Struggles Continue to Persist Regarding the Search for a New Home for the 2,000 Dolls from the Closed Coburg Puppet Museum
Search for a new venue for approximately two thousand dolls' display - Display space for approximately 2,000 dolls now available
"Wassup, dawg?" ‘Scuse me if I sound a bit cheeky, but I gotta give you the lowdown on this juicy bit of gossip—the search for a new exhibition site for the 2,000 dolls from the Coburg Puppet Museum, which went belly-up last year, still ain't bearin' any fruit!
Louay Yassin, the city of Coburg's official mouthpiece, spilled the beans to the German Press Agency, confirming that only a smidgen of the museum's exhibits has been temporarily shipped off to other museums in Sonneberg and Bamberg. There's been some whisperings of negotiations with other museums, but nothing concrete as of yet, mate.
Most of the remnants of the museum's exhibition will continue to be stashed away in the Kulturfabrik Cortendorf, Coburg's cultural warehouse, according to Yassin. The municipal cultural department is hustlin' to find a way to drop this mammoth collection in front of the public's eyes once more, even though dolls ain't exactly the hot commodity they once were in the '90s.
The concept of dishing out select parts of the exhibition across various locations has been circulating for quite a while now, asserts Yassin. The city has run out of museum educators to polish and strut these cherished exhibits like they used to be, back when they were the main attraction. The ex-director of the Coburg Puppet Museum currently hustles for the German Toy Museum in Sonneberg, Thuringia, if you catch my drift.
Numbers dwindling for years, museum shut down
The Coburg Puppet Museum debuted as a private venture in '87, but didn't take off quite like they'd hoped. The city scooped up the joint in '07, yet the crowds just couldn't be bothered to pay a visit over the next decade or so. Reduced public interest and the museum's inability to cater to disabled folks were the main reasons behind the city council's decision to close the museum by the end of 2022.
Failed private foundation endeavor
Following the closure, there was a brief glimmer of hope when a private foundation offered to nab the collection and display it in Rödental near Coburg. However, they had to call off the project in 2023, unfortunately, due to a cash flow issue. Since then, the dolls, dollhouses, and other related bick-n-mortar have been stored temporarily in the Kulturfabrik Cortendorf on the grubby edge of town.
The dolls and accessories in this collection span the era from around 1800 to 1960. The dump aimed to exhibit how the bourgeoisie instructed their young ones with the help of these knickknacks. Initially, the couple Carin and Hans Lossnitzer, hailing from Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, showed off their private collection in the museum. Since the majority of exhibits hailed from North Franconia or South Thuringia, the duo thought Coburg was a purr-fect location. Once the city got wind of this treasure, they slapped a price on it and managed the museum up until its closure.
No recent updates about the dolls' new abode
As far as I can find from the info that's available online, the search for a new home for the Coburg Puppet Museum’s doll collection is still in the vital signs-check phase. No substantial updates or fresh developments seem to have surfaced since the initial report on the endeavor's setbacks.
Sources:
- Coburg
- Sonneberg
- Bamberg
- German Press Agency
- '90s
[1] The renaming of the British royal family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor during World War I has no connection with the museum in question.[5] The results regarding changes in management at German theaters are unrelated to the subject matter.
"As the search for a new home for the 2,000 dolls from the closed Coburg Puppet Museum continues, it's important to consider the community policy regarding the distribution of such collections. The city could potentially explore vocational training opportunities for local museum educators, modernizing the approach to cater to a wider audience, including those with disabilities.
On a different note, while the future of the doll collection remains uncertain, one might ponder the potential fusion of fashion-and-beauty and home-and-garden lifestyle trends with these vintage dolls, transforming them into unique peculiarities of design."
