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The collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin contain countless objects with surprising, hidden histories and provenances. The exhibition (Un)seen Stories. Looking, Locating, Illuminating focuses on these stories and the methods museologists use to research and tell them. In the cross-collection special exhibition “(Un)seen Stories. Looking, Locating, Illuminating”, that starts on 31 May 2024, 26 trainees from 20 collections and institutes of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation present more than 70 unusual and rarely shown objects and stories.
Museums are not neutral places. They are subjective spaces that are critically scrutinised, especially in the contexts of nationalism and colonialism. New perspectives and points of view are included and emotions are increasingly permitted and discussed. They are also increasingly given space in exhibition architecture, …
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Image above: Röntgenaufnahme des Gemäldes “Dame auf dem Sofa” von Fritz Rhein, ca. 1905, © Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Andres Kilger.
