The history of displaying in museums

Via the example of the museums of Berlin

22.07. - 26.07.2013

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Date

22.07. - 26.07.2013

Location

Museumsakademie Joanneum, Berlin

Meeting point

Berlin (GER)

Costs

450 €, reduced price 350 €

External registration

Please register via e-mail.

 

Contact

+43-664/8017-9537  

museumsakademie@museum-joanneum.at

 

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About the
Event

The history of the museum is a history of displaying, arranging, and assembling objects and design elements in space for the purpose of mediation. Regardless of whether they are arranged as total works of art (Gesamtkunstwerk) that you can stroll through like the cabinets of curiosities, or spacious museum halls using labels to provide information on encyclopaedic collections; or whether they are realised as environments, or prepared according to didactic principles; or whether they are staged using atmospheric media, or designed for interaction – every form of presentation is an expression of its time: they reflect the current state of discussion on collections and social issues and cannot be separated from changing world views and systems of thought, from the history of science and the development of media, or from the image museum executives have of the institution and themselves. Against this backdrop, we will embark on a 5-day expedition of Berlin’s museums together with experts from museums, universities, and media. We will analyse the architecture of the museums, compare selected permanent exhibitions with their underlying scientific and museological designs and concepts, and trace the interactions between presentation aesthetics, world views/systems of thought, collection development, and forms of mediation. We will focus specifically on including more recent museum and exhibition projects and those still in planning, which we will discuss in the context of current museological debates and international developments in the museum sector.


With
Bodo Baumunk Exhibition organiser, Berlin (GER)
Sabine Beneke Curator Permanent Exhibition, German Historical Museum Berlin (GER)
Nikolaus Bernau Art historian, architecture critic, journalist and non-fiction author, Berlin (GER)
Gabriele Beßler Publicist, art critic and curator, Stuttgart (GER)
Birgit Bosold Curator, Berlin (GER)
Regine Falkenberg Head of the Everyday Culture Collection II, German Historical Museum, Berlin (GER)
Renate Flagmeier Head Curator Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge, Berlin (GER)
Michael Fürst Research Volunteer Gay Museum, Berlin (GER)
Claudia Gemmeke Director of the Forum Department, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (GER)
Udo Gößwald Director Museum Neukölln, Berlin (GER)
Christian Hirte Cultural scientist and curator, Berlin (GER) 
Susanne Köstering Managing Director Museumsverband des Landes Brandenburg e.V., Potsdam (GER)
Cilly Kugelmann Programme Director Jewish Museum Berlin (GER)
Franziska Nentwig General Director of the Berlin City Museum Foundation (GER)
Andreas Pinkow Exhibition designer, Berlin (GER)
Ellen Roters Educator Youth Museum, Berlin (GER)
Robert Rückel Director DDR Museum, Berlin (GER)
Constanze Schröder Head of Museum Education, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (GER)
Daniel Tyradellis Curator, Berlin (GER)
Martina Weinland Director of the Collection Department, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin (GER)
Carsten Wieworra Architect and Interior Designer, Berlin (GER)
Petra Zwaka Director Youth Museum, Berlin (GER)

Conception and design
Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen Museumsakademie Joanneum, Graz (AT)
Michael Fehr Institute for Art in Context, Berlin University of the Arts (GER)