About the AGK

Summary

• Our association "Arbeitskreis Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus e.V." was founded 2002 in Neuruppin (Germany) by a group of card model fans especially interested in historic paper and card models.
• Our association has about 300 members (including 8 institutional ones) from Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Austria, Italy, Spain and 5 other countries.
• We are registered at the Registergericht Stuttgart under the register number VR 211579 and approved by the fiscal authorities as a non-profit institution of public utility.
• The annual membership fee for single persons amounts to 25 Euro. For couples and families the fee amounts to 40 Euro, and companies have to pay 50 Euro.
• Our annual meeting takes place at different locations in Germany or Europe.

Purpose of the association

• The purpose of our association is to promote the research on the history of card modeling.
• As stated by our Statutes this means an active participation in the research for the cultural and economic aspects of paper and card modeling in  past and present times.
• We make our research results available to a broad audience through publications, by participating in exhibitions and by hosting conferences.
• In particular we support measures to further the interest in card modeling, especially if it concerns young people.

Managing committee

Our managing committee was last elected September 2024 in Hagen and consists of

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• Andreas Fausten (Secretary)
• Lorenz Düster (2. Treasurer)
• Dr. Heiko Schinke (Chair)
• Bernd Kothera (1. Treasurer)
• Thomas Deina (Website manager)

Editorial team

The AGK publishes an annual issue of its series "Zur Geschichte des Kartonmodellbaus" as well as other publications at irregular intervals. These have been supervised by this editorial team since September 2024:

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• Axel Huppers
• Joachim Stähr
• Dr. Heiko Schinke (Editor-in-chief)
• Peter Gehlsdorf
• Thomas Deina

Advisory Council

Our club also has an Advisory Council to ensure the scientific quality of our publications. Its members are:

• Malu Schneider, formerly director of the Musée Alsassienne Strassburg
• Prof. Dr. Konrad Vanja (Berlin), formerly director of the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Stopfel (Freiburg), collector of card models, formerly responsible for historic preservation in the Freiburg branch

Activities

In our top menu bar you can find more information about our association and our main page gives you access to our card model and catalogue databases and additional information concerning cardboard models.