Morgenegg heads Aarau's culture department
Melanie Morgenegg will take over as head of the newly formed Culture Department on January 1, 2019. She is responsible for the Cultural Secretariat and the promotion of culture in the city of Aarau.
The Aarau City Council has appointed Melanie Morgenegg as the new Head of the Culture Department. She has a 70 percent workload. The 44-year-old graduated in architecture and urban planning with a degree in cultural work in 2000. Melanie Morgenegg lives in Aarau and has worked as Head of the Culture Department at the City Chancellery of Aarau since 2004.
As of January 1, 2019, the City Museum, the City Library, the City Archives and the Cultural Secretariat with the Cultural Promotion of the City of Aarau will be under the new Culture Department. According to the city's press release, the creation of the new department will enable "strengthening of organizational and management structures, level-appropriate processing of specialist issues, uniform processing of cross-divisional functions and increased organizational flexibility".
