The Bonn Women’s Museum – World’s first squatted Museum
Marianne Pitzen is a self-effacing artist who found a need and filled it. Pitzen was born in...
The Pinakothek Museum in Munich
The Pinakothek Museum: Munich has a wealth of superb museums, of which three stand out as particularly...
The life of Helmut Schmidt – An Obituary
Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany between May, 1974, and October, 1982, died 10 November 2015. Yesterday...
The Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden
While the superb boutiquey Fabergé museum was established in Baden-Baden eight years ago (2009) to honor the...
Modern Art in Germany – The Weserburg Museum in Bremen
Referring to itself as “the museum in the river,” the Weserburg is being unnecessarily and endearingly modest...
The Bauhaus Museum in Weimar
The Bauhaus Museum: Walter Gropius (18 May 1883—05 July 1969) was a renowned German-American architect and academic...
The Sanssouci Picture Gallery of Potsdam
The Location of the Palace of Sanssouci Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) (24 January 1712―17...
Chocolate Museum in Cologne
A museum for the “Naschkatze”! Wherever one may live on any of the five continents, it’s impossible...
Filmmaking in Germany – Let’s go to the Kino!
Part One: Ante-Third Reich Motion pictures were initially developed in the 1870s by the British American photographer Eadweard...
The Museum of Bread Culture in Ulm
Ulm, a city in Baden-Württemberg with a population of roughly 120,000, has many worthwhile cultural sights. One...