Tag: museums
State Archaeological Collection: A magnificent rusty bower
“That’s how it should be”: The modernization of the State Archaeological Collection according to plans by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos and Atelier Brückner has been successful. source site
The new permanent exhibition of the Munich State Archaeological Collection – Munich
No, the three white figures in the floor-to-ceiling showcase next to the entrance are not the highlights of the newly renovated State Archaeological Collection in Munich. They are “just placeholders,”…
Debate about the return of human remains: The real corpses in the cellars of Munich museums
Skeletons, teeth, hair: Several collections contain human remains that were often stolen from former German colonies and are now to be returned. Why this is anything but easy. source site
Collection of the Coburg Doll Museum is stored – Bavaria
From May onwards, the exhibits from the former Coburg Doll Museum will be stored in the Cortendorf culture factory on the outskirts of Coburg. When and where the approximately 4,000…
Exhibition in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg: The witches’ kitchens of the alchemists
They didn’t achieve precious metals and eternal life, but instead they invented phosphorus and porcelain with the two swords: The Nuremberg exhibition “The Philosopher’s Stone” provides fascinating insights into the…
Italy: The German Eike Schmidt wants to become mayor of Florence – politics
Eike Schmidt became internationally known as museum director of the Uffizi. Now he is trying to make history as a politician in Italy – in Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing camp. An…
Museums in Ingolstadt and Würzburg with a joint exhibition project – Bavaria
The new Museum for Concrete Art in Ingolstadt is still a construction site. It’s hard to believe that the exhibition building, which has been under construction for several years under…
Political Correctness in the Museum: The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge – Culture
A few years ago a visitor destroyed three Chinese vases worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Until then, this was the worst thing that had happened to the Fitzwilliam Museum…
Climate crisis in Japan: Real sea ice is only available in museums – knowledge
Mombetsu, in northern Japan, is the southernmost place where the sea brings drift ice and is believed to be the first to lose it to the climate crisis. But without…
Museums in Munich: What’s going on in art? Exhibitions worth seeing in March – Munich
What was it like when there was no Google Maps, no Street View, no Google Earth? When you couldn’t visually beam yourself to any hotspot in the world with just…