Porzellanikon

About

The Porzellanikon is a museum complex dealing with the production of porcelain and ceramics in Selb and Hohenberg an der Eger in the district of Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge (Oberfranken) in Germany. The complex of museums was the result of the merger of the European Industrial Museum for Porcelain, the European Museum of Technical Ceramics, the Rosenthal Museum and the German Porcelain Museum in Hohenberg an der Eger. Since 2012, the Porzellanikon has been included in the European Route of Ceramics as a member of the "UNIC" ("Urban Network for Innovation in Ceramics").

The museum was developed under founding director Wilhelm Siemen beginning in 1984 and expanded over several decades. It includes the restored former Rosenthal factory in Selb, which Siemen helped incorporate into the museum. In 2014, Porzellanikon was designated a state museum of Bavaria.

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