The Brandenburg Gate Museum was a private museum in Berlin which opened as THE GATE Berlin on April 27, 2016.[1] It was situated vis-à-vis the Brandenburg Gate in the building Pariser Platz 4a and told 300 years of Berlin history in a multimedia show. Since its founding the Brandenburg Gate Museum was part of the Long Night of Museums in Berlin.[2] The museum has been closed since the end of April 2019.[3]
Permanent exhibition
On a 71 m2 (764 sq ft) large panoramic screen which covered three walls of the room the museum showed a visual history presentation without language barriers. A 38 channel surround system provided a supporting 3D sound experience. The show took 20 minutes to illustrate Berlin, German and world history based on the Brandenburg Gate.[4] The supporting exhibition deepened the historical facts and showed a faithful replica of the head of Nike, the Brandenburg Gate Quadriga charioteer and goddess of victory.
Main topics of the exhibition were the following:
- Emergence of Berlin and construction of the Brandenburg Gate
- Revolution of 1848 and Industrial Revolution
- German Empire
- World War I
- Weimar Republic and the Golden Twenties
- Nazi Germany and persecution of Jews
- World War II
- Cold War and building of the Berlin Wall
- Fall of the Berlin Wall, 1990s and Techno
- 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and win of the 2014 FIFA World Cup
- Berlin today
In the exit area there was a shop and a cafe.
External links
References
- ↑ ""The Gate" zeigt Stadtgeschichte in einer Multimedia-Show" (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ "Lange Nacht der Museen: Auf Entdeckungsreise zwischen Gemälden und Open Air". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2017-03-01.
- ↑ "Brandenburger Tor Museum schließt Ende April" (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ↑ "The Gate Berlin: Neue Sehenswürdigkeit am Brandenburger Tor - WELT". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2017-03-01.