The Eisenkunstguss Museum building opposite NordArt is named after Käte Ahlmann (1890-1963), an entrepreneur from Büdelsdorf and long-time executive director of Carlshütte, who donated the museum to the Carlshütte's extensive collection of cast iron objects on the occasion of her 70th birthday in 1960. The museum is also a special architectural experience. Käte Ahlmann did not live to see the opening. She died in 1963 and her son Severin Ahlmann (1924-2006) inaugurated it in her place in the same year.

Since 2006, Severin Ahlmann has been the biggest supporter of the Eisenkunstguss Museum, as he appointed the institution that his mother had founded as his private heir. In doing so, he made it possible to fundamentally renovate and redesign the museum, which took place from 2011 to 2016 after a number of conditions had been clarified. The focus of the collection shifted from the Carlshütte to art history.

The museum had then already been transferred to the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation Schloss Gottorf in 2010. The modernization has put the exhibits - embedded in an exciting scenography - in a new light. A media guide - the Compagnon, which accompanies visitors on their tour - addresses different levels of content that could not be conveyed to this extent in the rooms themselves. Additional interactive hands-on stations open up the interdisciplinary and playful approach.

Opening hours: Tues.–Sun. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Website: Eisenkunstgussmuseum Büdelsdorf (das-eisen.de)

Eisenkunstguss Museum Büdelsdorf
Ahlmannallee 5
24782 Büdelsdorf
service@landesmuseen.sh

Cooperation with NordArt

NordArt and the Eisenkunstguss Museum have a close connection due to the history of the Carlshütte. Therefore, there is a cooperation between the two completely different cultural offerings: Visitors of the Eisenkunstguss Museum, who show their NordArt ticket at the ticket office, receive free admission there.