MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst

Bauwerk :

Herzog & de Meuron

MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst

Backstein — Deutschland | 

Küppersmühle by Kiefer brothers and Joseph Weiß, completed 1916. The founding of the millworks in 1860 on the site of today’s Küppersmühle Museum traces back to the entrepreneur Wilhelm Vedder, who was important to establishing Duisburg’s Inner Harbour as the „breadbasket of the Ruhr region“. In 1908 this original structure was then replace by the current three-wing building, now converted into the museum. In 1969 the company merged with the Homberger Küpperswerke, from which the name of the museum now derive. The mill was closed down in 1972.

MKM Küppersmühle

Küppersmühle by Kiefer brothers and Joseph Weiß, completed 1916. The founding of the millworks in 1860 on the site of today’s Küppersmühle Museum traces back to the entrepreneur Wilhelm Vedder, who was important to establishing Duisburg’s Inner Harbour as the „breadbasket of the Ruhr region“. In 1908 this original structure was then replace by the current three-wing building, now converted into the museum. In 1969 the company merged with the Homberger Küpperswerke, from which the name of the museum now derive. The mill was closed down in 1972.

Bild vergrößern (MKM Küppersmühle)(Abbildung © Jan Dimog)

Karte des Ortes mit Bauwerk

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