The complex of buildings and the associated collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin on Berlin’s Museum Island are now experiencing their fifth form of governance. Each of these political and social systems has taken a different approach to the cultural heritage preserved there. Using examples from architecture, the repair of war damage, changing exhibition practices, and the varying approaches of different cultural policies, archaeologist, historian and former Elsa Neumann scholar Christopher Hölzel will discuss the differences and similarities in the role of museums across different societies.

Meeting place: In front of Altes Museum

Registration: nafoeg-stipendium@drs.fu-berlin.de

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