Museum Island Beyond the Museum Signs:<\/p>\n
Museum Island in Berlin is considered one of Europe\u2019s most important cultural centers. But what stories lie behind the collections and institutions? This decolonial city tour invites you to view Museum Island from a critical perspective and to shed light on the colonial, monarchical, and global interconnections that continue to have an impact to this day.<\/p>\n
The focus is on the cultural treasures of the Humboldt Forum, the Neues Museum, and the Pergamon Museum, such as the statue of Nefertiti, the Benin Bronzes, and the Pergamon Altar. Few people know how these significant works of art came to be in Berlin, what colonial power dynamics shaped their history, and why their restitution is still being debated today.<\/p>\n
On our tour, we\u2019ll also encounter the legacy of the Hohenzollerns. As we pass the Hohenzollern Crypt, we\u2019ll take a look at the role of the Prussian monarchy and its ties to colonial projects and imperial claims to power.<\/p>\n
In front of the German Historical Museum, we\u2019ll take a closer look at a famous painting by Gustav Sabac el Cher. It offers insights into the lives of Black people in the 18th century.<\/p>\n
Another highlight of the tour is the time that African American intellectual and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois spent at what was then known as Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t. His time in Berlin and his engagement with issues of racism, colonialism, and global inequality open up perspectives that extend into the present day.<\/p>\n
The tour combines art, history, and the politics of memory, inviting visitors to rediscover Museum Island as a place of diverse and intertwined stories.<\/p>\n
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Nowhere else in Berlin are world-famous cultural treasures and colonial history so close together as on Museum Island. What do Berlin\u2019s most famous museum artifacts really tell us? Come along and experience Museum Island from a new perspective. Using the bust of Nefertiti, the Pergamon Museum, Berlin Cathedral, and other historic sites as our starting points, we\u2019ll explore the interconnections between art, cultural colonialism<\/strong> and power. You'll never walk into a museum the same way again.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":169705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[44,71],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-168315","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-stadtfuehrung-deutschland","product_cat-city-tour-germany","first","instock","virtual","sold-individually","taxable","purchasable","product-type-booking"],"booking_location":"","booking_location_type":"","booking_duration":2,"booking_duration_unit":"hour","booking_buffer":1,"booking_cost":29,"booking_resources":[168486],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t