The German
Historical Museum
(German: Deutsches
Historisches
Museum), known by
the acronym DHM, is
a museum in Berlin,
Germany devoted to
German history. It
describes itself as
a place of
"enlightenment and
understanding of the
shared history of
Germans and
Europeans". It is
often viewed as one
of the most
important museums in
Berlin and is one of
the most frequented.
The museum is
located in the
Zeughaus (armoury)
on the Unter den
Linden as well as in
the adjacent
Exhibition Hall
designed by I. M.
Pei.

The German
Historical Museum is
under the legal form
of a foundation
registered by the
Federal Republic of
Germany. Its
highest-ranking body
is the Board of
Trustees
(Kuratorium) with
representatives of
the federal
government, the
German Bundestag
(Parliament) and the
governments of the
German Länder, or
states....

German Historical Museum

The Altes Museum
(English: Old
Museum) is a listed
building on the
Museum Island in the
historic centre of
Berlin and part of
the UNESCO World
Heritage. Built from
1825 to 1830 by
order of King
Frederick William
III of Prussia
according to plans
by Karl Friedrich
Schinkel, it is
considered as a
major work of German
Neoclassical
architecture. It is
surrounded by the
Berlin Cathedral to
the east, the Berlin
Palace to the south
and the Zeughaus to
the west. Currently,
the Altes Museum is
home to the
Antikensammlung and
parts of the
Münzkabinett.


PLANNING AND
LOCATION

In the early
nineteenth century,
Germany's
bourgeoisie had
become increasingly
self-aware and
self-confident. This
growing class began
to embrace new ideas
regarding the
relationship between
itself and art, and
the concepts that
art should be open
to the public and
that citizens should
be able to have
access to a
comprehensive
cultural education
began to pervade
society. King
Friedrich Wilhelm
III of Prussia was a
stron...

Altes Museum

The DDR Museum is a
museum in the centre
of Berlin. The
museum is located in
the former
governmental
district of East
Germany, right on
the river Spree,
opposite the Berlin
Cathedral. The
museum is the 11th
most visited museum
in Berlin.

Its exhibition
depicts life in the
former East Germany
(known in German as
the Deutsche
Demokratische
Republik or DDR) in
a direct "hands-on"
way. For example, a
covert listening
device ("bug") gives
visitors the sense
of being "under
surveillance". One
can also try DDR
clothes on in the
recreated tower
block apartment,
change TV channels
or use an original
typewriter. The
exhibition has three
themed areas:
“Public Life”;
“State and Ideology”
and “Life in a Tower
Block”. Each of them
is presented under a
critical light: the
positives as well as
the negatives sides
of the DDR are
explored in this
exhibition. A total
of 35 modules
illustrate these
three themes: Media,
literature, music,
culture, family,
private niche,
health, equality,
diet, childhoo...

DDR Museum

The Führerbunker
(German
pronunciation:
[ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ]) was
an air raid shelter
located near the
Reich Chancellery in
Berlin, Germany. It
was part of a
subterranean bunker
complex constructed
in two phases in
1936 and 1944. It
was the last of the
Führer Headquarters
(Führerhauptquartiere)
used by Adolf Hitler
during World War II.

Hitler took up
residence in the
Führerbunker on 16
January 1945, and it
became the centre of
the Nazi regime
until the last week
of World War II in
Europe. Hitler
married Eva Braun
there on 29 April
1945, less than 40
hours before they
committed suicide.

After the war, both
the old and new
Chancellery
buildings were
levelled by the
Soviets. The
underground complex
remained largely
undisturbed until
1988–89, despite
some attempts at
demolition. The
excavated sections
of the old bunker
complex were mostly
destroyed during
reconstruction of
that area of Berlin.
The site remained
unmarked until 2006,
when a small plaque
was installed with a
schematic diagram....

Berlin Story Bunker

The Alte
Nationalgalerie
(lit. Old National
Gallery) is a listed
building on the
Museum Island in the
historic centre of
Berlin and part of
the UNESCO World
Heritage. It was
built from 1862 to
1876 by order of
King Frederick
William IV of
Prussia according to
plans by Friedrich
August Stüler and
Johann Heinrich
Strack in
Neoclassical and
Renaissance Revival
styles. The
building's outside
stair features a
memorial to
Frederick William
IV. Currently, the
Alte Nationalgalerie
is home to paintings
and sculptures of
the 19th century and
hosts a variety of
tourist buses daily.


HISTORY


FOUNDING

The first impetus to
founding a national
gallery came in
1815. The idea
gained momentum
during the 1830s,
but without an
actual building. In
1841 the first real
plans were created.
These plans never
made it out of the
planning stages, but
finally in 1861 the
National Gallery was
founded, after
banker Johann
Heinrich Wagener
donated 262
paintings by both
German and foreign
artists. This
donation...

Alte Nationalgalerie

<p>The Topography of Terror (German: Topographie des Terrors) is an outdoor and indoor history museum in Berlin, Germany. It is located on Niederkirchnerstrasse, formerly Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, on the site of buildings, which during the Nazi regime from 1933 to 1945 was the SS Reich Security Main Office, the headquarters of the Sicherheitspolizei, SD, Einsatzgruppen and Gestapo. The buildings that housed the Gestapo and SS headquarters were largely destroyed by Allied bombing during early 1945 and the ruins demolished after the war. The boundary between the American and Soviet zones of occupation in Berlin ran along the Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse, so the street soon became a fortified boundary, and the Berlin Wall ran along the south side of the street, renamed Niederkirchnerstrasse, from 1961 to 1989. The wall here was never demolished. The section adjacent to the Topography of Terror site is the longest extant segment of the outer wall, as the longer East Side Gallery section in Frie...

Topography of Terror

The Bode-Museum
(English: Bode
Museum), formerly
called the
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum
(Emperor Frederick
Museum), is a listed
building on the
Museum Island in the
historic centre of
Berlin and part of
the UNESCO World
Heritage. It was
built from 1898 to
1904 by order of
German Emperor
William II according
to plans by Ernst
von Ihne in Baroque
Revival style. The
building's front
square featured a
memorial to German
Emperor Frederick
III, which was
destroyed by the
East German
authorities.
Currently, the
Bode-Museum is home
to the
Skulpturensammlung,
the Museum für
Byzantinische Kunst
and the Münzkabinett
(sculpture, coins
and medals, and
Byzantine art).


HISTORY AND
COLLECTIONS

Originally called
the
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum
after Emperor
Frederick III, the
museum was renamed
in honor of its
first curator,
Wilhelm von Bode, in
1956.

During World War II,
portions of the
collection were
stored in an
antiaircraft tower
called the Flakturm
Friedrichshain for
safe keeping. In May
1945, sev...

Bode Museum

The Pergamon Museum
(German:
Pergamonmuseum;
pronounced
[ˈpɛʁ.ɡa.mɔn.muˌzeː.ʊm]
(listen)) is a
listed building on
the Museum Island in
the historic centre
of Berlin and part
of the UNESCO World
Heritage. It was
built from 1910 to
1930 by order of
German Emperor
Wilhelm II according
to plans by Alfred
Messel and Ludwig
Hoffmann in Stripped
Classicism style.
Currently, the
Pergamon Museum is
home to the
Antikensammlung
including the famous
Pergamon Altar, the
Vorderasiatisches
Museum and the
Museum für
Islamische Kunst.
Parts of the
building are closed
for renovation until
2025.


ORIGIN

By the time the
Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum
on Museum Island
(today the
Bodemuseum) had
opened in 1904, it
was clear that the
edifice was not
large enough to host
all of the art and
archaeological
treasures being
excavated under
German supervision.
Excavations were
underway in the
areas of ancient
Babylon, Uruk,
Assur, Miletus,
Priene and ancient
Egypt, and objects
from these sites
could not be
properly ...

Pergamonmuseum

Kommissar Hjuler
(born Detlev Hjuler;
1967) works as a
sound recordist in
the field of Noise
and Post-industrial
music, visual
artist, film maker
and police officer
at Flensburg, a town
on the German border
with Denmark. He
often works together
with his wife Mama
Baer as Kommissar
Hjuler und Frau. As
self-taught artist
he began making
music in 1999 and
visual art in 2006.
He is considered to
work in the field of
neo dada, whereas
his output also
contains elements of
fluxus, art brut.


WORK

Music releases are
available at
independent labels
like Intransitive
Recordings, and
Nihilist Records.

Kommissar Hjuler und
Frau performed at
several festivals
like Colour out of
Space Festival at
Brighton, Zappanale,
UND #6/ART
Karlsruhe, Festival
Bruit de la Neige at
Annecy, Avantgarde
Festival Schiphorst,
Blurred Edges
Hamburg, Incubate
Festival Tilburg,
Rapid Ear Movement
Festival by
Projektgruppe Neue
Musik e. V. Bremen,
Brise°3 festival
Flensburg, and at
artists' venues like
Morden Tower,...

Illuseum Berlin

A personal computer
game, also known as
a PC game or
computer game, is a
type of video game
played on a personal
computer (PC) rather
than a video game
console or arcade
machine. Its
defining
characteristics
include: more
diverse and
user-determined
gaming hardware and
software; and
generally greater
capacity in input,
processing, video
and audio output.
The uncoordinated
nature of the PC
game market, and now
its lack of physical
media, make
precisely assessing
its size difficult.
In 2018, the global
PC games market was
valued at about
$27.7 billion.

Home computer games
became popular
following the video
game crash of 1983,
leading to the era
of the "bedroom
coder". In the
1990s, PC games lost
mass-market traction
to console games,
before enjoying a
resurgence in the
mid-2000s through
digital distribution
on services such as
Steam and GOG.com.

Newzoo reports that
the PC gaming sector
is the third-largest
category (and
estimated in
decline) across all
platforms as of
2016, with the...

Computer Games Museum

The Berlin Spy
Museum is a private
museum in Berlin
which was created by
former journalist
Franz-Michael
Günther. The museum
opened to the public
on the 19th of
September 2015.
Günther's
aspirations were to
create a museum
devoted to the
history of spies and
espionage in the
former spy capital
of Germany. The
museum is located in
the central area of
Potsdamer Platz,
formerly known as
the "death strip",
as it lies on the
perimeters of the
wall which once
divided East and
West Berlin. The
museum acts as an
educational
institution, with
its permanent
exhibitions bridging
together centuries
of espionage stories
and tactics,
immersing visitors
in a multi-media
experience. The
museum particularly
focuses on the World
Wars and the Cold
War through a range
of a 1000 different
exhibits and
artefacts. Since its
opening in 2015,
1,000,000 people
have visited the
museum and recently
in 2020 it was
nominated for the
European Museum of
the Year Award. The
Berlin Spy Museum is
partnered with the
I...

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