Museumsinsel Loans 50 Objects to Yerevan as Berlin Plans Armenia Exhibition for 2027
The Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Berlin has collaborated with Armenia to present an exhibition of loans from Berlin in Yerevan. According to Director Matthias Wemhoff, this partnership originated from his visit to Armenia, where local institutions expressed a desire for international collaboration. The exhibition includes 50 items from both the Museumsinsel and Armenian collections, with an emphasis on cosmology, featuring a pendant that represents the Armenian National Museum. Five collections from Berlin are participating: Antikensammlung, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Münzkabinett, and Museum für Asiatische Kunst. A significant exhibition on Armenia is scheduled for 2024 in Berlin, spanning from the Bronze Age to Christianity. Wemhoff mentioned Russia's withdrawal and the Stiftungsreform as influences on this initiative. The Berlin exhibition is planned for 2027.
Key facts
- The Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte and other Museumsinsel museums have begun a cooperation with Armenia.
- An exhibition with loans from Berlin is currently on view in Yerevan.
- 50 objects from the Museumsinsel are being shown in Armenia, supplemented by objects from Armenian collections.
- The Yerevan exhibition focuses on cosmology, anchored by an ancient pendant depicting celestial bodies.
- Five Berlin collections are involved: Antikensammlung, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Münzkabinett and Museum für Asiatische Kunst.
- A major Armenia exhibition is planned on the Museumsinsel in Berlin next year, with a 2027 date mentioned.
- The Berlin exhibition is intended to span the Bronze Age to the rise of Christianity and feature various archaeological sites.
- Curator Catalina Heroven is working across all collections for the project.
- The cooperation follows earlier projects with Georgia, Uzbekistan and Mongolia, including a Genghis Khan exhibition in Berlin this autumn.
- Matthias Wemhoff is director of the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte.
Entities
Artists
- Matthias Wemhoff
- Sven Stienen
- Catalina Heroven
- Claudia Klein
- Antje Voigt
- Vram Hakobyan
- Genghis Khan
Institutions
- Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Museumsinsel
- Antikensammlung
- Museum für Islamische Kunst
- Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst
- Münzkabinett
- Museum für Asiatische Kunst
- Armenian National Museum
- History Museum of Armenia
- Museum and the City
- Museumsinsel Berlin
- British Museum
Locations
- Yerevan
- Armenia
- Berlin
- Germany
- Georgia
- Uzbekistan
- Mongolia
- Russia
- Egypt
- Central Asia
- Caucasus