{Germany} Aurich’s Historic Windmill
100 Museums Challenge: Museums No.91 During a rainy day on our seaside holiday last week, we drove to the town of Aurich to visit the children’s museum there, only to discover that it didn’t open until...
View Article{Germany} Erwin Wurm. Bei Mutti
100 Museums Challenge: Museum No.93 I don’t often write about exhibitions just as they are about to close, but today we FINALLY managed to make it to the much lauded Erwin Wurm exhibition at the...
View ArticleLentil Baths, Water Rockets & Super Heroes – Our Lange Nacht der Museen 2016...
100 Museums Challenge: Museums No.15 (revisited), 94 & 95 So, it’s taken me a while to download and edit my photos, but I still need to tell you about Berlin’s ‘Lange Nacht der Museen’ (Long Night...
View Article{Germany} Medieval Festival at Domäne Dahlem
Last weekend we visited the Medieval Festival at Berlin’s Domäne Dahlem – after making some quick Knights’ costumes so the boys could dress for the occasion (Edit: You can now find a tutorial for the...
View Article{Germany} I spy…a divided Berlin
I first visited asisi’s Panorama ‘Die Mauer’ (Engl: ‘The Wall’) three years ago. Yadegar Asisi, the organisation’s namesake and mastermind behind the panoramas, of which there have been several to date...
View Article{Germany} The Golem is coming!
Today, a new temporary exhibition opens at the Jewish Museum Berlin: Golem. I was privileged enough to be invited to a special preview for social media influencers two nights before, and was...
View Article{Germany} Potato Festival at Domäne Dahlem
I’ve mentioned the Domäne Dahlem – an agricultural museum and working form in the South of Berlin – before. Since our move, it’s just an easy door-to-door subway ride away, so we have become more...
View Article{Germany} Plattenbau Living at the DDR Museum
Last week, I was invited to visit the DDR Museum to view the new extension to their permanent exhibition which recently opened. I’ve written about the DDR Museum before. It’s one of the most popular...
View Article{Germany} The New Museum Barberini Opens
Ever since visiting the ITB tourism trade fair last year, and hearing about the Museum Barberini project in Berlin’s neighbouring city of Potsdam, I’ve been excited about this new museum opening. And...
View Article{Germany} [Probe]Räume at the Märkisches Museum in Berlin
Last month, I was invited by the Stadtmuseum Berlin to the launch of their new exhibition [Probe]Räume at the Märkisches Museum. The museum is preparing to go through a redevelopment, with expected...
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