In the Berlin Humboldt Forum, the institutions involved want to improve presentation and collaboration. After criticism and a difficult start with numerous delays, General Director Hartmut Dorgerloh, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger, and Senator for Culture Klaus Lederer made this clear in talks with the German Press Agency in Berlin.
The 680 million euro Humboldt Forum, the most important German cultural project, was opened in July after years of discussion and some delays. The 40,000 square meter building is occupied by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation with two of its museums, the State of Berlin, the Humboldt University and the Humboldt Forum Foundation. Exhibits from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania as well as objects on the history of Berlin are shown. In the future, the Benin bronzes, which are considered colonial looted goods, will also be presented in the future, and with the last opening step they will probably be on view in mid-2022.
According to Dorgerloh, there should be “more cooperative processes” in the future. “The fact that we are now a stable network of partners is the result of intensive work over the past few years,” he told the dpa. “In practice, however, that will certainly have to become even more clearly visible.”
“Our motto is ‘from addition to integration’,” he said. All actors have first moved into the house with their own programs and ideas. “Now the question is, what do we do together? And that is clearly heading in the direction of more cooperative processes. ”His job is also to set topics that are particularly important for the entire company.