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

With the Tuesday Question we want to introduce a blog category dedicated to the questions most frequently asked by visitors. We hear about these questions from the security staff in the exhibition and the guest book. We also enjoy the contact via Facebook or Twitter (#D4freedom) very much.

Last weekend we had a celebration at the museum and the question that our curator Monika Flacke heard most frequently was:

How are the objects chosen for an exhibition?  

To provide you with an overview of the press response to the exhibition, we summarised several reviews and provided links to several others. A question brought up by two of the critics was whether a historical museum is necessary in order to present an art exhibition?

This question caused me to hesitate slightly. My perspective is neither that of an art historian nor of a historian (but rather one of a theatre scholar, if it is of interest). 

A Wednesday morning at the German Historical Museum: The exhibition is open to the public since last night and we are only interested in one thing—the response in the press. The computers in the project offices are quicker than usual, the Google Alerts are already in the mail boxes, and the outside world’s digital evaluation is quickly consumed. There is no audio record of events, but our responses reflected a wide range of emotions. 

Our visitors are our quality management: What did they like, what did they think could have been better and did they even read our blog? If you want to know – even before visiting the exhibition – what others thought, said or where they went for coffee afterwards, keep on reading!

Other than that we will show you all the articles, texts and works by students who participated in our educational tours. What do they think about democracy, equality, freedom and human rights?

We don’t have anything against criticism – do you have better ideas on how to present our visitors and their opinions? Do you think our questions are boring? Don’t leave us in the dark! Comment below or write us!