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The '''DDR Museum''' is a museum in the centre of [[Berlin]]. The museum is located in the former governmental district of [[East Germany]], right on the river [[Spree]], opposite the [[Berlin Cathedral]]. The museum is the 11th most visited museum in Berlin.<ref>Senate Chancellery of Berlin [http://www.berlin.de/landespressestelle/archiv/2009/11/13/145973/index.html]. Accessed 2009-12-17.</ref> |
The '''DDR Museum''' is a museum in the centre of [[Berlin]]. The museum is located in the former governmental district of [[East Germany]], right on the river [[Spree]], opposite the [[Berlin Cathedral]]. The museum is the 11th most visited museum in Berlin.<ref>Senate Chancellery of Berlin [http://www.berlin.de/landespressestelle/archiv/2009/11/13/145973/index.html]. Accessed 2009-12-17.</ref> |
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Its exhibition shows the daily life in [[East Germany]] (known in German as the ''{{lang|de|Deutsche Demokratische Republik}}'' or ''DDR'') in a direct "hands-on" way. For example, a [[covert listening device]] ("bug") gives visitors the sense of being "under surveillance".<ref>Richard Bernstein, International Herald Tribune, 2006-07-21. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126554976.html In a Berlin museum, under surveillance]. Accessed 2009-06-18.</ref> The exhibition has three themed areas: “Public Life”; “State and Ideology” and “Life in a Tower Block”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ddr-museum.de/index.php?cID=3632|title=Website of the DDR Museum|last=|first=|date=|website=www.ddr-museum.de|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> |
Its exhibition shows the daily life in [[East Germany]] (known in German as the ''{{lang|de|Deutsche Demokratische Republik}}'' or ''DDR'') in a direct "hands-on" way. For example, a [[covert listening device]] ("bug") gives visitors the sense of being "under surveillance".<ref>Richard Bernstein, International Herald Tribune, 2006-07-21. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-126554976.html In a Berlin museum, under surveillance]. Accessed 2009-06-18.</ref> The exhibition has three themed areas: “Public Life”; “State and Ideology” and “Life in a Tower Block”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ddr-museum.de/index.php?cID=3632|title=Website of the DDR Museum|last=|first=|date=|website=www.ddr-museum.de|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> A total of 35 modules are giving an impression of life in the GDR: Media, literature, music, culture, family, private niche, health, equality, diet, childhood, youth, partnership, fashion, border, Berlin, tra c, education, work, consumption, construction, living, free time, vacation, environment, party, Ministry for State Security, economy, state, ideology, army, brother states, wall, opposition, penal system and authority. |
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The museum was opened on July 15, 2006, as a private museum. The private funding is unusual in Germany, because German museums are normally funded by the state. The museum met some opposition from state-owned museums, who considered possibly "suspect" a private museum and concerned that the museum could be used as an argument to question public funding to museums in general.<ref>Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, 2006-07-14. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a84zdFeQZkVk&refer=germany New Berlin Museum Portrays Daily Life in Communist East Germany]. Accessed 2009-06-18.</ref> |
The museum was opened on July 15, 2006, as a private museum. The private funding is unusual in Germany, because German museums are normally funded by the state. The museum met some opposition from state-owned museums, who considered possibly "suspect" a private museum and concerned that the museum could be used as an argument to question public funding to museums in general.<ref>Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, 2006-07-14. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a84zdFeQZkVk&refer=germany New Berlin Museum Portrays Daily Life in Communist East Germany]. Accessed 2009-06-18.</ref> |
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The DDR Museum is a museum in the centre of Berlin. The museum is located in the former governmental district of East Germany, right on the river Spree, opposite the Berlin Cathedral. The museum is the 11th most visited museum in Berlin.[1]
Its exhibition shows the daily life in East Germany (known in German as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) in a direct "hands-on" way. For example, a covert listening device ("bug") gives visitors the sense of being "under surveillance".[2] The exhibition has three themed areas: “Public Life”; “State and Ideology” and “Life in a Tower Block”.[3] A total of 35 modules are giving an impression of life in the GDR: Media, literature, music, culture, family, private niche, health, equality, diet, childhood, youth, partnership, fashion, border, Berlin, tra c, education, work, consumption, construction, living, free time, vacation, environment, party, Ministry for State Security, economy, state, ideology, army, brother states, wall, opposition, penal system and authority.
The museum was opened on July 15, 2006, as a private museum. The private funding is unusual in Germany, because German museums are normally funded by the state. The museum met some opposition from state-owned museums, who considered possibly "suspect" a private museum and concerned that the museum could be used as an argument to question public funding to museums in general.[4]
In 2008, the DDR Museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award.[5]
Special Exhibits
- A recreated tower block flat with five rooms
- Cinema
- The car "Trabant" with a driving simulation
- MotionRide "Elevator"
- Volvo limousine 246 TE (from the ministerial car pool)
- Prison cell
- Mural "Praise of Communism" by Ronald Paris
- Diary of lack
In general, the exhibition does not focus on the individual exhibits, but rather on the scenic composition of the exhibits. According to the DDR Museum, the collection contains more than 250,000 objects.
Further reading
- Robert Rückel (ed.): GDR-Guide: everyday life of a long-gone state in 22 chapters. Berlin: DDR Museum Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-939801-14-6.
References
- ^ Senate Chancellery of Berlin [1]. Accessed 2009-12-17.
- ^ Richard Bernstein, International Herald Tribune, 2006-07-21. In a Berlin museum, under surveillance. Accessed 2009-06-18.
- ^ "Website of the DDR Museum". www.ddr-museum.de. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg.com, 2006-07-14. New Berlin Museum Portrays Daily Life in Communist East Germany. Accessed 2009-06-18.
- ^ Die Welt, 2008-01-12, DDR-Museum für europäischen Museumspreis nominiert. Accessed 2009-06-18.
External links
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