The collection and program of the Lechner Museum stand for in-depth study and intensive discussion of central issues of today's art.
Located in an impressive former factory building, the Lechner Museum impresses with an ambitious exhibition program that offers both the wide range of Lechner's oeuvre and an intensive examination of contemporary artists and their work. The changing collection presentations, special exhibitions and comprehensive catalogues aim to set standards.
architecture
The museum was created by architects Erhard and Florian Fischer in collaboration with civil engineer Walter Muck by rebuilding a former factory building. The shed roof hall from the 1950s, located near Ingolstadt's old town, was originally used for automotive production by Audi.
The interior of the building was dismantled down to the supporting structure and the cubic structure was clad with blank-rolled aluminum composite panels. The hall was supplemented by a glass porch in the north, which now serves as a foyer. In 2001, the architects received the German Façade Prize for Prehung Ventilated Façades (VHF) for the conversion of “Hall IV” into the Lechner Museum.
Since its opening in 2000, the Lechner Museum has been showing exhibitions on around 1800 m².
Lechner Museum exhibition catalogues
- Alf Lechner. Opening of the Lechner Museum. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Ingolstadt 2000.
- Iron Sea - Blue Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Ingolstadt 2002.
- Schuler - Lechner. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), edited by Joachim Heusinger von Waldegg. Ingolstadt 2004/ 2005.
- Fire and flame. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Ingolstadt 2005.
- Bizarre areas. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Ingolstadt 2006.
- cuts. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), edited by Jens Christian Jensen. Ingolstadt 2007.
- Start in Munich... land in Munich. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Ingolstadt 2008.
- The poetry of chance. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Ingolstadt 2009.
- Alf Lechner. diagonal. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), edited by Angelika Nollert. Ingolstadt 2010.
- Hermann Nitsch. The total work of art. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), Kettler Verlag, Dortmund, 2019.
- Rupprecht violinist. Alf Lechner. red x steel. Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), edited by Gottfried Knapp, Julia Geiger, Daniel McLaughlin, Kettler Verlag, Dortmund, 2020.
- Alf Lechner. sculpture park. Alf Lechner Foundation, Daniel McLaughlin (ed.), Steidl, Göttingen 2020.
- Susanne Tunn. Kraft der Stille, Alf Lechner Foundation (ed.), edited by Dominik Bais, Kettler Verlag, Dortmund, 2023.
