When is the exhibition open on the event day?

On Saturday 11.07.2026 the Air Museum is open from 11 to 18 in the summer season; the event starts at 11:07.

Are there guided tours or educational offerings?

Yes, the Air Museum offers guided tours and programs for groups and schools; dates can be requested in advance from the museum.

Is there an admission fee for the event?

According to the event entry, admission to the special exhibition is free.

What is the accessibility like on site?

Due to the historical building, only the ground floor is wheelchair accessible; upper floors can be reached via stairs.

Is photography allowed in the exhibition?

Information to follow; please inquire at the cash register on site or follow the museum's guidelines.

How do I best travel there and where can I park?

The museum has no parking of its own; arriving by public transport to Amberg train station or parking options in the old town is recommended.

Looking Up: Experience Günther Bayerl's Architectural Photography at the Air Museum Amberg up close now

Name: Günther Bayerl: Upwards – Ceiling Views
Start: 2026-07-11T13:07:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-11T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Luftmuseum Amberg – gotische Hauskapelle

Look up: Experience architecture anew at the Air Museum Amberg

A special exhibition in the Gothic chapel of the Air Museum Amberg invites a conscious change of perspective: Photographer Günther Bayerl directs the camera upward and reduces spaces to their formal, structural, and atmospheric core structures in consistent symmetrical ceiling views – in cooperation with the Diocesan Museum Regensburg.

Art experience between vaults and light

The exhibition atmosphere thrives on the dialogue between the Gothic chapel space and Bayerl's precise imagery. Lines, panels, ribs, and domes unfold a calm, meditative spatial effect in the large-format photographs. The cold sparkle of stone, the matte surface of plaster, the soft diffuse light: Materials and light become protagonists of a quiet aesthetic experience.

Art analysis: Symmetry as a compass

An analytical poetics grows from the documentary gaze. Bayerl isolates the tectonics of the ceilings and makes the structure, proportion, and ornament visible grammar. Thus, the perception shifts from decorative detail to the idea of architecture – a lesson in order, rhythm, and construction.

Art historical categorization and biography

Günther Bayerl, born in Aalen and active in Neu-Ulm, studied Digital Media in Ulm as well as Art Photography at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. His works combine architectural photography, travel, and cultural landscape. For the book 'World Heritage – Germany's Living Past' he was awarded the ITB BookAward in 2018. The series presented here draws on the tradition of architectural photography and updates it with clear, contemporary curation.

Education: Learning to see with head and body

The exhibition is ideal for art analysis and cultural education. Guided tours deepen questions about painting vs. photography, sculpture in space, installation and the role of symmetry in epochs and art movements. The historical building frames the seeing experience – a sensory parcours that reorders forms and spaces.

Conclusion

Those who wish to understand architecture more intensely will find a concentrated visual training here. Colors, shapes, spatial effects, and light merge into a contemplative encounter with architecture. Visit the exhibition live – for a enriching, decelerating aesthetic experience.