ABSTRACT
The Hombroich foundation in Germany signifies a complex initiative. The privatelyfounded Museum Insel is embedded in a carefully-restored landscape in the heart of Hombroich. In 1994 the museum managed to acquire an ex-NATO base, a rocket station in the immediate neighbourhood. The site was renovated between 1994 and 1995. In distinction to the Museum Insel, a place where works of art are shown to a public, the rocket station is now a place where visual artists, poets, composers, musicians and scientists work. It can be seen as a cultural laboratory where the idea of bringing together different interests in order to create an atmosphere of mutual dialogue and stimulation is the underlying spirit.
