The Museum für Holographie und neue visuelle Medien and Its Influence on Holography in Germany

The Museum für Holographie und neue visuelle Medien at Pulheim, Germany, was the second museum in the world to promote and show holography. The activities of the museum, founded in 1979, have been instrumental in making holography known in Germany. Many German institutions and individuals who are now active in the field of holography were inspired by the activities of Matthias Lauk, the museum’s founder. His ideas of an open museum and a travelling museum have brought his holography collection to an increasingly large public. This museum can be seen as a good example of a functioning private museum.