Te Papa To Berlin
Issued Date
Copyright Date
2020
Resource Type
Edition
1
Language
eng
Book
Book
File Type
application/pdf
No. of Pages/File Size
245
ISBN
9781988592374
Rights Holder(s)
สถาบันพิพิธภัณฑ์การเรียนรู้แห่งชาติ
Title
Author(s)
Abstract
WHEN, IN 1997, I accepted the German government's invitation to become the chief executive of a planned Jewish museum in Berlin, I had only a hazy idea of what awaited me. I understood that the project was deeply enmeshed in national politics, and for that I came with a certain amount of experience from my days in Washington. I had also just written a book on German-Jewish history. However, I was not fitted for the task of defining a viable concept and actually translating it into the creation of a living museum suitable for viewing by a broad national and international audience.
From the beginning, therefore, I was aware of the critical need to find a partner who would help guide the effort, someone with real museum experience and a proven record of accomplishment in the field. Finding the right one would be the key to the success or failure of the entire project.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Foreword by W. Michael Blumenthal 7
Preface 13
Chapter 1: Growing up at the bottom of the world 15
Chapter 2: Waikato and Tainui 21
Chapter 3: Te Papa 31 C
hapter 4: The genius of Cliff Whiting 47
Chapter 5: Telling our stories 55
Chapter 6: Opening day 69
Chapter 7: What's the boy from Maungatautari doing here? 73
Chapter 8: Storytelling 87 Chapter 9: Nigel Cox: words and action 97
Chapter 10: A Holocaust museum as magical theatre 101
Chapter 11: Bringing hope 109
Chapter 12: Citizens of Berlin 119
Chapter 13: Daniel Libeskind, architect 133
Chapter 14: Reaching for the unexpected 145
Chapter 15: The era of problems 149
Chapter 16: Making progress 159
Chapter 17: The Gallery of the Missing 173
Chapter 18: Triumph, 9/11 and despair 191
Chapter 19: Time to go 197
Chapter 20: Germany and the East: a personal odyssey 209
Chapter 21: A new view of New Zealand 223
Acknowledgements 233
Quoted materials 238
Index 239