Deutsches Historisches Museum - Verf�hrung Freiheit. Kunst in Europa seit 1945 - Blog

Last week 15 young people from across Europe visited us with the idea of using their tour of the exhibition as the background for a discussion about freedom. The workshop was organised by the Körber Foundation. Much has happened during these four days and there is much to show you, because some aspects required their creativity. The artworks, for example, may not be photographed for copyright reasons, which presented us with the problem—as was the case with our #MuseUp—of wanting to talk about art without being allowed to show it. Ten workshop participants, however, didn’t let these little details get in their way and simply went about reinterpreting the works.

Our Tuesday Question for today is: What did our young Europeans do and what was the outcome?

Yesterday marked the end of our four-month presentation of The Desire for Freedom in Berlin. The artworks are already being packed for transport. The opening in the Palazzo Reale in Milan will happen in one month. Yesterday we held a closing event for The Desire for Freedom, although it is not common practice at the DHM.  

It began with a short conversation on Twitter and a to-do-list for 2013 as the new year was just three weeks off.  

What actually happens in the project office after the exhibition has opened?

What does the project team do once the catalogue is edited, the artworks safely shipped and installed in the museum, the blog and the Facebook page set up, the exhibition design decided, the audio guide mixed, the opening remarks made, and the exhibition officially opened?

A comparison of project members’ desks. 

Some call it winter; we call it museum weather. Even if it isn’t that cold, the monotone grey outside doesn’t exactly make you think of long walks. Nonetheless, in an effort to convince more visitors of the true value of ‘museum weather’ and our exhibition, we invited two organisations, Livekritik and Kulturloge Berlin, in for a visit.