When is the Air Museum regularly open?

Wednesday and Thursday from 2 to 5 PM, Friday to Sunday and on holidays from 11 AM to 5 PM; closed on Monday and Tuesday.

Is the vernissage chargeable?

No, the vernissage is free of charge according to the announcement; regular museum entrance fees apply on visiting days according to the price list.

What are the regular entrance fees?

Adults €5.50, reduced €4.00, children €4.00, families €11.00; groups from 10 persons €4.00 each.

Are there tours or educational offers?

Tours can be scheduled through the museum's online inquiry; by arrangement, also possible outside opening hours.

How is the accessibility on site?

Due to the historical building fabric, the museum is not fully accessible; there is no elevator, but the ground floor is accessible.

Are there parking options at the museum?

The museum has no private parking spaces; please use public parking areas in the vicinity and plan travel time.

Airline – Heiko Börner - Air Museum Amberg 2026

Name: Vernissage: Airline – Heiko Börner
Start: 2026-01-24T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-24T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Luftmuseum Amberg

Between Line and Lightness: Heiko Börner's Airline Unfolds Space

The Airline vernissage at the Air Museum Amberg opens an evening where wood, line, and space enter into a precise tension relationship. Heiko Börner, born in 1973 in Arnstadt and trained under Bruno Gironcoli at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, transforms material energy into floating forms – an artistic experience between constructive rigor and poetic movement.

Works That Breathe: Wood Sculpture as Spatial Drawing

Börner's sculptures seem to lift the heaviness from the material wood. Lines woven into the surface and finely modulated curves create a visual flow: The wood appears captured in the moment of transformation, as if the contemplation of the work paused time. The exhibition atmosphere focuses the dialogue of form, light, and shadow; geometric basic forms open into dynamic volumes that accentuate the space as if with transparent skins.

Installation, Line, Balance: The Aesthetic Experience

From material lines – partly made of plastic, partly of wool – imaginary spatial bodies emerge. These linear placements follow the principle of the airline: clear, direct, tension-rich. In this group of works, sculpture and installation correspond, walls become spheres, and the floor becomes the supporting surface of an invisible vector field. The result is a precise curation of movement in space that leads the viewer into an alert-sensory perception.

Art Historical Classification and Practice

Börner's approach connects to constructive traditions and minimal art while expanding them with haptic materiality and the logic of handcrafted wood sculpture. The Master School Prize (2004) in Vienna early on marks his position between sculpture, installation, and site-specific intervention. Recurring motifs – cut, notch, twist – negotiate statics and kinetic imagination. Thus, a school of seeing emerges: form becomes process.

What the Vernissage Offers

The ground floor of the Air Museum frames the new works with clear pathways and tranquil light. The contemplation of the works benefits from the architectural transparency of the building; conversations with museum staff and present art educators deepen the contextualization. Notes: The museum is located in a historical building; accessibility is limited, and there are no private parking spaces available.

Conclusion: Airline promises a concentrated encounter with the language of line – precise, poetic, immediate. Anyone wishing to experience contemporary sculpture as vibrant spatial research should definitely visit this exhibition in person.