Status: 02/12/2021 4:05 p.m.
The Museum of Hamburg History is turned inside out – old out, new in. Director Bettina Probst has 36 million euros available.
Bettina Probst took one of her first walks in the hotel’s central depot – and discovered it straight away: the burned-out car from the G20 summit. “I was thinking, what is there covered under tarpaulin? We can’t unpack it and put it somewhere, but it still has to be treated in terms of conservation. But of course it’s a strong object that you associate a lot with or about which you can talk about a lot Protest culture can show. ” In any case, this car wreck from 2017 should be included in a new historical tour of the house on Holstenwall. In general, the new director wants to bring things into the museum that have never been seen here before. She has already secured a corona spacer from theater rehearsals. Or the vial that contained the very first Corona vaccine dose. “That too is of course an object where the whole cosmos of this pandemic opens up, so to speak,” Probst said.
Probst wants to attract neighborhood audiences
The new director Britta Probst wants to redesign the Museum of Hamburg History – she has 36 million euros at her disposal.
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Bettina Probst wants to turn the museum inside out and be present in the district differently: “One problem that all museums I know grapple with is how do we get the neighborhood into the museum. If you have a radius of one or two here When the pandemic allows it, it will be on my agenda to introduce myself here and say ‘hello’. “
New focus: Hafenstrasse, sport, media
The house should change – the rooms should become airier, fewer exhibits overall, fewer ship models in particular. The aim of the new leadership is to extend history to the present. “The cannons are in the depot” – these are the words Probst has often been quoted as saying. The quote is a synonym for the fact that the Museum of Hamburg History wants to set a different focus. Hafenstrasse, sport and media should take place much more. “Some time ago we also received a few copies of the ‘Stern’. A larger bundle. We are also planning to expand the library with a reading room,” reports Probst.
From the Berlin Humboldt Forum to Hamburg
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