special exhibits. Despite the initial euphoria, it soon became obvious that the available subsidy of 3.1 million euros would limit the ambitious plans. So for some time, there has been talk of a second phase
models and some in original size. One of these projects is the installation Codex Humboldt Fragment 1/Codex Azoyú Reverso . Financed by the Freundeskreis des Ethnologischen Museums (Friends of the Ethnological [...] pictorial manuscripts during his visit to New Spain. Probably the best…
coating applied to 15,000 square meters of the steel structure and 500 weld seams repaired, as well as 1,600 square meters of new glass fitted. 800 existing ceiling lights converted to LED technology, 196
we have: the original manuscripts of the 4th, 5th, 8th and 9th symphonies, and Piano Concertos no. 1-3 and 5. Why does the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin have so many of Beethoven’s best works? Part of the
on Mondays Musikinstrumenten-Museum des Staatlichen Instituts für Musikforschung Tiergartenstrasse 1 (main entrance in Ben-Gurion-Strasse), 10785 Berlin Tel. +49 (30) 25481-178, kasse@mimpk.de Inclusion
entirety for the first time The oldest 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- [...] masters. Another fine example of the use of image and language is the…
sky and stars from the region. 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 [...] float beneath the hall’s ceiling. It was crafted from poplar wood and consists…
before and during German colonial rule over Namibia (1884–1919) and are part of a collection of roughly 1,400 objects. Research into their provenance has been underway since the beginning of 2018, with Namibian [...] cultural heritage from Namibia. Work then continued in the storage…
responsibility to understand the colonial contexts in which the Ethnologisches Museum acquired the nearly 1,400 objects from Namibia that are now in its collection. It was especially important to us to analyze