Wednesday, 13.12.2006

Event: Guided tours and workshops for children and teenagers

Boom-boom, boom-boom, goes the heart, beating rhythmically as it pumps blood through the body. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be inside your own heart and see how it actually works, to witness first-hand the fascinating simplicity and complexity of life? Europe’s largest “walk-in” heart stands in Fulda, 5 metres (16.5 ft) tall, into which visitors climb as if they were blood cells. Helen Bonzel is the woman behind the idea. Inspired by a visit to a children’s museum in Boston, USA, she created the country’s first independent children’s museum upon her return to Germany. It opened its doors in 1991, offering visitors lots of things to touch, try out and marvel at. In the Children’s Academy workshops, artists guide small hands clutching paintbrushes. The museum, which Bonzel calls a “fitness centre for the senses,” has approx. 50,000 visitors a year. Paintings by Georg Baselitz will soon be on display at the Fulda Children’s Academy. They are particularly well-suited for showing children the boundless possibilities of art — for over 30 years, Baselitz has been turning his motifs upside down.

               
Category: Museums

 

Adress:
Kinder-Akademie Fulda gGmbH
Mehlerstraße 4
36043 Fulda (Hessen)

Phone: 0661 902730
www.kaf.de

Opening Hours:
Mon–Fri 10 am–5:30 pm
Sat, Sun 1–5:30 pm

Travelling information on the website of Deutsche Bahn