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Preview 2011 - Museums, exhibitions

National Museum Nature and Man Oldenburg

Lawrence of Arabia
11/21/2010 to 03/27/2011 in Oldenburg
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne, the exhibition from 04/29/2011 - 09/11/2011 be seen.

Thomas Edward Lawrence, 16 August 1888 in the Welsh Tremadocian born is one of the best known, but also the most controversial person of the 20th Century, not only in Europe and the United States but also in the Middle East. By the end of the 2nd World War II, revered as a great hero from, came the 1950s contradictions.
The exhibition in Cologne, Oldenburg and the one based on extensive Source material, the life of Lawrence of Arabia and his work from the first encounter with the Orient treated until his death and visualizes the process of creation of a myth. The exhibition is to neither confirm the myth, nor is a new can.
are the other events in the Middle East after 1 World War I used to make a wide audience the recent history of the region to access and to provide visitors with the present development. The exhibition is
appeared backing.

Historical Museum of Speyer

Amazons - Mysterious warriors
5th September 2010 to 13 February 2011

As a major international special exhibition, the Historical Museum of the Palatinate presented since 5 September 2010 to 13th February 2011, exhibition "Amazons - Mysterious warriors". The exhibition is dedicated to the search for traces of the mysterious woman folk of antiquity. Packed with high-profile, some have never been spectacular finds, stretched the show an arc from antiquity to the present.
is the exhibition there is a splendid companion volume . (Press release from the Historical Museum of Speyer)
See also: "Amazons, an exhibition on the mysterious warrior women" and in this context "facial reconstruction of a Scythian Amazons from the Altai" .

The Salian - Makes changing
10th April to 30 October 2011

With a century under the motto "The Salian. Makes the change represents "the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, the first time the dramatic CVs of Salian rulers and the groundbreaking innovations that they adhered to its policy in transition, in the center of a major cultural and historical exhibition.
Four generations of the Salian ruled over an empire of enormous dimensions: from the North Sea to southern Italy, it shaped die Geschicke der Menschen. Als bedeutendstes Herrschergeschlecht ihrer Zeit veränderten sie die damalige Weltordnung, die gekennzeichnet war von schweren Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Kaisern, Fürsten und dem Papst. Im Zentrum ihres Reiches lag Speyer; mit keiner anderen Stadt ist die Geschichte der Salier so eng verknüpft. Noch heute zeugt der Dom vom uneingeschränkten Machtanspruch und dynastischem Selbstverständnis dieses Herrschergeschlechts. Das Historische Museum der Pfalz zeigt hochkarätige Originale von Weltrang aus 50 europäischen Museen und Sammlungen. Nie zuvor waren
diese kostbaren Fundstücke in einer Präsentation vereint zu sehen. Zu den einzigartigen Schätzen zählen außergewöhnliche Beispiele hochmittelalterliche An ivory and art as well as impressive archaeological finds from the 11th and the beginning of the 12th Century. The exhibition is richly illustrated exhibition catalog is published in two volumes with interesting background information on the Salian period. (From the press release of the Historical Museum of Speyer).

Museum of East Asian Art Cologne

"discovery Korea! Treasures from German Museums "
15 July to 3 October 2011

The results presented in the Korean art treasures exhibition shows the richness and diversity of Korean art in German museums and illustrate the unique role and diversity the respective collections. The scope of the exhibition includes Buddhist paintings, sculptures and fine Goryo-Age pottery, as well as popular religious and shamanistic objects. For the first time also, the different interests of the German collector of early 20th Century shows their enthusiasm for Korea and the Korean art is the basis for the collections provided.
photo: Horse with two servants, unknown artist, hanging scroll, ink and colors with gold on paper, 57.9 x 79.2 cm, Korea, Joseon Dynasty, late 19th Century, Inv. No. A 77.79. © NRICP