On February 12, we will open Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's hall and reopen Falk Simon's silver collection and the Baroque chamber. Hear the researcher Christian Björk talk about Otto Schulz and listen to a presentation of the newly opened exhibitions.

OPENING OF THORSTEN AND WANJA SÖDERBERGS SAL

13-13.15

Nina Due, museum director, talks about Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's hall. In the hall, exhibition catalogs and digital articles about the design prize Torsten & Wanja Söderberg's prize are available. Here you will also find furniture designed by previous winners such as Mats Theselius, Front Design and Margrethe Odgaard.

WHO WAS OTTO SCHULZ?

13.15-14.15

Researcher Christian Björk talks about Otto Schulz and the watercolor sketches that are shown in Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's hall. Schulz founded the interior design store Boet in 1920 and it became widely known and renowned for its large inspiration floor. Otto Schulz can be said to be Gothenburg's equivalent of Josef Frank and the Boet store much like Svenskt Tenn in Stockholm.

Christian Björk (born 1976) is a PhD in art history and senior lecturer in design history at Konstfack in Stockholm. His research on Otto Schulz and Firma Boet has been funded by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and will be presented in a publication.

LECTURE: THE BAROQUE CHAMBER & FALK SIMON'S SILVER COLLECTION

Kl. 14.30-15.30

In the Baroque Chamber, you are greeted by a fantasy landscape with powerful design language and ornate details inspired by more southern latitudes, and a little further in you will find Falk Simon's silver collection, which has been given a new location. Here you get to experience a number of art historical styles, such as Gothic, Renaissance, Rococo and neoclassicism. Collection curator Josefin Kilner presents the newly opened exhibitions and museum director Nina Due welcomes.

On the same floor you will also find the exhibitions Migration - The Itineraries of the Objects and the Shapes of the 18th Century.

The program points take place in collaboration with Folkuniversitetet.

Torsten and Wanja Söderberg's hall has been made possible through a donation from Torsten Söderberg's Foundation. The donation symbolizes how the couple Torsten and Wanja Söderberg over the years supported the museum's work.

Photo: Drawing in watercolor and tempera depicting Konditori Bräutigam (1917), Otto Schulz, Boet. Photo: Carl Ander, Röhsska Museum.