

What’s that for? Roulette and Telegraphy
Why is a roulette wheel standing in the exhibition “From Luther to Twitter. Media and the Public Sphere” in the area of 19th century press? What does it have to do with a hacker attack on the French telegraph network? Curator Melanie Lyon reports on a strange piece of (rouge) history.


What’s That For? The Destroyed Main Board Once Containing the Snowden Files


What´s that for? The ‘Maximilian Crossbow’


What’s that for? A Licence to Be (Different)


What´s that for? The Frankfurt Kitchen


What’s that for? Christmas tree ornaments still up?


What’s That For? The Savings Book of Anna Gleiss


What’s that for? Lucky Pigs and Busy Bees


What’s That For? Fritz Teufel’s Bicycle


What´s that for? Vodka in Exile


What´s that for? The “Nansen Passport”


What´s that for? Lenin Monument in the DHM


Model ship of a Lübeck fluyt


Christ in Korea


Amish Pincushions


The Fun Game about Wall Street


Beaky Plague Protection


Duke Julius’ Corpus Doctrinae


Hunting cloths


Memorial to Hermann von Wissmann


The camera beneath the jacket


A desktop tomb


“Grüninger Hand”


“Affentheurlich Naupengeheurliche Geschichtklitterung”


A pregnant woman in ivory


The circulatory system of frogs

