Integration of refugees: The museums of the SPK say thank you!
Press release from 01/10/2017
The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and its museums are taking part in the "Berlin Says Thank You!" campaign day in recognition of the voluntary commitment of Berliners in helping refugees: the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum and the Musical Instrument Museum are offering free admission and free guided tours of their collections on 29 January 2017.
The pilot project "Multaka: Meeting Point Museum - Refugees as Guides in Berlin Museums", which was launched by the National Museums in Berlin and the German Historical Museum a year ago, is of particular interest in the initiative of the state of Berlin: In order to promote integration, refugees from Syria and Iraq were trained as museum guides as part of this project. On 29 January 2017, mainly guides from the "Multaka" project will accompany visitors through the museums in German. This is a way of expressing the gratitude of the refugees themselves to the volunteers.
Admission and participation in the guided tours are free of charge on the occasion of the "Berlin Says Thank You!" campaign day. The number of participants is limited. Meeting points are the ticket offices of the participating museums.
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 2 - 3 pm and 4 - 5 pm
Multaka: Treffpunkt Bode-Museum
Refugees from Syria and Iraq will guide you through the sculpture collection and the Museum of Byzantine Art in German. Objects from Judaism, Christianity and Islam are at the centre of the tour.
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 2 - 3 pm and 4 - 5 pm
Multaka: Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamonmuseum
Refugees from Syria and Iraq will guide visitors through the Museum of Islamic Art in German. The tour introduces visitors to Syrian and Iraqi cultural artefacts as outstanding testimonies to the history of mankind.
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 2 - 3 pm and 4 - 5 pm
Multaka: Vorderasiatisches Museum im Pergamonmuseum
Refugees from Syria and Iraq will guide visitors through the Vorderasiatisches Museum in German. The tour introduces visitors to Syrian and Iraqi cultural artefacts as outstanding testimonies to the history of mankind.
Sunday, 29 January 2017, 1 - 5 pm and 2 - 3 pm
Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
The Musikinstrumenten-Museum offers free admission and participation in a guided tour with sound samples. The museum collects musical instruments of European art music from the 16th to the 21st century. Highlights include one of the largest theatre organs in Europe, a unique collection of rare early Baroque wind instruments, instruments owned by Frederick the Great, Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica and an extensive collection of electronic musical instruments.