The Window Opening Onto the Nature and Art: A Comprehensive Historical-Critical Investigation of the Brandenburgish-Prussian Art Chamber Seen as an Observatory, a Laboratory, Communications Space, and Showroom of Knowledge
At a glance
Project duration
10/2018
– 06/2022
DFG classification of subject areas
Art History
Funded by
DFG Individual Research Grant
Project description
Humboldt University of Berlin, the Berlin State Museums, and the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are jointly dedicated to researching the history of Berlin's Kunstkammer as the nucleus of today's Berlin museum landscape as part of the DFG-funded research project “The Window to Nature and Art: A Historical-Critical Examination of the Brandenburg-Prussian Kunstkammer as an Observatory, Laboratory, Communication Space, and Showroom of Knowledge.”
Project head
- Person
Prof. Dr. Horst Bredekamp
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Department of Art and Visual History
- Person
Prof. Dr. Michael Eissenhauer
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Department of Art and Visual History
- Person
Prof. Dr. Johannes Vogel
- Faculty of Life Sciences
- Department of Biology
Cooperation partners
- Cooperation partnerNon-university research institutionGermany
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
- Cooperation partnerFoundationGermany
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation