Humboldt Lab Cabs - A journey into knowledge
Press release from 08/26/2015
Climb into a Chinese rickshaw and find out more about the new Berlin Palace: Humboldt Lab Dahlem launches the "Humboldt Lab Cabs" at the Long Night of Museums on 29 August 2015
With the new Humboldt Lab Cabs, the Humboldt Lab Dahlem will familiarise citizens - but of course also visitors to the city - with the visions for the future Humboldt Forum in the new Berlin Palace in an inspiring way. At the same time, passengers will also learn how the Humboldt Lab Dahlem has rehearsed for the exhibitions in the palace over the past four years.
In future, three original Chinese rickshaws, the Humboldt Lab Cabs, will take visitors on a journey of knowledge through Berlin. The rickshaws will travel between Potsdamer Platz and the Humboldt Forum construction site, stopping at stations that are thematically related to the Humboldt Forum. In this way, a network of information about the project and its namesake is created like an intellectual map.
Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "Since the topping-out ceremony in June, interest in the Humboldt Forum has been growing steadily. It is not only the largest cultural construction site in Europe, it is also the most exciting. With the Humboldt Lab Cabs, everyone can now experience what holds the Humboldt Forum together at its core. It's a wonderful idea that speaks in favour of the Humboldt Lab Dahlem, which has repeatedly driven this major project forward in recent years with unusual approaches and perspectives."
The tours can be booked with the rickshaw pilots or directly in the city centre.
Rickshaw driver Thomas Tekath also accepts enquiries byemail ator by phone on 0152-338 50 239.
The Humboldt Lab Cabs can be recognised in the city by their bright yellow branding and the spiral in the front wheel.
The ride for up to two people costs 42 euros each, payable directly to the driver. The tours are offered in German and English.
Radioeins vom RBB is giving away three free rides every week until mid-October. Radioeins vom RBB is the exclusive media partner of the Humboldt Lab Cabs.
Agnes Wegner, Head of the Humboldt Lab Dahlem office: "It's definitely worth getting in and travelling - for Berliners too. We connect the city with the museum collections and history. A change of perspective - exactly what we have been rehearsing every day for the past four years: Exploring new approaches to old topics by changing perspectives! At the end of the Humboldt Lab Dahlem, it's nice to transfer this to the urban space."
And Thomas Tekath adds on behalf of the Humboldt Lab Cab pilots: "We are passionate city guides and rickshaw drivers. We have been telling the stories of the city with our tours for many years. With the Humboldt Lab Cab concept, we now have the opportunity to take our passengers on a unique journey of discovery and knowledge."
Premiere as part of the Long Night of Museums on 29 August 2015
The Humboldt Lab Cabs will make their debut during the Long Night of Museums with 15-minute short tours between the Humboldt Forum and Museum Island. The fare is included in the Long Night of Museums ticket! (The journeys are offered according to capacity. There is no legal entitlement). Starting point: Humboldt Box, Schlossplatz, 7 - 9 pm.
Regular tours from 30.8.2015
The following locations can be visited on the regular tours (45 minutes):
- Berlin Museum History I - Granite Bowl at the Lustgarten
- Berlin Museum History II - Old Museum
- Berlin Museum History III - Royal Museum of Ethnology, now the car park at the Martin Gropius Bau
- Berlin Museum History IV - New Museum
- History of the city and the square I - St George on the Spree side of the Nikolai quarter
- City and Square History II - Humboldt University, marble sculpture by Wilhelm von Humboldt in front of the Humboldt University
- City and square history III - Jägerstraße 22, former city flat of the von Humboldt family
- History of the city and square IV Neptune Fountain in front of the Rotes Rathaus
- History of the city and square V - East wing of the palace construction site
- City and square history VI - State Library Unter den Linden and commode on Bebelplatz with reference to Alexander von Humboldt's marble sculpture in front of Humboldt University and State Library on Potsdamer Platz
- City and square history VII - Language is a powerful sign, Mohrenstraße
- Palace I - The palace as a public space... Cast-iron plaque commemorating the March Revolution of 1848, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117 Berlin
- Palace II - Palace Chapel/Dome, Schinkel Platz, 10117 Berlin Some stones must be patient... (keyword: conversion through historical change), Portal IV in the former State Council building, Schlossplatz 1, 10178 Berlin
- "Internationality of the Collections" - Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Leipziger Platz 17, 10117 Berlin
- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at Gendarmenmarkt, formerly the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Humboldt Lab Dahlem
For three years, the Humboldt Lab Dahlem has been accompanying the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin on the way to the Humboldt Forum and regularly provides inspiration and food for thought for the planning process with exhibitions, activities and discussions under the name "Probebühne".
Until 18 October 2015: The final exhibition and the last rehearsal stage of the joint exhibition and experimental project of the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation at the Dahlem Museums.
Duration: Until 18 October 2015
Opening hours: Mon closed, Tue - Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Sat - Sun 11 am - 6 pm
Admission prices: Section ticket Dahlem Museums 8 euros, reduced 4 euros
Project-related communication Humboldt Lab Dahlem:
If you have any questions, please contact Achim Klapp by e-mail or call 030 - 25 79 70 16.
Further links
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