The Folkwang Museumsverein e.V., founded in 1922 for the purchase of Karl Ernst Osthaus’s Hagen Folkwang collection, is administrator and owner of the Museum Folkwang collection, together with the City of Essen.

T. +49 (0)201 8845 134
F. +49 (0)201 8845 001
45fmv@museum-folkwang.essen.de

The Kunstring Folkwang e.V, first established in 1901 as a museum association, supports the Museum Folkwang with a wide-ranging program of events as an association of friends. With lecture series, tours and special events, especially the art collection and the temporary exhibitions are brought closer to a broad public. Among other things, the Kunstring Folkwang has been bringing out editions of generally young artists for more than 40 years to encourage its members to collect works of art.

The Kunstring Folkwang organizes ca. 200 events per year, thus supporting and encouraging efforts in the areas of music, dance and theatre and therefore carrying on the Folkwang ideal of Karl Ernst Osthaus. In doing so, the Kunstring Folkwang makes a major contribution to the Folkwang Museum’s public relations. 

Membership is open to all.

Kunstring Folkwang e.V.
Museumsplatz 1
45128 Essen
Germany

T +49 201 77 47 83 und 88 45 102
F +49 201 78 83 80
kunstring@museum-folkwang.essen.de
www.kunstring-folkwang.de

Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. – 12 a.m. or by appointment

Members of the Board
 Heribert Protzek (Chairman of the Board)
 Volker Behr, Dr. Reinhard Hanke, Dr. Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Manfred Moors, Andreas Bomheuer (Head of Department of Culture, City of Essen)

Business Management
Dr. Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau

The Museum Folkwang is one of the few European museums of modern art to have recognized the importance of photography in the 1920’s and to have organized photographic exhibitions. At the end of the 1950’s, Otto Steinert revived the discussion of photographic imagery in Essen with his exhibition ‘Contributions to the History of Photography” and started to develop a collection at the Folkwangschule für Gestaltung. After Steinert’s death in 1978, the Museum Folkwang decided to establish a photography department and entrusted Ute Eskildsen with the task. Since then, photographic imagery has had a special place in the museum, in collecting, exhibiting and in the support of contemporary photographers. As part of this, the Förderverein der Fotografischen Sammlung im Museum Folkwang was established in 1999.

The aim of the association is primarily to support contemporary photographic work. Concentrating on international photography, the association would like to support a forum for young talents, allowing the Museum Folkwang greater flexibility in this area.  

Dr. Thomas Katzorke, Chairman

Program
Annual membership fee for the Förderverein der Fotografische Sammlung is 500 Euros; Further contributions are welcome. Members are offered special events for every project of the photographic collection. Furthermore, the team of the photographic collections provides introductions to the collections. Excursions provide, moreover, contact with international photographers. The annual general meeting takes place during an exhibition and is accompanied by a guest lecture from an artist, critic or curator.

Member of the Bundesverband der Fördervereine Deutsche Museen für Bildende Kunst e.V.

Contact
Förderer der Fotografischen Sammlung im Museum Folkwang e.V.
Goethestr. 41
45128 Essen
T +49 201 88 45 100
F +49 201 88 45 130

Donations account
Volksbank E.G.
Gelsenkirchen-Buer
bank code 422 600 01
account 506 506 506