 31, 2024, the Luther Museums opened the special exhibition "1525! Uprising for Justice" in Luther's death house in Eisleben and Luther's childhood home in Mansfeld.
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- Due to the impact of Coronavirus, the number of visitors to the Luther museums in Wittenberg, Eisleben, and Mansfeld this year only reached about 90% of the pre-pandemic figure in 2019.
- Despite the temporary closure of the Lutherhaus for renovations, visitors can still explore the "Cranach as a guest of Melanchthon" exhibition at the Melanchthonhaus in Wittenberg, starting from the spring.
- Next year, the Luther House in Wittenberg will undergo renovations to improve its energy efficiency, tourism development, and receive a new permanent exhibition, expected to reopen in 2025.
- Plans for the commemoration of 500 years of the Peasants' War are already underway, with the Luther Museums set to open the special exhibition "1525! Uprising for Justice" in Luther's death house in Eisleben and Luther's childhood home in Mansfeld on May 31, 2024.
Source: www.stern.de
