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At the 25th anniversary of the reopening of the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities after the renovation of the Historic Orphanage, the Francke Foundations in Halle (Germany), the Teylers Museum in Haarlem (Netherlands), the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography »Peter the Great« - Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg (Russia) and the Wunderkammer expert Arthur MacGregor (Great Britain) have founded the…
… Korans and prayer books to works on Islamic law, Islamic history, mysticism, logic, philology, lexicology and poetry by well-known Arabic, Persian and Turkish authors. The accompanying volume to the cabinet exhibition of the same name, which was on display in the Historical Library of the Orphanage from November 2007 to March 2008, presents and explains a representative selection of these manuscripts with…
… of many stories. Our educational programme invites primary school and nursery groups (age 5 and above) to explore and (re)discover this historical cultural monument with its Historic Orphanage, Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities, Library Hall Kulissenbibliothek and Utility buildings. We would particularly like to draw attention to how relevant some of these stories still are today.
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… practical reasons, which developed into a global trading network. With the help of written and material sources, some of which are unique, we will examine how medical knowledge has changed over time. Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities – critical questions for an old collection The historic Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities of the Francke Foundations houses a unique collection of…
… the 18th century that literature for young people gradually increased and diversified, and the separation of schoolbooks and children's books began to emerge. The accompanying volume to the first cabinet exhibition of the library of the Francke Foundations in a small former reading room traces this development from Bibles and primers for children to the emergence of children's and youth literature as…
… des 100. Jubiläums der Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle 2015
The Francke Foundation's art and natural history collection serves as a starting point for reflecting on the principles of the cabinet of curiosities and expanding the scope of multimedia-oriented and globally networked artistic production. In doing so, the former universalist model is considered in conjunction with contemporary…
