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Contemporary art museum in Herford, Germany

MARTa Herford

Entrance, 2024

Established	2005
Location	Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates	52°07′16″N 8°40′06″E / 52.120982°N 8.668325°E / 52.120982; 8.668325
Type	Station
Website	https://marta-herford.de/en/

MARTa Herford is a contemporary art museum in Herford, Germany.

Building and history

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The idea for the museum formed in 2000, drawing from Herford's status as a German center of furniture and home furnishing production.[1] The name MARTa is an acronym for Möbel (German for furniture), ART (simply art in English), and Ambiente (ambience).[2] The founding director of the museum was Jan Hoet, a noted Belgian curator. Roland Nachtigäller [de] took over as director in 2009. Kathleen Rahn followed as new director in 2022.

The museum from Goebenstrasse, a few days before opening

The building was designed by Frank Gehry and built by Archimedes GmbH.[3] Construction began in 2001,[4] and it officially opened to the public on May 7, 2005.[1]

A photo from across the street, showing some of the roof detail, the Rilke poem inscribed on Goebenstrasse, and sculptures by the entrance
[](/wiki/File:MARTa%5FPaolo%5FChiasera%5Fwww.tupacproject.it.jpg "Statue of Tupac Shakur by Paolo Chiasera [de] at the entrance")
Statue of Tupac Shakur by Paolo Chiasera [de] at the entrance
List of works by Frank Gehry

^ a b "MARTa Herford: Idea & Concept". Marta-herford.de. 7 May 2005. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^ Frank Gehry MARTa Herford. Basel: Birkhäuser. 2005. ISBN 978-3764371623.
^ MARTa Freunde und Förderer, ed. (6 May 2005). Frank Gehry MARTa Herford (German and English Edition): MARTa Freunde und Förderer: 9783764371623: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 3764371625.
^ "MARTa Herford". Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.

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