Learn the history of one of Berlin’s most special places and take a look behind the scenes at the Humboldt Forum. This short guide in German presents certain aspects of the building’s exhibitions, events, as well as its educational offers.
The past, present, and future all come together at the Humboldt Forum, and this can be felt at every turn. The building is a direct successor to two other historic structures—the Royal Palace and the Palace of the Republic. A brief review of the building’s history will take you on a journey through the centuries. Find out what Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt have to do with the building named after them.
This guide offers an entertaining overview of the building’s architecture and most important topics, as well as those who work here.
Also available in English.
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
published by Prestel, 2020
22 x 12 cm
96 pages with numerous illustrations, photos, and room plans
Modern, multifunctional, on everyone’s lips: This high-quality, German-language book portrays the Humboldt Forum’s development, construction, and visions. Bright illustrations accompany texts written by experts from the four partner institutions, which give you some insights into the building’s recent but eventful history.
The book includes the debates surrounding the building’s reconstruction, facts about its architecture, history, historical tracks from 800 years, its extensive cultural, educational and recreational offerings as well as much more.
The photographs, illustrations, room plans, and sketches make this book a perfect reminder of your visit to the Humboldt Forum. Gift it and make your friends excited about their own visits here.
Also available in English.
hardcover with dust jacket
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
published by Prestel, 2020
32.5 x 24.5 cm
248 pages with numerous historical illustrations, photographs, graphics, sketches and room plans
From swamp to cultural hotspot: Four exhibition areas in the Humboldt Forum, covering over 1,500 sqm, tell the story of the site and how it is deeply embedded in Berlin's urban history.
This compact exhibition guide in German provides an overview of selected key topics while also showing and explaining the must-see exhibits. In addition to summarising 800 years of the building’s past and the city’s political history, it also includes illustrations of the building’s historical predecessors. This exhibition guide does not only take readers on a tour of the exhibition areas “History of the Site” and “Flashbacks” but also to the sculpture hall and the palace cellar.
Written by the exhibition’s curators, this entertaining read is an ideal companion before, during, or after your visit.
Also available in English.
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
published by Prestel, 2020
22 x 12.3 cm
184 pages with numerous historical illustrations, photos, and graphics
The Humboldt Forum is a place of history and research as well as a place of inclusion and to make new experiences. With 14 touch-images and text in large print, Braille, and simple language, this comprehensive book tells the story of the site from the 13th century until the present day.
What once began as a small Dominican monastery would over the centuries become one of Berlin’s most important places. Use your fingertips, eyes or ears to help you embark on a special eight-stage journey through time.
The book also comes with an audio version. Please click here for more information.
The book was produced in collaboration with members of the Arbeitskreises Kultur und Freizeit im Allgemeinen Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverein Berlin gegr. 1874 e. V., a cultural working group for the blind and visually impaired.
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, 2020
26.2 x 44.2 cm
64 pages
texts in large print, Braille and simple language
14 illustrations, 6 deep-draw films, and touch-print
3.000 Figurative Sculptures ans Reliefs 22.000 Sandstone Blocks 750 Metres of Restored Façades 3,5 Million Bricks
Encounter the architecture and sculptural work of Andreas Schlüter’s masterful façades and those of his successor Eosander von Göthe in breath-taking new photographs by Leo Seidel: the restored Berlin Palace in the centre of the capital is both a monument to the Baroque building and a vibrant new city complex for culture. With the palace, the urban reference point for the historic centre of the city between the boulevard Unter den Linden and the Spree Island has returned. The magnificent photographs and multifaceted texts by authors who, as participants in this major project, look behind the scenes, tell of the diversity and significance of the Baroque sandstone façades, their technical and handcrafted reconstruction, and the architectural conception of the building.
Published by Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Contributions by Hans-Dieter Hegner, Kathrin Lange, Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, Franco Stella, Peter Stephan, Bernhard Wolter
Addressing colonial history and (post)colonial continuities is a major challenge for the Humboldt Forum, and will decisively shape the activities of this cultural institution. This volume features essays and conversations of prominent museum experts from around the world who have supported and advised the Humboldt Forum in its development. Through their statements, they take part in international discussions such as the intense debate about provenance and restitution of ethnological collections.
Includes contributions from George Okello Abungu (Nairobi), Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York), Philipp Blom (Vienna), Hartmut Dorgerloh (Berlin), Rita Eder (Mexico City), Hu Wei (Shanghai), Jyotindra Jain (New Delhi), Lars-Christian Koch (Berlin), Lee Chor Lin (Singapore), Neil MacGregor (London), Natalia Majluf (Lima), Wayne Modest (Amsterdam), Nazan Ölçer (Istanbul), Barbara Plankensteiner (Hamburg), Thomas Thiemeyer (Tübingen), and Abdoulaye Touré (Dakar).
Published by Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Addressing colonial history and (post)colonial continuities is a major challenge for the Humboldt Forum, and will decisively shape the activities of this cultural institution. This volume features essays and conversations of prominent museum experts from around the world who have supported and advised the Humboldt Forum in its development. Through their statements, they take part in international discussions such as the intense debate about provenance and restitution of ethnological collections. Includes contributions from George Okello Abungu (Nairobi), Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York), Philipp Blom (Vienna), Hartmut Dorgerloh (Berlin), Rita Eder (Mexico City), Hu Wei (Shanghai), Jyotindra Jain (New Delhi), Lars-Christian Koch (Berlin), Lee Chor Lin (Singapore), Neil MacGregor (London), Natalia Majluf (Lima), Wayne Modest (Amsterdam), Nazan Ölçer (Istanbul), Barbara Plankensteiner (Hamburg), Thomas Thiemeyer (Tübingen), and Abdoulaye Touré (Dakar).
Published by Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
3.000 Figurative Sculptures ans Reliefs 22.000 Sandstone Blocks 750 Metres of Restored Façades 3,5 Million Bricks
Encounter the architecture and sculptural work of Andreas Schlüter’s masterful façades and those of his successor Eosander von Göthe in breath-taking new photographs by Leo Seidel: the restored Berlin Palace in the centre of the capital is both a monument to the Baroque building and a vibrant new city complex for culture. With the palace, the urban reference point for the historic centre of the city between the boulevard Unter den Linden and the Spree Island has returned. The magnificent photographs and multifaceted texts by authors who, as participants in this major project, look behind the scenes, tell of the diversity and significance of the Baroque sandstone façades, their technical and handcrafted reconstruction, and the architectural conception of the building.
Published by Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Contributions by Hans-Dieter Hegner, Kathrin Lange, Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, Franco Stella, Peter Stephan, Bernhard Wolter
Modern, multifunctional, on everyone’s lips: This high-quality, English-language book portrays the Humboldt Forum’s development, construction, and visions. Bright illustrations accompany texts written by experts from the four partner institutions, which give you some insights into the building’s recent but eventful history.
The book includes the debates surrounding the building’s reconstruction, facts about its architecture, history, historical tracks from 800 years, its extensive cultural, educational and recreational offerings as well as much more.
The photographs, illustrations, room plans, and sketches make this book a perfect reminder of your visit to the Humboldt Forum. Gift it and make your friends excited about their own visits here.
Also available in German.
hardcover with dust jacket
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
published by Prestel, 2020
32.5 x 24.5 cm
248 pages with numerous historical illustrations, photographs, graphics, sketches and room plans
Learn the history of one of Berlin’s most special places and take a look behind the scenes at the Humboldt Forum. This short guide in English presents certain aspects of the building’s exhibitions, events, as well as its educational offers.
The past, present, and future all come together at the Humboldt Forum and this can be felt at every turn. The building is a direct successor to two other historic structures—the Royal Palace and the Palace of the Republic. A brief review of the building’s history will take you on a journey through the centuries. Find out what Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt have to do with the building named after them.
This book offers an entertaining overview of the building’s architecture and most important topics, as well as those who work here.
Also available in German.
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
published by Prestel, 2020
22 x 12 cm
96 pages with numerous illustrations, photos and room plans
From swamp to cultural hotspot: Four exhibition areas in the Humboldt Forum, covering over 1,500 sqm, tell the story of the site and how it is deeply embedded in Berlin's urban history.
This compact exhibition guide in English provides an overview of selected key topics while also showing and explaining the must-see exhibits. In addition to summarising 800 years of the building’s past and the city’s political history, it also includes illustrations of the building’s historical predecessors. This exhibition guide does not only take readers on a tour of the exhibition areas “History of the Site” and “Flashbacks” but also to the sculpture hall and the palace cellar.
Written by the exhibition’s curators, this entertaining read is an ideal companion before, during, or after your visit.
Also available in German.
edited by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
published by Prestel, 2020
22 x 12.3 cm
184 pages with numerous historical illustrations, photos, and graphics
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