Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
The Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg has so far been a purely virtual museum on the state history of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania that can be visited via the Internet . It has its origins in the preparation and until then as a replacement for a planned Mecklenburg State Museum, similar to the already existing Pomeranian State Museum in Greifswald.
History of origin
The idea of closer cooperation between museums on Mecklenburg history, developed by the state capital Schwerin and the Museum Association of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , was implemented in 2008 with the first step of a decentralized state museum in Mecklenburg . The participating museums agreed on a stronger cooperation, such as the delimitation of the respective collection focuses and advertised in each museum for the other participating museums using computer-aided terminals and a joint flyer. This approach was further developed into a Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg in a joint project of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Museum Association and the Mecklenburg Foundation . Around 30 Mecklenburg museums took part in this project. The Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg was first activated on December 4, 2014. Since May 2018, museums in Western Pomerania have also been involved in the virtual museum. In the meantime there are already around 50 museums from various sponsorships that have made exhibits available for the Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg. The content of the museum was in the hands of Wolf Karge and Florian Ostrop .
exhibition
The exhibition shows exhibits on nine areas of Mecklenburg and Pomerania history:
- politics
- dynasty
- Art and architecture
- Craft and industry
- science and education
- Way of life
- religion
- Landscape and environment
- Agriculture
The journey through time is divided into 50 seasons that begin with the time "up to 1200" and currently end with the period up to 2000. Around 400 exhibits are shown, which allow two different zoom levels. The exhibits can also be rotated 360 degrees around their own axis.