The image of a suggested itinerary in a museum

In the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum fo Applied Art), in Köln, there is a section (physical and content) dedicated to contemporary design.  The display is shown in a exhibit space occupying two floors which also serve as a conceptual division for the statement of the collection: from XIXth century to 1945 and from 1945 till present.  The museum states that this collection is unique in the area and that is increansingly attracting attention of visitors in the last years.  As part of the display, there is a timeline with relevant information on milestones in the history of design, that is painted along the walls, and that orients the visit as well as also working as a suggested itinerary.

View of the timeline and spatial display

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Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Köln

A recommendation: DOK, library in Delft (NL)

I recommend today the post DOK Delft, inspirational library concepts from the blog The Museum of the future, by Jasper Visser.  It is not exactly about museums, but since libraries are also one of the most inspirational places to visit and in times of so much virtual existence, a visit to an actual building where you can take your time open yourself to explore new intellectual territories or simply spend some time of intimate reflection, is always a most welcome suggestion.  An interesting architectural design and spatial concept, that follows the path opened by Japanese architect Toyo Ito in the Sendai Mediatheque, in Japan, who has also designed several museums.


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The Museum of the future,
DOK Delft
Toyo Ito
Sendai Mediatheque

Entrance: the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin

A new post in the series of portraits of entrances in museums.  In the case of the Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin, the reception desk is an island in the middle of a vaste space surrounded by a glass façade that opens the museum to the street and disolves the limits between inside and outside.

Staircases up and down organize the first instants of the visitor's flow, though the emptiness is significantly disconcerting to find the way in to the exhibit rooms.

This entrance acts more as an sculptural space than a welcome service to visitors.

More information: Deutsches Historishes Museum

A new year to discover museums! Connections in the MET

Back from the holidays, we are facing a new year full of months and days to discover why museums are great places to search for meaning.

My first recommendation in January is the new tool from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from the media department that is called Connections.

The main feature of Connections is a four-minute-long interactive audiovisual experience. Three additional juxtapositions of images are presented in In Time, In the World, and In the Museum.

There are three chapters in the section:

• In Time: places works selected in a bar time for chronological meaning
• In The World: places works against a map
• In the Museum: places the work in relation to all the information the museum is offering for the selected piece.

I find it an easy way to get an insight on the work of museum people and a first step to understand their daily tasks on a more accessible way, with a personal approach.

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Connections in the Met