FWD: The Jewish Museum Berlin

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MusProf [Marra] wrote:
> 
> From: "Susannah Reid" <susannahreid at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Review of Juedisches Museum Berlin
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:26:13
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> 
> The Jewish Museum Berlin - A Review
> 
> reviewed by Susannah Reid, University of Newcastle / UK
> 
> The full text version is located at:
> http://www.vl-museen.de/aus-rez/reid01-1.htm
> 
> Summary:
> The review will look at various aspects of the Jewish Museum Berlin,
> concentrating mainly on the interaction of the architecture with the museum'
> s functions and on the exhibitions. It covers visitor orientation, the
> exhibitions, exhibition design, museum fatigue and the museum's other
> functions. The purpose of this review is to examine the degree of success or
> failure, which both the museum staff and the architect have achieved in
> these areas to create a modern museum for the public.
> 
> This review is an adaptation and expansion of a section of the author's
> postgraduate dissertation, entitled "Iconic museum buildings: servants to
> cultural representation or slaves to architectural ideology?" The
> dissertation was submitted for the degree of MA Museum Studies at the
> University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England in October 2001. Any comments or
> criticism will be received with interest by the author.
> 
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