Objekt im Blick

What stories do the objects in the exhibition tell - about themselves, their time and our collection? On four dates, we will focus on one of the objects and follow its traces. Come and join us!

Moderation: Julia Voss (DHM)

July 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
The Ottoman turban helmet
With Deniz Erduman-Çalış, Curator at the Museum of Islamic Art, Aaron Jochim, Head of the Militaria Collection: Weapons - Armor - Military Equipment, and Helen Pfeifer, Associate Professor in Early Ottoman History at the University of Cambridge

August 5, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
The robe of Queen Luise of Prussia
With Birte Förster, Professor of 19th and 20th Century History at Bielefeld University, and Julia Franke, Head of the Everyday Culture Collection: Civilian Clothing and Textiles - Politics - Special Inventory - Religious Cultures - Badges

September 2, 2026, 6.30 pm
The "Song of the Germans"
With Daniel Morat, curator of the 19th century section of the new permanent exhibition, Pamela M. Potter, Professor in German and Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Yvonne Wasserloos, Professor of Musicology at the Mozarteum University Salzburg

October 7, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
The Ortenburg Bible
With Matthias Miller, Head of the Library and the Manuscripts - Old and Valuable Prints Collection, Ursula Rautenberg, Professor (emer.) of Book Science at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, and Stefan Wild, local historian and 3rd Mayor of the market town of Ortenburg