2009 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

”Behind the Scenes at the Puppentheatersammlung”:
an event organised by the Freunde der Puppentheatersammlung
Dresden e.V.; left: Lars Rebehn, Curator of
the Puppentheatersammlung
holding exhibitions and events which serve
that objective. For decades, its other activities
have included organising the series of
concerts entitled “Musik im Wasserpalais”
at Schloss Pillnitz, which is held between
May and October by the Kunstgewerbemuseum
with the support of the Society of
Friends. It is devoted particularly to ancient
music played on historic instruments.
• Freundeskreis der Dresdner
Porzellansammlung im Zwinger e. V.
Tel.: +49 (0) 351 49 14 66 12
(Secretary’s office at the Porzellansammlung)
Fax: +49 (0) 351 49 14 66 29
Email: ps@skd.museum
www.freundeskreisporzellan.de
This year the Freundeskreis der Dresdner
Porzellansammlung im Zwinger e. V. (Society
of Friends of the Dresden Porzellansammlung
in the Zwinger) met in Dresden
in April for the opening of the small but
fascinating exhibition “Johann Friedrich
Böttger und die Schatzkunst“ (Johann
Friedrich Böttger and Treasury Art), which
the Grünes Gewölbe had prepared in association
with the Porzellansammlung.
The Society’s main financial commitment
in 2009 was the co-funding of the major
jubilee exhibition “Triumph der blauen
Schwerter – Meissener Porzellan® für Adel
und Bürgertum 1710 bis 1815” (Triumph of
the Blue Swords. Meissen Porcelain for
Aristocracy and Bourgeoisie 1710 – 1815),
which was organised by the Porzellan-
”The Adventures of Little Burgel”: puppet
play by the performance group of the Freunde
der Puppentheatersammlung Dresden e.V.
sammlung to mark the 300th anniversary
of the State Porcelain Manufactory in
Meissen and which will be on display in
the Japanisches Palais in 2010.
• Freunde der Puppentheatersammlung
Dresden e. V.
Tel. and Fax: +49 (0) 351 838 75 71
(Secretary’s office at the Puppentheatersammlung)
Email: post@puppentheaterfreunde.de
www.puppentheaterfreunde.de
In spring and autumn, the Freunde der
Puppentheatersammlung Dresden e. V.
(Friends of the Dresden Puppentheatersammlung)
held seven events in the Garnisonskirche,
all of which attracted a good
deal of interest. There were three puppet
theatre performances, including a guest
performance from the USA, two lectures
and two public guided tours through the
storerooms with an introduction to the
work of the museum and a presentation
of the Daphne project in the Puppentheatersammlung.
• Ehrenfried Walther von
Tschirnhaus-Gesellschaft e. V.
Tel.: +49 (0) 351 49 14 66 61
(Secretary’s office at the Mathematisch-
Physikalischer Salon)
Fax: +49 (0) 351 49 14 66 66
Email: mps@skd.museum
The purpose of the Ehrenfried Walther
von Tschirnhaus-Gesellschaft e. V.
Guest performance by the Eulenspiegel
Puppet Theatre, Iowa, USA, organised by
the Freunde der Puppentheatersammlung
Dresden e.V.
(Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
Society) is to preserve the legacy of the
Saxon scholar Ehrenfried Walther von
Tschirnhaus (1651 – 1708) and to increase
public awareness of the history of science
in the early period of the Age of Enlightenment.
It is also a society of friends and
sponsors of the Mathematisch-Physikalischer
Salon because it is there that the
most important surviving works created
by Tschirnhaus are preserved. A highlight
of this year was the official unveiling of
a plaque in memory of Tschirnhaus at
Nikolaistraße 12 in Görlitz, the house
which the Tschirnhaus Society has
co- financed in association with the
Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften
(Upper Lusatian Society for the
Sciences).
• Numismatischer Verein zu Dresden e. V.
Tel.: +49 (0) 351 49 14 32 31
(Secretary’s office at the Münzkabinett)
Fax: +49 (0) 351 49 14 32 33
Email: mk@skd.museum
The Numismatischer Verein zu Dresden e.V.
(Dresden Numismatic Society), which was
founded in 1873 and has been supporting
the work of the Münzkabinett as a society
of friends for many decades, is one of the
oldest associations of coin collectors in
Germany. An important focus for its many
activities is the jointly agreed programme
of lectures, in which talks are given by
renowned scholars from all over Germany
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