Of homes and origins
Where do people in the Rhineland have their roots? Who is descended from immigrants? Who is native at all? The exhibition explores these questions in a long flight through 30,000 years of Lower Rhine history.
Since its beginnings, the history of mankind has been a succession of migrations. Modern man developed in Africa and settled Europe from there. At the beginning of the Neolithic period, the descendants of arable farmers from the Fertile Crescent migrated as far as the Lower Rhine, bringing with them their knowledge of grain cultivation and animal husbandry.
People from Italy and North Africa as well as from the Iberian Peninsula came to the province of Lower Germania in Roman times, as did Germanic tribes from the Elbe. They are among the ancestors of the Franks of the Lower Rhine. A veritable wave of immigrants to the cities began in the 18th century, but especially with the onset of industrialization in the early 19th century. In addition to merchants, craftsmen and workers from Italy, there were revolutionary refugees from France or brickmakers from Belgium and the Netherlands.
In the 20th century, migration intensified: Workers from what is now Poland at the beginning of the century and refugees and expellees from the former German eastern territories after World War II were followed by "guest workers" from Italy, Greece, Portugal, Turkey or the former Yugoslavia. In the 1980s, a wave of refugees from Vietnam, Iran, Africa or Syria began.
Looked at closely, practically everyone in the Rhineland has a migration background of their own in one way or another.
The exhibition is being created in cooperation with the City of Neuss' Commissioner for Diversity, Integration and Antiracism and the Institute for Historical Studies at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf. It is part of the theme year "Grounding" of the Rhine-Meuse Museum Network 2023/24.
The curators Dr. Carl Pause and Dr. Bettina Zeman will offer the members of the Museum Society exclusive insights into the exhibition and the new collection presentation in the preview before the official opening.
| Date | Friday, June 02, 2023 |
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| Time | 6 pm – 7 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
For the opening of the exhibition we cordially invite you, your family & friends!
In addition to a guided tour through the exhibition, there will be our triple pack with two workshops for the young visitors. Furthermore, music and delicacies from around the world invite you to take a whole new look at the history of migration in the Lower Rhine in the context of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, June 04, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 6 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
Even more fun at the museum for the whole family! Parallel to the public guided tour for adults, we offer two varied children's workshops. A varied program is offered for young and old museum explorers in the age groups 3-5 years and 6 years and older.
The whole world in my bag
As huge as the world is, you can soon carry our favorite countries and places of longing close to you with our printing workshop: crisscross and brightly colored or in simple colors and shapes - today we'll stamp the heck out of it! Decorate a jute bag with colors, shapes and motifs that remind you of your favorite country or a place of longing. And then you can simply take the whole wide world on your bag home with you.
| Date | Sunday, June 04, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Double and Triple Pack |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus 2 € material costs |
Even more fun in the museum for the whole family! Parallel to the public guided tour for adults, we offer two varied children's workshops. A varied program is offered for young and old museum explorers in the age groups 3-5 years and 6 years and older.
Home, Sound & Color
Lush grass, crashing waves or roaring engines? What does home actually sound like and what colors do we associate with it? Today we will embark on a journey of discovery through our memories. To do so, we will be inspired by the current exhibition "From here?". With the help of colors, sounds and motifs, you will then create a very personal masterpiece that symbolizes your home for you.
| Date | Sunday, June 04, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Double and Triple Pack |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus 2 € material costs |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, June 04, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, June 11, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, June 18, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Lunch at the museum - Now including the city-famous Stulle from lonnes + leusch! Because: our art break has become Art & Stulle. The curator Dr. Carl Pause will guide you through the current special exhibition in half an hour. Afterwards there is the best sandwich ever to go!
| Date | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 |
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| Time | 1 pm – 1:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Sandwich |
| Participation fee | 8,50 € for incl. admission and sandwich; Art:Card holders 6,50 €. |
Curator Dr. Carl Pause provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and background of the exhibition will be explained.
| Date | Thursday, June 22, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Curator’s Tour |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, June 25, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Stullen von lonnes & leusch, Foto: lonnes&leusch
Lunch at the museum - Now including the city-famous Stulle from lonnes + leusch! Because: our art break has become Art & Stulle. Curator Dr. Bettina Zeman will guide you through the new presentation of the collection in half an hour. Afterwards we will serve the best sandwich ever to go!
| Date | Wednesday, June 28, 2023 |
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| Time | 1 pm – 1:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Sandwich |
| Participation fee | 8,50 € for incl. admission and sandwich; Art:Card holders 6,50 €. |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, July 02, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
After a guided tour of the newly staged collection presentation, there will be an opportunity for exchange over coffee and cake.
| Date | Wednesday, July 05, 2023 |
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| Time | 2:30 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Cake |
| Participation fee | 11 € incl. coffee and cake |
We invite young parents to come to the museum with their baby (in the first year of life). After a 40-minute guided tour of the new presentation of the collection, there will be an opportunity to talk about what they have seen and make further contacts over a cup of coffee.
| Date | Thursday, July 06, 2023 |
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| Time | 11 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Peck |
| Participation fee | 5 € plus admission |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, July 09, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € |
Curator Dr. Carl Pause provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and background of the exhibition will be explained.
| Date | Wednesday, July 12, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Curator’s Tour |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Themed tour on "As far as your feet will carry you. Migration in the Stone Ages.
| Date | Sunday, July 16, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Lunch at the museum - Now including the city-famous Stulle from lonnes + leusch! Because: our art break has become Art & Stulle. The curator Dr. Carl Pause will guide you through the current special exhibition in half an hour. Afterwards there is the best sandwich ever to go!
| Date | Wednesday, July 19, 2023 |
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| Time | 1 pm – 1:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Sandwich |
| Participation fee | 8,50 € for incl. admission and sandwich; Art:Card holders 6,50 €. |
Culinary delicacies from Ukraine! Whether borscht, pelmeni or varenyky - look forward to a special kind of tasting after a short guided tour (30 min.) through the exhibition.
The event is in cooperation with Gastro Oma and will be bilingual. Let yourself be surprised and look forward to an evening that includes not only culinary specialties!
| Date | Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
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| Time | 6 pm – 8 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Participation fee | 20 € incl. admission, guided tour and tasting |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, July 30, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Every 1st Sunday of the month, parallel to the first public adult tour of the day, there is a double-pack workshop for children aged 6 and up.
Forests, Waves & Desert - The World as Mosaic
Even the ancient Romans created entire worlds from small mosaic tiles. We can do the same! Today you will create your own world map from colorful pieces of paper and fabric, a mini-mondo with maxi effect.
| Date | Sunday, August 06, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 1 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Double and Triple Pack |
| Participation fee | 4 €, plus 2 € material costs, free admission! |
| Age | from 6 years |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, August 06, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Curator Dr. Carl Pause provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and background of the exhibition will be explained.
| Date | Wednesday, August 09, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Curator’s Tour |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
With the family tours, we would like to offer young visitors and their parents in particular an exciting journey through the history of the Lower Rhine. Where do the people of the Rhineland have their roots? Who descends from immigrants, who migrated themselves? And is there anyone at all who is truly native? These and many other questions are explored in the guided tour, which is tailored to children, and supplemented with an active craft section.
| Date | Sunday, August 13, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Family tour |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission (for adults) |
Themed tour on "Traces of early migration. From the Stone Age to the 'Guest Workers'".
| Date | Sunday, August 20, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
The seductive scent of Syrian desserts is already caressing our noses, because today it's all about sweets from Syria. Hardly conjured up in the kitchen of the Neuss AlPasha, the small delicacies come to taste with us on the table! After a short guided tour (30 min.) through the exhibition, you can look forward to a special kind of tasting.
| Date | Thursday, August 31, 2023 |
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| Time | 6 pm – 8 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Participation fee | 20 € incl. admission, guided tour and tasting |
At 5 p.m. there is the possibility of a guided tour (admission included in the ticket price) through the exhibition FROM HERE? Of homes and origins
Reading and conversation with Lisa Weeda around her novel Aleksandra will begin at 6 pm.
At the behest of her 94-year-old grandmother Aleksandra, Lisa travels to Luhansk to search for the grave of her uncle Kolya, who has been missing since 2015. Eastern Ukraine is dangerous and no place for flying visits, warns the soldier at the checkpoint. Shortly after her escape through the cornfield, Lisa ends up in the Palace of the Lost Don Cossack, in whose rooms a century-long panorama unfolds that brings her family's history and the history of the entire country to life.
| Date | Friday, September 01, 2023 |
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| Time | 5 pm – 9 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Ticket | eventim-light.com |
Even more fun at the museum for the whole family! Parallel to the public guided tour for adults, we offer two varied children's workshops. A varied program is offered for young and old museum explorers in the age groups 3-5 years and 6 years and older.
Our food culture is characterized by many delicacies that originate in completely different countries, because when people move to other places, they naturally take their recipes for food and drink with them. Today, we're going on a delicious search for clues and looking into the cooking pots of Stone Age people, Romans and many others on their journey to the Lower Rhine ... After a short journey of discovery through the history of food, we'll make food collages of the highest order.
| Date | Sunday, September 03, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 1 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Double and Triple Pack |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus 2 € material costs |
Even more fun in the museum for the whole family! Parallel to the public guided tour for adults, we offer two varied children's workshops. A varied program is offered for young and old museum explorers in the age groups 3-5 years and 6 years and older.
Today we explore the fascinating world of maps and breathe new life into them. From historical treasures, unique and individual works of art or everyday objects are created in the blink of an eye. From small bags to pen holders - there are no limits to creativity!
| Date | Sunday, September 03, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 1 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Double and Triple Pack |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus 2 € material costs |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, September 03, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € |
After a guided tour of the exhibition, there will be an opportunity for exchange over coffee and cake.
| Date | Wednesday, September 06, 2023 |
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| Time | 2:30 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Cake |
| Participation fee | 11 € incl. coffee and cake |
Unfortunately, this event has to be cancelled due to illness.
| Date | Thursday, September 07, 2023 |
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| Time | 6 pm – 7:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
Curator Dr. Carl Pause provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and background of the exhibition will be explained.
| Date | Wednesday, September 13, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Curator’s Tour |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Public tours on the topic: "As far as the feet carry. Migration already in the Stone Ages."
| Date | Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
With the family tours, we would like to offer young visitors and their parents in particular an exciting journey through the history of the Lower Rhine. Where do the people of the Rhineland have their roots? We explore these and many other questions in the guided tour tailored to families.
| Date | Sunday, September 17, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Family tour |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission (for adults) |
Lunch at the museum - Now including the city-famous Stulle from lonnes + leusch! Because: our art break has become Art & Stulle. The curator Dr. Carl Pause will guide you through the current special exhibition in half an hour. Afterwards there is the best sandwich ever to go!
| Date | Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
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| Time | 1 pm – 1:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Art & Sandwich |
| Participation fee | 8,50 € for incl. admission and sandwich; Art:Card holders 6,50 €. |
Curator Dr. Carl Pause provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and background of the exhibition will be explained.
| Date | Saturday, September 23, 2023 |
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| Time | 5 pm – 6 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Culture night |
| Participation fee | free of charge |
As huge as the world is, you can soon carry our favorite countries and places of longing close to you with our print workshop: crisscross and brightly colored or in simple colors and shapes - today we stamp what the stuff holds! Decorate a jute bag with colors, shapes and motifs that remind you of your favorite country or a place of longing. And then you can simply take the whole wide world on your bag home with you.
| Date | Saturday, September 23, 2023 |
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| Time | 5 pm – 9 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Culture night |
| Participation fee | free of charge |
Curator Dr. Carl Pause provides a special look behind the scenes. The concept and background of the exhibition will be explained.
| Date | Saturday, September 23, 2023 |
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| Time | 7 pm – 8 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Culture night |
| Participation fee | free of charge |
Courageous poets and six minutes of time: look forward to creative word battles and cheeky texts over a glass of wine or water.
| Date | Saturday, September 23, 2023 |
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| Time | 8 pm – 10 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Culture night |
| Participation fee | free of charge |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, September 24, 2023 |
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| Time | 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |
Public guided tours to deepen selected topics of the exhibition.
| Date | Sunday, September 24, 2023 |
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| Time | 3 pm – 4 pm |
| Location | Clemens Sels Museum Neuss |
| Program |
Public Tours |
| Participation fee | 4 € plus admission |