Cultural festival at Neukladow Manor House on Open Monument Day

Built around 1800 on the banks of the Havel River, this ensemble was once a meeting place for Berlin society and home to numerous artists and cultural figures during the time of Johannes Guthmann. Now it is opening its doors for a diverse programme of art, music and history.

Programme

The cultural festival at the Neukladow manor house is not only intended to revive the splendour of days gone by, but also to provide an outlook on the future of the manor house complex. Gradually, the entire building complex, consisting of the manor house, the administrator's house, the casino and the gatehouse, is to be renovated and given a new cultural use – starting with the central manor house, which will house an art museum.

An exhibition on the ground floor already gives a foretaste of what is to come. Here, paintings of the Havel from the district's art collection are on display. Further exhibitions on the upper floor and in the gatehouse are dedicated to contemporary artists from the region. In the park, plein air artists invite visitors to watch them at work, while concerts of classical chamber music and jazz provide the musical backdrop. The festival offers an opportunity to discover the history of this special place and its potential as a new, major art and cultural location for Spandau and Berlin.

Special highlights include guided tours of the listed manor house during the Guthmann family era and insights into its planned future as an art museum and cultural venue with Dr. Ralf F. Hartmann, Head of the Spandau Cultural Office. Christian Hamm, responsible for the administration and project development of the Neukladow manor house, will also be offering a glimpse into the administrator's house, which has not been open to the public for a long time, on Open Monument Day. A panel discussion with State Secretary Stephan Machulik and District Councillor Dr Carola Brückner will shed light on the new prospects for Neukladow.

The event will conclude with a contemporary interpretation of a painted view of the manor house by Max Slevogt (Flower Garden with Peacock, 1912) in the form of a musical and vocal performance choreographed by Laurie Schwarz.

Exhibitions during the cultural festival:

• Exhibition in the manor house (upper floor): TEXTURES of memory – Neukladow reflected in the arts with Matthias Beckmann, Antonia Bisig, Elke Burkert, Paula Carralero Bierzynska, Frauke Bohge, Donna Fei, Andrea Imwiehe, Matthias Koeppel, Ulrike Pisch, Lilla von Puttkamer, Zuzanna Skiba, SOOKI and Daniel Thurau.
  
• Exhibition in the manor house (ground floor): Havel paintings in the art collection of the district of Spandau
  
• Exhibition in the Kleine Galerie Neukladow: What does music do with Regina Görgen and Silke Thal
  
• Exhibition in the manor park: Plein air art in the park
  

When: Saturday, 13 September, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, 14 September, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Neukladow Manor House, Neukladower Allee 9–12, 14089 Berlin
Admission free
How to get there: Parking is not permitted on the grounds of the manor park. Buses run regularly from Berlin (X 34, 134) and Potsdam (697) to the ‘Neukladower Allee’ stop at the manor park. The BVG ferry from Wannsee to Alt-Kladow runs hourly, and it is a 15-minute walk to the manor house. The Havel cycle path runs directly alongside the estate park.