Workshop: Transforming the Museum. An Exploration

27. - 28. May 2016
Venue: Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin

The use of media and visitor participation challenges the educational aspect that museums once offered. Conveying historical knowledge and stimulating a cognitive process of perception are being replaced by a more emotional museum experience: instead of dealing with historical facts, museums have become 'historical theme parks'. The central aim of the workshop is to discuss these developments on its historical backgrounds and develop further perspectives on roles and functions/ways of communication of historical museums/ or exhibitions. By focusing on the impact of new media and ways of staging the past, we want to take a closer look at how historical knowledge is conveyed in today's museums practice.

Organizers: Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena, Europäisches Kolleg Jena and Jüdisches Museum Berlin