Engels-Haus in 2017

Engels-Haus is a museum in Wuppertal, Germany, located in the house where Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) grew up. The museum is a constituent member of the Museum of Industrial Culture in Wuppertal.

The late baroque Berg house was built in 1775 by Eberhard Haarmann in what was then Barmen, Berg.[1] The father of Engels, Friedrich Engels Sr., was born in the house in 1796. Engels himself was born in a different house owned by the family approximately 100 m (330 ft) to the east that has since been destroyed, but spent his youth growing up at Engels-Haus.

The museum was opened in 1970 on the 150th anniversary of Engels' birth, and became a popular destination for tourists and socialists.[2] The museum was closed in 2016 for refurbishment. The museum's planned re-opening in 2020 for the 200th anniversary of Engels' birth was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Nevertheless, in the presence of the Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, and over 300 guests, the museum was reopened with the new permanent exhibition on the life and work of Friedrich Engels on 11 September 2021.[4] The highlight of this event was the unveiling of the international art project Inside out Engels.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Illner, Eberhard. "Engels-Haus". Rheinische Industriekultur (in German). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Koch, Klaus (22 November 2010). "Die Internationale und Eintopf im Engels-Haus" (in German). Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Küpper, Moritz (24 November 2020). "Wie Corona den Wuppertalern ins Gedenkjahr grätschte" (in German). Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Erfolgreiche Wiedereröffnung". www.mi-wuppertal.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-11-17.

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