Month: March 2015

Berlin’s Museum Landscape Expands with New Museums, Re-Openings. Four New Museums, Two Re-openings and One Cultural Construction Site: Berlin’s Museum Scene Remains in Flux. Berlin / Los Angeles, February 24, 2015 – – Berlin’s unparalleled cultural landscape of about 180 museums and collections keeps growing, as new special interest museums are opening and renovations are completed at larger establishments. Here’s an update: NEW MUSEUMS …… now open: Tshoban Foundation – Museum for Architectural Drawings Open since 2013 at the former Pfefferberg Brewery complex, the private Museum for Architectural Drawings houses the renowned Tchoban Foundation’s collection as well as temporary exhibits from leading international cultural institutions. Conceived by Berlin and Moscow-based architect Sergei Tchoban, the museum presents three changing exhibitions annually. The architecturally striking building extends from a fire-wall, seemingly latching onto a row of typical Berlin houses. Evoking a set of oversized piled blocks, the four story building’s silhouette is defined by a regression and progression of a colored concrete and glass façade. Open daily, admission 5 Euro/ 3 Euro. Magicum – Berlin Magic Museum Witchcraft and magical powers, mythical knowledge, secrets, the supernatural, and ancient wisdom can be explored in the cellars of a historic former blacksmith building close to Berlin’s Hackesche Markt. Open since summer 2014, Berlin’s Magic Museum features some 450 exhibits on 6500 square feet. Included are ritualistic objects, and magic devices ranging from a Dutch witches scale and torture instruments...