The Prinzhorn Collection (Sammlung Prinzhorn)
The Prinzhorn Collection museum is dedicated to art created by men and women with mental disorders. The unique body of the original collection known worldwide is made up of approximately 6,000 works, all created by inmates of psychiatric institutions between 1840 and 1940. It ranges from water-colours, drawings, paintings and sculptures to textile works and texts. The major part of it was collected while art historian and psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn (1886–1933) worked as assistant physician at the Psychiatric Hospital of Heidelberg University. Among the most famous artists and authors whose works are held include count Else Blankenhorn, Franz Karl Bühler, Karl Genzel, Paul Goesch, Emma Hauck, August Klett, August Natterer, Agnes Richter, Joseph Schneller, Barbara Suckfüll and Adolf Wölfli.
Visiting Hours:
11 am to 5 pm Tuesday - Sunday
11 am to 8 pm Wednesday
Monday closed
Museum is closed during preparations for a new exhibition.
Free Guided Tours: Sunday @ 2pm and Wednesday @ 6pm.
(Tours in English and French are available)
Admission:
Euro 5,- / reduced Euro 3,-
Reduction: owner of the Heidelbergcard, unemployed person, disabled person from 80% (with ID Card), senior's, students.
Free entry: children under the age of 15, school children, members of the Verein "Freunde der Sammlung Prinzhorn e.V.", students of art history, medical studies und psychology, trainees (fulltime), clinic workers (with ID card), patients of the ZPM, ICOM card holders, Museumspass holders, FSJ card.
How to get there:
Voßstraße 2,
69115 Heidelberg
Germany
