Daniel Libeskind and the Jewish Museum Berlin
The striking zigzag building by New York architect Daniel Libeskind is one of Berlin’s most famous architectural works. To mark its 25th anniversary, the Jewish Museum Berlin is dedicating an exhibition to the building and the period in which it was created.
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Jüdisches Museum
Jüdisches Museum
In the summer of 1989, Daniel Libeskind won the competition for the extension of what was then the Berlin Museum. His design went far beyond the original building brief: it combined architecture and Berlin’s history in a novel way and had a lasting impact on the public debate about remembrance, commemoration, and memory in Germany.
Using drawings and models, the exhibition provides insight into the creation process of one of the most influential contemporary museum buildings during the years of Berlin’s reunification. The collection exhibition shows how Libeskind’s design still contributes to the understanding of remembrance culture today.
