THANK YOU FOR VISITING THE "BERTA-HUMMEL-MUSEUM"

We are pleased to welcome you to the birthplace of the artist, Berta Hummel. On the following pages you will learn that Berta Hummel created much more than those childhood scenes, which later became the basis for the world-famous "Hummel figurines." As you read on, you will learn interesting facts about the Hummel home, a place rich in tradition and culture. The website takes you through the museum itself, informs you about the permanent exhibits and any current special exhibitions. Detailed information is also available about the impressive life of the artist and nun Berta Hummel / M. Innocentia. Finally, in the Museum Shop, you can look through the items available and, if you wish, order directly via internet. Enjoy your visit!

Alfred Hummel / 13.07.2006 / eMail

New Hummel figurines for the year 2010

On June 12th and 13th Mrs Marion Kotschenreuther from M.I. Hummel Club in Roedental presented the new 2010 Hummel figurines for the first time. A large number of visitors took this opportunity to visit the new exhibition "Freiheit und Geistesfreiheit" Olaf Gulbransson meets Berta Hummel. The new figurines were displayed in the Museum garden. While enjoying a glass of summer punch the visitors were able to converse freely with Mrs Kotschenreuther and the collectors of Hummel figurines.

You can find the new Hummelfigurines at our Online-Shop

Alfred Hummel / 17.06.2010 / eMail

75 Years of Hummel Figurines

The first forty-six Hummel figurines were shown at the Spring Trade Fair in Leipzig in 1935. This was the beginning of the Hummel figurine success story that reached round the world. In memory of this event in Leipzig 75 years ago, the Porcelain Factory in Roedental is presenting a special edition of 50 Hummel figurines, limited to 75 for Europe and 75 for the USA. These figurines have a special stamp on the base, are individually numbered and will include a ceramic stand and a certificate. The orders will go out around the middle of June 2010 on a 'first come first served' basis.

Alfred Hummel / 17.06.2010 / eMail

Opening of the Exhibition

Max Aschenbrenner, Consulate of Norway opened the exhibition
"Freedom and free-thinkers" - Olaf Gulbransson meets Berta Hummel on May 18th, 2010 in the Berta Hummel Museum in the Hummel family home. After Alfred Hummel greeted the many guests, Mrs Sandra Wiedemann, Director of the Olaf Gulbransson Museum in Tegernsee, led the guests through the exhibition. Both Olaf Gulbransson and Berta Hummel have a room showing just their works. A further room shows caricatures from the "Simplicissimus" magazine, done by Gulbransson. There is also a bronze bust of Olaf Gulbransson done by Professor Hans Wimmer on
loan from the Pinakothek of the Modern in Munich. There are biting caricatures of Lower Bavarian personalities on exhibit, done by Berta Hummel. In the largest room the visitors can see works from Bertha Hummel, including "The Lady in Red", lovely portraits of her two most important professors, Else Brauneis and Maximilian Dasio and drawings which were
later used as models for the Hummel figurines. In the center of the room Gulbransson's drawings from the book "Reserrection" can be seen and also a wonderful child portrait of his granddaughter and two landscape drawings showing Hirschberg in the Tegernsee valley. The display case exhibits some of Gulbransson's books and a guest book from his friend, Baron von Stengel. You can also see a guest book belonging to Berta's
brother Adolf and a number of personal items belonging to Berta Hummel.

Picture- left to right: Mayor Josef Auer,, Veronika Hummel, Stefanie
Hummel, Alfred Hummel, Consulate Max Aschenbrenner

Alfred Hummel / 17.06.2010 / eMail

New Signs at the Entrance to Massing

New signs showing the way to the Berta-Hummel-Museum can be seen on all the roads approaching Massing. The signs were put up on Friday, May 19th, 2010 and invite Massing and all those visiting Massing to stop and see the new exhibition "Freedom and Free Spirits" - Olaf Gulbransson meets Berta Hummel.

Alfred Hummel / 14.05.2010 / eMail

Wedding Celebrations in the Hummel Family Home

April 24th, 2010 was the special wedding day for Alfred Hummel's oldest daughter Stefanie and her fiance' Michael. Stefanie, who is Berta Hummel's great niece, will continue to work in the Berta Hummel Museum in the Hummel Family House. She is responsible for accounting and for the Hummel archives.

Alfred Hummel / 14.05.2010 / eMail

Wedding Present from the Porcelain Factory in Roedental

The porcelain factory in Roedental congratulated the new couple and presented them with the figurine HUM 2003 "The Wedding". The figurine is engraved and has a special picture on its base.

Alfred Hummel / 14.05.2010 / eMail

Freedom and Free Spirits - Olaf Gulbransson meets Berta Hummel

Exhibition from May 18th, 2010 to April 2011

The works of the famous Norwegian painter Olaf Gulbransson and those of Berta Hummel will come together for the first time in the Hummel House in Massing. Olaf Gulbransson is well known for his political caricatures in satirical Norwegian magazines - in Germany he is best known for his sketches in "Simplicissimus". Olaf drew hard-hitting sketches for the magazine and each sketch was accompanied by a fitting comment. Even today Olaf Gulbranssons's caricatures of famous people of his time are still greatly loved and appreciated.

Olaf Gulbransson illustrated many books, just as Berta Hummel did. His illustrations included Hans-Christian Andersen's "M?rchen" (Fairy Tales) and his collegue Ludwig Thoma's "Lausbuben Geschichen."

Berta Hummel's excellent portraits will be shown in this exhibition. During her years as a student in Munich, she did many character portraits. Two self-portraits and "The Lady in Red" will also be shown. Berta Hummel, much like her collegue Olaf Gulbransson, enjoyed painting and drawing realistic caricatures.

Both artists loved their homeland dearly. Berta Hummel painted charming aquarells of her Bavarian homeland and Olaf Gulbransson loved to paint his "second home", the Bavarian Alps near Tegernsee from the "Schererhof." He often called Tegernsee "His fjord".

Alfred Hummel / 14.05.2010 / eMail

Art and Music: Lutheran Choir Concert in Our Good Sheperd's church in Altoetting on April 2, 2010

The many people who attended the concert "Art and Music" on Good Friday in the Lutheran Church were impressed and moved by their experience. This concert was a splendid combination of two of man's greatest forms of art: music and painting. The sad, tragic and at the same time beautiful music from Homilius, Bruckner, Mendelssohn and others was combined with the passionate and deeply religious paintings by Berta/M.I. Hummel and the abstract paintings from the Lutheran minister, Hans-Ulrich Thoma. The nearly professional quality of the choir under the exceptionally good direction of Andre Gold reached a climax when the choir sang two pieces especially composed by Andre Gold for this evening.

Alfred Hummel / 14.05.2010 / eMail

Events at the Open-Air Museum Massing

For actual events and exhibitions of the Open-Air Museum Massing please visit www.freilichtmuseum.de.

Alfred Hummel / 11.11.2008 / eMail