Mönchengladbach - International Exlibris Center
International ex-libris collection in the Mönchengladbach city library Over 150,000 commercial graphics from five centuries, some of which have been digitized and can be researched online using a special catalog from the Mönchengladbach City Library. The holdings of this collection cannot be searched in the Rhinelandbib!
![Black and white print: Woman in historical clothing with feather headdress on her head and holding a coat of arms in both hands. Inscription in capital letters above the drawing: HIC SCHEURLINA SIMUL TUCHERINAQ SIGNA REFULGEN[ T] QUE DOCTOR GEMINI SCHEURLE PARENTIS HABES](/sites/UB/user_upload/LucasCranach.jpg)
Internationales Exlibris-Zentrum Mönchengladbach
Blücherstr. 6
41050 Mönchengladbach
Tel.: +49 2161 256340
E-Mail: Stadtbibliothek@moenchengladbach.de
Internet: Internationales Exlibris-Zentrum Mönchengladbach - Moenchengladbach
Bibliothekssigel: 260 = Z9022
Contact: Daniel Theveßen
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International Exlibris Center since 2013
The International Exlibris Center Mönchengladbach was founded in 2013 and is located in the premises of the Carl Brandts Haus Central Library. The initiative for this came largely from Mr. Guido Weyer, head of Department 42 (Library and Archive) of the city of Mönchengladbach, and Dr. Gernot Blum, former president of the German Exlibris Society.
The cornerstone of the Exlibris Center: The Dr. Collection. Gernot Blum
After many years of negotiations, the donation of the bookplate collection from Dr. Gernot Blum laid the foundation for the Exlibris Center at the Mönchengladbach City Library with over 150,000 commercial graphics. This gave the city library one of the largest collections of small prints in the German-speaking region. Since then, the extensive holdings have been scientifically indexed and processed with the aim of making the entire collection accessible to the interested public in the form of an online database. Large parts have now been digitized and can be researched online in the Exlibris portal.
Over 150,000 bookplates from the beginning of the 16th century to today
In recent years, other smaller but equally exquisite ex-libris collections have been added with the Treier-König, Pilz, Thiem and Lessmann-Eyb ex-libris collections, which are already integrated into the inventory of the International Ex-libris Center and the Ex-libris Portal. or still to be recorded. For this reason, work is currently underway to integrate a further 50,000 bookplates. The bookplates in the database cover a period from the beginning of the 16th century to the present day and come from more than 40 countries. In addition to graphics by well-known artists such as Lucas Cranach, Franz Marc, Oskar Kokoschka, Günther Uecker and others, the sheets include well-known owners such as Albert Einstein, François Mitterrand, Greta Garbo and Wilhelm II.
Exhibitions and publications from the International Exlibris Center Mönchengladbach
The International Exlibris Center Mönchengladbach has set itself the goal of making the history and diversity of small graphics tangible, thereby giving those interested the opportunity to experience art historical tendencies and variants in the form of hundreds of exhibits, not just digitally. For this reason, the Exlibris Center organizes regular exlibris exhibitions on various subject areas inside and outside the city library and publishes texts on topics relating to exlibris in the “Writings of the International Exlibris Center”.