44. Art work by Wolf Vostell

How did the Wall change Berlin? What was life like in the divided city? You are facing the art work of Wolf Vostell. It depicts the Brandenburg Gate and the Wall within a concrete bracket. For Vostell, the concrete embodies the tensions of the divided city, because it isolates and separates. Berlin was divided for almost 30 years. Please take your time before you move on. Berlin, the divided city. That’s what I was from 1961 to ‘89. My heart was broken. The Wall ran right through me - from east to west. This border: It changed me and the people. Believe me, it did!

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Märkisches Museum

Due to the current circumstances we invite you to take a digital tour through the permanent exhibition BerlinZEIT. The Stadtmuseum Berlin presents at Märkisches Museum a host of artefacts related to the culture and history of the city. A strong level of civic engagement had already led to the foundation of the Museum in 1874. From 1899 to 1908 architect Ludwig Hoffmann designed this first city museum in the world.

 

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