Museum in the Kulturbrauerei

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Museum in the Kulturbrauerei

Museum in the Kulturbrauerei
Museum in the Kulturbrauerei
Coordinates 52 ° 32 '25.3 "  N , 13 ° 24' 50.6"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '25.3 "  N , 13 ° 24' 50.6"  E
place Berlin
Visitor address Knaackstrasse 97, 10435 Berlin
carrier Foundation House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany
Organizational form Foundation, endowment
Website https://www.hdg.de/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei

In the museum in the Kulturbrauerei am Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin , the Foundation House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany is showing the permanent exhibition "Everyday Life in the GDR". With objects, documents, film and sound samples, the exhibition illustrates the gap between aspiration and reality in the GDR . Admission is free.

history

Exterior view of the museum in the Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg

The following project phases had taken place before the museum opened:

On July 1, 2005, the House of History Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany took over the Industrial Design Collection . The examination of the existing condition (end of 2005 / beginning of 2006) revealed significant conservation deficiencies in the storage of the holdings and resulted in the move (April to July 2007) to a new depot in Berlin-Spandau .

Then the collection and initial inventories began.

In October 2007, the Penti II camera, the first object from the Industrial Design collection, was placed in the online database “Search in the collections”. As of April 2015, more than 1200 objects from the Industrial Design Collection can be viewed online under the code “SIG”.

On July 29, 2011, the rental contract for the museum in the Kulturbrauerei was signed between TLG Immobilien GmbH and the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks . Extensive renovation work on the listed building then began. In spring 2012, the concept of the new permanent exhibition was presented and discussed in the committees of the House of History Foundation. On November 15, 2013, the new permanent exhibition "Everyday Life in the GDR" was opened in the museum in the Kulturbrauerei.

location

The museum in the Kulturbrauerei is housed in a former brewery on Prenzlauer Berg , the cornerstone of which was laid in 1842. After the Second World War, the SED regime converted the brewery into a state-owned company (VEB), which was closed in 1967 due to ailing machines. Then the buildings were used in various ways, e.g. B. through a furniture wholesale market and the legendary "Frannz Club". In 1991, after the reunification, the Kulturbrauerei was founded, which is a multicultural center u. a. has developed into one of the largest cultural institutions in Berlin with theaters, cinemas, restaurants and event rooms. The museum in the Kulturbrauerei can be found there at Knaackstraße 97.

Permanent exhibition

On 600 square meters, the tension between the ideological demands of the SED rule and East German everyday reality is illuminated. Around 800 original objects, more than 200 documents, film and sound recordings as well as biographical reports form the basis for the exhibition, which is divided into four main themes.

In the first subject area, the fundamental shaping of everyday life by the framework conditions of the SED state is presented. The regime propagated the Soviet Union as a political and practical model and ideologically invoked Marxism-Leninism . Few supported the SED, the majority conformed, resistance and “thinking differently” were punished with surveillance and persecution.

Then the visitor's attention is drawn to life in the collective. For the working people, but also in their free time, mass organizations and work collectives set the pace in everyday life. Through leisure and cultural programs, they created a feeling of togetherness and cohesion, but at the same time also served as social control.

The third subject area illustrates the stark contrast between the SED's promise of a better life under socialism and the actual supply situation. The socialist centrally planned economy could not ensure the supply of attractive living space, high-quality consumer goods and food. Inadequate infrastructure and a destroyed environment made living conditions difficult. In addition, the exhibition also presents examples of people who opposed the shortage economy through private initiative and creativity.

A Trabi with a roof tent and the dacha are in the fourth exhibition area as examples of the retreat of many East Germans into private life in order to escape political and social control. However, the lack of freedom and self-determination could not be suppressed by these small escapes in everyday life.

The foundation has been offering a free audio guide for the exhibition since 2015, which is also made available as an app. The audio guide is available in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish.

  • Everyday scenes in the museum's permanent exhibition in the Kulturbrauerei

  • Trabi with roof tent in the museum's permanent exhibition in the Kulturbrauerei

  • Inside from a brigade diary

Temporary exhibitions

180 square meters are available for temporary exhibitions.

title Period Others
Dig, Dag, Digedag. GDR comic 'Mosaic' April 11th to August 3rd, 2014 First temporary exhibition
Character. Language without words September 24, 2014 to April 12, 2015
Dream and sadness. About life in the record. Photographs by Harald Kirschner May 22nd to September 6th, 2015
Departure in the east. Photographs by Harald Schmitt September 25, 2015 to February 28, 2016
Is everything according to plan? Design in the GDR April 8, 2016 to March 19, 2017 Objects from the holdings of the Industrial Design Collection
Shalom. 3 photographers see Germany May 5, 2017 to October 15, 2017 Photographs by Holger Biermann , Rafael Herlich and Benyamin Reich
Islam in Europe November 16, 2017 to April 8, 2018 Images of the zenith Photo Award 2017
The 68s April 27, 2018 to January 20, 2019 Photographs by Ludwig Binder and Jim Rakete
After the fall of the wall February 14, 2019 to October 6, 2019 Daniel Biskup . Photographs 1990–1995
Germany becomes one. The dismantling of the inner-German border October 23, 2019 to April 19, 2020 Photo exhibition

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Flyer for the permanent exhibition "Everyday Life in the GDR", Foundation House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany, Museum in the Kulturbrauerei.
  2. ↑ a b Website of the House of History Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany , accessed on March 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Search in the collections" on the website of the House of History Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany , accessed on April 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Foundation House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany: museumsmagazin online, 4/2013 , accessed on April 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ Berlin.de - The official capital city portal ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 14, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlin.de
  6. ^ Website of the House of History Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany , accessed on March 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ http://www.carascopetschko.com/referenz/