Author: Michael Schmitz

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...

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The Pinakothek Museum in Munich

The Pinakothek Museum: Munich has a wealth of superb museums, of which three stand out as particularly...

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The life of Helmut Schmidt – An Obituary

Helmut Schmidt, Chancellor of West Germany between May, 1974, and October, 1982, died 10 November 2015.  Yesterday...

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The Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden

While the superb boutiquey Fabergé museum was established in Baden-Baden eight years ago (2009) to honor the...

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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...

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The Bauhaus Museum in Weimar

The Bauhaus Museum: Walter Gropius (18 May 1883—05 July 1969) was a renowned German-American architect and academic...

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The Sanssouci Picture Gallery of Potsdam

The Location of the Palace of Sanssouci Frederick II of Prussia (Frederick the Great) (24 January 1712―17...

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Chocolate Museum in Cologne

A museum for the “Naschkatze”!  Wherever one may live on any of the five continents, it’s impossible...

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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...

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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...

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