Long Night of Museums: Loved Things

At the same time, it is fascinating to see how this sentimental value overlaps with or differs from the economic value: Why is something traded at a high price - and why are some treasures priceless at heart, even though they are hardly "worth" anything materially?


In the event "Loved Things - Appreciating Treasures", they want to explore precisely this area of tension: Between what is counted - and what really counts.


A discussion with art historian Dr. Heide Rezepa-Zabel - known from the ZDF show "Bares für Rares" - and presenter Alex Schirmer


The focus is on personal objects that visitors bring with them and whose stories they tell. Why is an object of particular value? What memories of family, friendships and love do they associate with it?


Dr. Rezepa-Zabel takes an art and cultural-historical look at these personal treasures. She explains how materials and manufacturing methods can be identified, how marks, stamps and stylistic features can be classified - and what an object tells us about its origin and its time. The result is an exciting dialog between individual memory and cultural-historical knowledge, between personal and economic value.


Your favorite object could be one of 10 objects that Heide Rezepa-Zabel will examine. Send a photo and a short description of the object to langenacht@museumderdinge.de by August 10.


Dr. Heide Rezepa-Zabel has a doctorate in art history and is a proven expert in historical jewelry. She is a member of the German Gemmological Society and the Society of Jewellery Historians and works as an independent expert in the art and auction trade. Her research focuses on artisanal objects, material iconography and value attribution. She imparts her specialist knowledge in lectures, seminars and in the media, including over 3000 on TV/ZDF alone.



(IN GERMAN)

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