Two municipal retail outlets in the Munich City Museum (Rosental shopping street) have been available to Munich's cultural and creative industries since March and April, respectively, until the museum's renovation. A company and a network from the music industry have now moved in: Riviera Records and Radio 80000. The two interim uses are being made possible and managed by the municipal Competence team for cultural and creative industries (KuK) in cooperation with the Munich City Museum, the Cultural Department and the Municipal Department of the State Capital of Munich.
Riviera Records, founded in November 2020, is a new record store specializing in electronic music. It offers a constantly growing selection of new releases and secondhand records. In addition to vinyl and books, there's a wide selection of limited-edition merchandise from local artists and crews. Under the name Galleria Riviera, the store regularly hosts a rotating selection of artists.
Radio 80000 is a non-commercial community radio station based in Munich. Founded six years ago, it has developed into a Germany-wide platform for timeless and contemporary music. In over 120 shows, DJs, musicians, producers, journalists, and music lovers present a diverse selection of music. The network intends to use the store on Rindermarkt primarily as a studio.
Exciting synergies
The director of the Munich City Museum, Frauke von der Haar, is pleased about this cooperation:
"The Munich City Museum is an important cultural center in the city, focusing on the city's history and present through exhibitions and other formats. It's important to us to explore the city's issues together with the people of Munich. We are therefore delighted that, with these two stores, we now have key players from the cultural and creative industries right in-house. We are currently preparing "Nachts," an exhibition on club culture in Munich. I am sure that exciting synergies will emerge between Radio 80000, Riviera Records, and us in the coming months."
Cultural Officer Anton Biebl emphasizes:
“The city’s competence team is now already looking after five cultural and creative shops in the city center, a showcase for exhibitions at Marienplatz and the Ruffinihaus – Creative Hub directly on Rindermarkt. All of these spaces are places of creativity, artistic ideas, and exchange. With these temporary uses, we are making visible how the industry operates and where it must be located – in the heart of the city."
Small shops instead of monoculture of large chains
And Edwin Grodeke, representative of the speaker explains why the topic of interim use is also important for the municipal department:
"The pandemic has also made the problems in city centers even more apparent: Online shopping and rising rents are creating vacancies in some places. Added to this is a monoculture of large chains, which leaves small shops and labels with little chance. The instrument of interim use offers the opportunity to find a response to these challenges and transform the city center into a vibrant, diverse place."
