Country: Brandenburg

Bet­ween ide­al and rea­li­ty: the “Stran­ger Fri­ends” ex­hi­bi­ti­on at the Uto­pia and Ever­y­day Life Mu­se­um

The ex­hi­bi­ti­on “For­eign Fri­ends. In­ter­na­tio­nal Fri­end­ship bet­ween Ide­al and Rea­li­ty” at the Mu­se­um Uto­pia and Ever­y­day Life ta­kes a cri­ti­cal look at the much-ci­­ted con­cept of in­ter­na­tio­nal fri­end­ship in the GDR. Fri­end­ship was a fre­quent­ly used term in of­fi­ci­al lan­guage — an ex­pres­si­on of a so­cia­list uto­pia that was bo­th an ideo­lo­gy and a pro­mi­se […]

Last shift: me­mo­ries of Bran­den­bur­g’s in­dus­tri­al past

The spe­cial ex­hi­bi­ti­on “Last Shift: Bran­den­burg 1994” at the Uto­pia and Ever­y­day Life Mu­se­um in­vi­tes vi­si­tors to ta­ke a look at th­ree ab­an­do­ned fos­sil fuel power ge­ne­ra­ti­on sites in the sta­te of Bran­den­burg. The 1990s we­re cha­rac­te­ri­sed by far-re­a­ching ch­an­ges in the East Ger­man in­dus­tri­al land­scape: clo­sures, de­mo­li­ti­ons and the loss of ar­chi­tec­tu­ral­ly and his­to­ri­cal­ly […]

Co­lou­red light and re­li­ef at the Al­ter Markt — Chris­to­pher Lehm­pfuhl in Pots­dam

A spe­cial ex­hi­bi­ti­on will be pre­sen­ted at the Pots­dam Mu­se­um — Fo­rum for Art and Histo­ry from spring 2025: Ber­lin ar­tist Chris­to­pher Lehm­pfuhl will im­mer­se hims­elf in the at­mo­sphe­re of the Al­ter Markt in Pots­dam for a year, cap­tu­ring this im­portant squa­re from dif­fe­rent per­spec­ti­ves and at dif­fe­rent times of the year. Lehm­pfuhl’s pic­tures are […]

Room for so­me­thing new? — Vi­si­ons for the Old Mar­ket 1945–2025

The Al­ter Markt in Pots­dam is much mo­re than just a his­to­ric squa­re — it is the cen­tre­pie­ce of the ci­ty and has al­ways be­en a place of gre­at ide­as and pas­sio­na­te de­ba­te. From its de­s­truc­tion in 1945 to the pre­sent cen­tu­ry, hard­ly any other place in the ci­ty has be­en in­ter­pre­ted, re­mo­del­led and dis­cus­sed […]

Co­lours in the light: the fa­sci­na­ting world of Theo von Brock­husen

The Pots­dam Mu­se­um — Fo­rum for Art and Histo­ry is de­di­ca­ting a com­pre­hen­si­ve ex­hi­bi­ti­on to the ex­tra­or­di­na­ry Ger­man im­pres­sio­nist Theo von Brock­husen. From 22 No­vem­ber 2025 to 22 March 2026, vi­si­tors can dis­co­ver his co­lourful land­scapes, which we­re main­ly crea­ted on La­ke Schwie­low ne­ar Pots­dam and re­pre­sent a uni­que mood of light and harm­o­ny wi­th […]

How “How to catch a Na­zi” is res­ha­ping re­mem­brance at the Pots­dam Film Mu­se­um

The Pots­dam Film Mu­se­um is de­di­ca­ting its cur­rent spe­cial ex­hi­bi­ti­on “How to catch a Na­zi. Ope­ra­ti­on Fi­na­le: The Cap­tu­re and Tri­al of Adolf Eich­mann” to the 80th an­ni­ver­sa­ry of the li­be­ra­ti­on of Ausch­witz and the end of the Se­cond World War. The ex­hi­bi­ti­on fo­cu­ses on the spec­ta­cu­lar sto­ry of the dis­co­very, cap­tu­re and spec­ta­cu­lar tri­al […]

Avant-gar­de and Im­pres­sio­nism — Max Lie­ber­mann at the Mu­se­um Bar­be­ri­ni Pots­dam

The up­co­ming ex­hi­bi­ti­on “Avant-gar­­de. Max Lie­ber­mann and Im­pres­sio­nism in Ger­ma­ny” at the Mu­se­um Bar­be­ri­ni in Pots­dam from 28 Fe­bru­ary to 7 Ju­ne 2026 is de­di­ca­ted to Max Lie­ber­man­n’s in­fluence on the de­ve­lo­p­ment of Ger­man Im­pres­sio­nism. Lie­ber­mann, for­mer pre­si­dent of the Ber­lin Se­ces­si­on, brought the in­ter­na­tio­nal avant-gar­­de to Ger­ma­ny and ope­ned up the Ger­man Em­pire to […]

The ma­gi­cal uni­corn at the Mu­se­um Bar­be­ri­ni: a fa­sci­na­ting jour­ney th­rough art and myth

An ex­tra­or­di­na­ry ex­hi­bi­ti­on de­di­ca­ted to one of the most fa­sci­na­ting my­thi­cal crea­tures in cul­tu­ral histo­ry is ope­ning its doors at the Mu­se­um Bar­be­ri­ni Pots­dam un­til 1 Fe­bru­ary 2026: “Uni­corn. The my­thi­cal crea­tu­re in art” pres­ents the mul­­ti-lay­e­­red sym­bo­lism and ar­tis­tic de­pic­tion of the uni­corn from an­ti­qui­ty to the pre­sent day for the first time on […]

The ma­gic uni­corn at the Bar­be­ri­ni Mu­se­um: a fa­sci­na­ting jour­ney th­rough art and myth

At the Bar­be­ri­ni Mu­se­um in Pots­dam, an ex­cep­tio­nal ex­hi­bi­ti­on de­vo­ted to one of the most fa­sci­na­ting fa­bu­lous crea­tures in cul­tu­ral histo­ry is ope­ning its doors un­til 1 Fe­bru­ary 2026: “Ein­horn. The fa­bu­lous ani­mal in art” pres­ents for the first time on this sca­le the com­plex sym­bo­lism and ar­tis­tic re­pre­sen­ta­ti­on of the uni­corn from An­ti­qui­ty to […]