wing the Museum of Islamic Art awaits visitors, displaying almost 1,000 objects across two floors instead of the previous 400. The Museum of the Ancient Near East will also have a permanent display
embroidery with Anni Albers’ Bauhaus textiles from 1927 and the 1,500-year-old Huari men’s shirt from Peru, a dialogue transcending time and space emerges concerning making and thinking in the material
of Benin, located in present-day Nigeria, stretches back almost 1,000 years. The dynasty of the current king has held the throne for around 500 years, making it one of the oldest ruling families in
from back then might not be enough if you simply transfer them 1:1 into a computer game. Gaming habits and expectations of a digital game are different from those of a physical book. An important
at the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), whilst since 1 February, Gerke Dunkhase has been head of the Technology, Development and Service departments in Frankfurt, based at the German National [...] , you have been Head of Technology, Development and Service since 1 February…
structures as they were before reunification. We only merged them on 1 January 1992. We avoided the impression of a simple takeover by the West. In all cases where a Western director had to be retained in
with the masterplan, it became clear that the final figure would be 1.5 billion euros. No other museum site, no other institution, no other country had to tackle anything comparable. Schade: The enthusiasm
shipments from the Zoo anti-aircraft tower, including crate MVF 1 containing Schliemann’s gold. Yet it was not until years later, in 1994, that the Museum of Prehistory and Early History was able to
. The Friends of the Egyptian Museum, which at the time had over 1,000 members, was, after all, a purely West Berlin club! And when I announced to them in our in-house magazine that the opening of the
imagined what turbulent times lay ahead. He took up his post on 1 April 1990 and tackled the unexpected challenge with incredible energy. I later learnt from him that my East Berlin director had