Special guided tour with curator Martina Stoye and Hermann Graser, Bamberger Natursteinwerk Hermann Graser
Since 1793, the Brandenburg Gate has closed off the boulevard Unter den Linden to the west. Since 2022, a ten-metre-high and therefore original-sized natural stone copy of the gate has set an accent on the east side of the mile - and at the same time refers to the collections in the Humboldt Forum.
Image gallery
Blick auf das Sanchi Tor und die Nordfassade des Humboldt Forums
Let us show you how the copy was made, what can be seen on it and how you can follow the life journey of Gautama Buddha in the India collection.
Participants
Hermann Graser is a master craftsman, technician and restorer in the stonemasonry and stone carving trade. He has been one of the managing partners of Bamberger Natursteinwerk Hermann Graser GmbH since 2009. The company is a medium-sized family business with around 120 employees, which has focused on façade construction with natural stone and the restoration and reconstruction of historical monuments since it was founded in 1965. The portfolio is rounded off with the production of natural stone for public spaces and garden and landscape design.
He has been a member of the board of the Deutscher Naturwerkstein-Verband e.V. (DNV) and the Technical Commission since 2005 and its president since 2020. He has also been President of the European & International Federation of Natural Stone Industries (Euroroc) since 2020.
Martina Stoye is curator for the art of South Asia and Southeast Asia at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst Berlin (SMB, SPK). One of her main focuses is ancient Buddhist art.
In 2014, she launched the proposal to erect a new copy of an ancient Indian stupa gate (the original of which dates back to the 1st century CE) in front of the Humboldt Forum.
- 5 Euro
- Please book your ticket in advance online or at the ticket office in the foyer.
- You will find the meeting point for the tour on your booking confirmation.
- Duration: 60 min
- Language: German
