Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt (HLMD) is a large multidisciplinary museum in Darmstadt, Germany. The museum exhibits Rembrandt, Beuys, a primeval horse and a mastodon under the slogan "The whole world under one roof". As one of the oldest public museums in Germany, it has c. 80,000 visitors every year and a collection size of 1.35 million objects. Since 2019, Martin Faass has been director of the museum. It is one of the three Hessian State museums, in addition to the museums in Kassel and Wiesbaden. Similar institutions in Europe are the Universalmuseum Joanneum in Graz and the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Front side of the museum in 2015 | |
Former name | Großherzoglich Hessisches Landesmuseum zu Darmstadt |
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| Established | 12 July 1820 |
| Location | Friedensplatz 1, Darmstadt, Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°52′30″N 8°39′13″E |
| Type | Multidisciplinary museum |
| Key holdings | Drawings Dürer/Rembrandt, Block Beuys, A Forest of Sculptures, Messel pit fossils, American mastodon |
| Collections | Paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, geology, paleontology, zoology, cultural history |
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| Visitors | c. 80,000 |
| Founder | Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse |
| Director | Martin Faass |
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| Owner | Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts |
| Employees | 83 (2014) |
| Public transit access | Tram, bus: Schloss, Luisenplatz |
| Nearest car park | Schlossgarage |
| Website | www.hlmd.de |
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