Objects. History. Stories. Reviewing the Collection
Facts and Dates

Duration
8 May 2026 to 31 October 2027
Exhibition Space
around 400 m², Pei Building, Ground floor
Size of Exhibition
200 objects from the DHM collection
President
Raphael Gross
Head of exhibitions
Ulrike Kretzschmar
Head of project
Dorlis Blume
Curator
Wolfgang Cortjaens
Trainee
Simon Sacha
Project assistant
Martin Koch
Filmed interviews on issues of Collcetion with
Ayhan Artar, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Julia Franke, Wolfgang van Haaren, Ulrike Kretzschmar, Ralf Kusmierz, Matthias Miller, Dietmar J. Ponert, Lei Römer, Arno Rumpen, Bert Schiffelers, Diane Smeets-Habets, Elgin Thomes, Renate Werwigk-Schneider, Edith Wolters
Visual consultant
Mason Leaver-Yap
Exhibition architecture
Hans Hagemeister, Johannes Karger, Gregor Müller-Übach, Marie-Luise Uhle
Registrar
Victoria Sanchez
Student assistants
Anna-Lena Almstedt, Louis Keller, Juliane Peters
Intern
Korbinian Ettel, Anna Wagner
Education and communication
Brigitte Vogel-Janotta (Head of department), Verena Bischoff, Claudia Braun Carrasco, Giorgio Del Vecchio, Rebecca Junglas, Giuliano Kluger, Stella Krekeler, Max Wandel (Guides), Anna-Lena Janako, Andrea Schenk (Booking service)
Inclusion and accessibility
Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde zu Leipzig (DZB), Leipzig
Fabian Müller, Prüfzentrum Leichte Sprache Schwaben, Donauwörth
werk5 GmbH, Berlin
yomma GmbH, Berlin
Exhibition texts
Anna-Lena Almstedt, Dorlis Blume, Monika Boll, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Korbinian Ettel, Julia Franke, Aaron Jochim, Martin Koch, Matthias Miller, Simon Sacha
Editing
Dorit Aurich, Berlin; Harriet Merrow, Berlin
Translations
John Berwick, Jud. Buzău/Rumänien; Felix Manczak, Berlin; Stephen Locke, Berlin
Exhibition graphics
Visual Space Agency, Julia Volkmar with Anja Rausch and Lia Bach
Map design
Peter Palm, Berlin
Graphics production
Digidax, Potsdam
Media design and media technology
Sina Aghazadehsaeini, Felice Fornabaio
Media stations
Schnelle Bunte Bilder, Berlin
Media installation
Eidotech GmbH, Berlin
Photo service
Anne-Dorte Krause, Claudia Küchler
Photography
Sebastian Ahlers, Indra Desnica
Conservation
Martina Homolka (Head of department), Michaela Brand, Elke Enzmann, Julia Garve, Juliane Girndt, Barbara Haussmann, Ulrike Hügle, Olaf Ignaszewski, Mathias Lang, Hannah Neumann, Antje Nützmann, Matthes Nützmann, Hannah Pesch, Anne Ristau, Claartje van Haaften, Annine Wöllner, Judith Zimmer, Maxi Zimmermann
Framing
Sabina Fernández-Weiß
Exhibition construction and workshops
Lisa Berchtold (Head of department), Jens Albert, Sven Brosig, Christin Elle, Susanne Hennig, Torsten Ketteniß, Kai-Evert Kriege, Holger Lehmann, Ralf Schulze, Thomas Strehl, Stefan Thimm, Gunnar Wilhelm
Painters
Malermeister Antosch, Berlin
Carpenters
Max Leppinius GmbH Messebauten, Birkenwerder
Object installation
Abrell & van den Berg – Ausstellungsservice GbR, Berlin
Collections
Fritz Backhaus (Director of department), Saskia Bendrich, Sabine Beneke, Valeria Butera, Wolfgang Cortjaens, Manuela Ehses, Julia Franke, Thomas Jander, Aaron Jochim, André König, Corinna Laub, Matthias Miller, Daniel Jakob Neumeier, Katrin Peters-Klaphake, Anne-Dorte Krause, Claudia Küchler, Stefan Negelmann, Ariane Oppitz, Brigitte Reineke, Mario Russo, Matthias Struch, Franziska Weinel, Thomas Weißbrich, Sabine Witt, Astrid Zimmermann
Communications
Stephan Adam, Christina Behrendt, Ina Frodermann, Fanny Heidenreich, Jenny Jakubik, Daniela Lange, Thabea Lintzmeyer, Ilka Linz, Jana Nawrot, Nicola Schnell, Peter Schützhold, Oliver Schweinoch
IT
Gerhard Schmitt (Head of department), Oleg Bazan, Alexandra Gelemerova, Jan Dirk Kluge, Uwe Naujack, Magnus Wagner
Controlling
Ines Baginski, Ramona Selchow
Scientific consultation and research
Noortje Habets, Berlin; Benjamin Reding and Dominik Reding, Berlin
Scientific programme
Nike Thurn
Film series
Jörg Frieß, Tilman Schumacher
Audio guide
Verena Günther, Berlin
K13, Kinomischung und Tonstudio, Berlin
soundgarden audioguidance GmbH, München
Sven Brieger, Antje Thiele (Speakers)
Visual identity and communications design
State Productions GmbH