1809, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Inv. No. SM 1a.4, 2011. Image: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / CC BY-SA-NC 4.0 The SPK Lab The SPK Lab is a project funded by
from? Early humans were very keen observers. The mastery of fire 1.5 to 2 million years ago was another significant step in their development. Fire allowed meat to be cooked and preserved. Very early
The second major project was the exhibition ‘Russians and Germans: 1,000 Years of Art, History and Culture’, which was shown in 2012 at the Historical Museum in Moscow and the Neues Museum in Berlin. We
our metadata – and we are currently in the process of converting 1 million index cards containing sheet music, books, libretti and sound recordings from the music department, in other words, making
fragment, a register over four meters long (Codex Humboldt Fragment 1), is particularly elaborate. It was probably created 500 years ago in the former kingdom of Tlapan-Tlachinollan on the Pacific coast [...] use of image and language is the "Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus 1" (a…
Testimony to this multicultural and multireligious region are the 1,000–1,500-year-old fragments of manuscripts and wooden tablets in over 20 scripts and languages, which have been preserved in the dry [...] are inspired by the region’s mountain landscapes; here, part of a 1,400-year-ol…
relatively large, it will be difficult to replace. Standing at around 1.10 metres tall, it is the largest ceramic in our collection. The storage vessel is so wide that I could easily hide inside it – but
with the communities of origin and to share the insights gained. 1st stop EASTER ISLAND Concerned about the loss of Rapa Nui culture, pianist Mahani Teave returned to Easter Island after completing
, and were destroyed as supposed devil’s work or sold. Around 1,500 Naga objects are now housed in the Ethnological Museum, which is planning an open-access platform dedicated to them. Together with
thousand pounds, this suitcase-sized instrument, priced at around 1,000 pounds, was a sensation. From air to electronic sound: Lyricon At the 1979 ‘Ars Electronica’, Bruno Spoerri won first prize in