When is the Air Museum regularly open

Wednesday and Thursday 2 to 5 PM, Friday to Sunday and on public holidays 11 AM to 5 PM; from April to September sometimes until 6 PM. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Are there guided tours and educational programs

Yes, guided tours and mediation offerings can be arranged on request; there are programs for school classes, groups, and children including the Flying Classroom.

How is accessibility on site

The museum is located in a historical building without an elevator. The ground floor with the current special exhibition is accessible; upper floors only via stairs.

Are there parking options at the museum

There are no dedicated parking spaces at the Air Museum. Use parking garages and public parking areas in the old town; arriving by public transport is recommended.

Is photography allowed in the exhibition

Information to follow. Please pay attention to the notices on site and consult the supervisory staff if in doubt.

Is admission to the event charged

For the listed event date, admission is free according to the organizer's information.

Perspectives by Günther Bayerl: Architecture seen anew, photographically, at the Air Museum Amberg 2026

Name: Special Exhibition Perspectives – Günther Bayerl
Start: 2026-08-14T16:08:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-14T16:08:00+02:00
Location: Luftmuseum Amberg

Perspectives at the Air Museum Amberg: Architecture seen anew

The special exhibition Perspectives presents a precise photographic series by Günther Bayerl at the Air Museum Amberg. Consistently, the photographer directs the gaze upwards: symmetrical ceiling views condense architecture into formal, constructive, and atmospheric fundamental structures. In cooperation with the Diocesan Museum Regensburg, a concentrated artistic experience is created that makes spatial effects, light, and materiality intensely tangible.

Architectural Photography as Artwork Examination

In Bayerl's painting of the camera, arches, panels, and ribs unfold their quiet dramaturgy. Lines and shapes coalesce into clear orders, while light zones, like finely tuned registers, shape the aesthetic experience. The curation focuses on calmness, proportion, and the examination of the work in dialogue with the Gothic chapel.

Symmetry, Rhythm, Space

The series reduces everything to essentials: vanishing points, axes, joints. The eye explores the tectonics, reads layers, and experiences the poetics of the load-bearing structure. Thus, architectural history is not explained but seen – as image space, as structural music, as a concentrated form of perception.

Artistic Handwriting with Cultural-Historical Depth

Günther Bayerl, born in 1983 in Aalen, studied Digital Media in Ulm and Art Photography at the University of Tasmania. His publications and projects – from World Heritage to Industrial Heritage – combine documentary accuracy with artistic rigor. For the photo book World Heritage, he received the ITB Book Award in 2018; in competitions like the Sony World Photography Awards, he was shortlisted. This expertise is evident in every image: precision, patience, a sovereign handling of perspective.

Education, Mediation, Museum Practice

The Air Museum makes air, space, and architecture sensually tangible. Guided tours and museum educational offerings – from the Flying Classroom to thematic artwork examination – support the understanding of artistic direction, epoch, and context. The exhibition atmosphere fosters decelerated perception, sharpens the eye for details, and invites comparative analysis.

Conclusion: Perspectives is a plea for seeing. Those who want to experience architecture in its quiet grandeur will find here a concentrated, visually powerful exhibition – reduced, precise, poetic. Definitely visit live and look up.