Previous exhibitions

The photographer Ronald Göttel (Halberstadt) has dedicated himself to Peseckendorf in his photo series. Numerous photographs of the chapel and cemetery were taken and are shown in the special exhibition. The spectrum ranges from overview shots to details and snapshots.

At the center of the exhibition are graphics by Hans-Jürgen Wegener (1941-2016), which his daughter donated to the Börde Museum in 2017 and 2018. Hans-Jürgen Wegener born in 1941 in Magdeburg, died in 2016 in Weimar, made a locksmith apprenticeship in the 1950s and in the late 1960s a correspondence course in mechanical engineering. He was not a studied artist, but self-taught. In 1965 he joined the graphic circle Georgi(j) Dimitroff and became an active member of the circle. There, amateur artists like Wegener were just as involved as those working full-time in the arts and crafts. This marked the beginning of his lasting artistic work. The works in the exhibition were created between 1966 and 2015. Especially those graphics before the reunification are an ideal addition to the museum's collection.

The traveling exhibition deliberately does not turn to the war situation on the two fronts, but opens a window on the living situation of the people in our region. The war has also left its traces far behind the front, which can still be discovered today. The exhibition gives an exemplary account of the effects of the war on private and public everyday life. The local everyday-historical but also private perspective of the war is told, among other things, by sailor collars, bread cutters, song booklets, toys, iron bracelets, ration cards, cookbooks, posters, field post letters, diaries, photos and much more.

The special exhibition presents various means of communication from the 19th century onwards. These include objects used for direct communication ─ such as the telephone ─ and indirect communication ─ such as bell pulls. The latter were used in large mansions with staff. But even in pre-Christian times, there was a need to transmit messages as quickly as possible, even over long distances. Even today, messages are transmitted by postal and courier services, with digital options steadily increasing. It was not until the new possibility of printing that daily newspapers and magazines spread at great speed. The mass media of radio and television were not invented until the 20th century.

Objects from about 30 years of archaeological research activity of the Börde Museum are presented in this exhibition. The Magdeburg Börde with its fertile soils has a high density of archaeological finds. These include, for example, the copper axes from Belsdorf, the Latène bronze belt jewelry from Hadmersleben and the grave inventories of the Migration Period from Altenweddingen. These highlights of the collection are being shown for the first time in a joint exhibition and, as witnesses of past epochs, convey a lot about the way of life of the people.

Since time immemorial, man has had to provide for his food. Agriculture is therefore one of the oldest subjects and is reflected not only in historical equipment but also in a large number of illustrations. They show how popular, important and omnipresent the topic of agriculture is. It is therefore the small things that are the focus of the special show, such as models true to the original, but also representations on coins or on ceramics.

Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) is considered one of the most successful German sculptors in the first half of the 20th century. His oeuvre includes a number of commissioned works. The figures exhibited in the Börde Museum since 1974 are also commissioned works. They embody the "Four Seasons" and were made to decorate the main entrance of the new manor house in Peseckendorf.

The Ummendorf Museum opened its doors for the first time on November 16, 1924. A special exhibition reviews these beginnings and the following ninety years of museum work. Archival documents, photographs and objects from the collection show visitors the history of the museum and provide examples of the structural changes that the castle grounds have undergone. At the same time, the exhibition offers a glimpse behind the scenes of the museum's work.