A view of the Vasa (or Wasa) Museum in Stockholm, Aug.24. The Vasa, a Swedish warship, sank in 1628 after sailing just 1,300 meters (1,400 yd) during her maiden voyage. She was salvaged in 1961 with the wooden hull still mainly intact and was sprayed with polyethylene glycol for 17 years… A museum was later built around the reconstructed ship that became one of Sweden’s most popular tourist attractions.
A museum employee and myself being reflected in an objekt at Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art (Museum für moderne Kunst, MMK) during a press preview of an exhibition named ‘Ray 2015 Photography Projects’, June 19.
A sculpture by British artist Sean Henry at the Hessenpark open air museum on a rainy day in Neu-Anspach, some 25 kms (15 mls) north of Frankfurt, Mar. 29.
A tuba player of the HR Symphonieorchster (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) gets ready for playing in front of Gerhard Richter’s 1967 painting named “Großer Vorhang” (Big Curtain) during a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of Frankfurt’s renowned Staedel museum, March 15. A grand public celebration was held with a diverse program and free admission for everyone.
Dagmar Westberg stands beside a painting named “Saint James the Greater” (1615) by Jusepe de Ribera at Frankfurt’s Städel museum, Dec.4. The philanthropist turns 100 years old on Dec.8 and on the occasion donates the (very) valuable painting to the museum.
A diorama featuring African animals at the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt south of Frankfurt, Sep.10. After 7 years of renovation, the multidisciplinary museum is to reopen in the next days.
Onlookers stand on the Holbeinsteg, a pedestrian bridge over river Main to watch the fireworks that concluded the three-day ‘Museumsuferfest’ (Museum Embankment Festival) in Frankfurt, Aug.31. Some 2.6 million visitors flocked to the river banks for one of Germany’s most colorful open-air festivals.
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