Research

The Glasmuseum Hentrich’s ultimate goal is to offer a comprehensive testimony to the history of artistic glassmaking from its beginnings  to the present day. To make it all accessible and to further an understanding of the subject, needs commenting, documentary and secondary material, and research.

At Glasmuseum Hentrich itself, preparations for exhibitions and the catalogues for them are usually the prompt for research undertaken on the history of glass-making. A series of collections and instruments are also placed at the disposal of visitors to the Glasmuseum. Viewing of items from our archive stocks is by appointment only.

Study Collection – Studiensammlung 

Apart from the ‘Treasure House’ of the most precious works out of the collection, there is also a Study Collection with a display of about 2000 glasses. The pieces have been arranged, for the larger part, according to the techniques of production and decoration; in addition, there are areas devoted to glass design in the second half of the twentieth century, and to various other topics. Depending on the projects at hand, the display in the Study Collection is subject to change on a greater or lesser scale. In all, the display at Glasmuseum Hentrich comprises about a quarter of the total holdings of glass.

Sources Archive – Quellenarchiv

A collection of company catalogues and pattern books of German and international glassworks. Online research on the Archive holdings can be undertaken at   www.duesseldorf.de/kultur/kulturamt/dkult/

Artists Archive – Künstlerarchiv

An archive on artists who use glass in their work, either exclusively or on occasion.

Museum Database – Museumsdatenbank

A database of the entire stocks of the Glass Collection and the Sources Archive is currently being compiled. Information on a steadily growing proportion of the Collection can already be accessed over the Internet at  www.duesseldorf.de/kultur/kulturamt/dkult/.

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