During a visit to the Käthe Kollwitz Museum
Exhibition talk:
Life and work of Käthe Kollwitz
Permanent exhibition “More than a life”
The “More than a Life” tour presents the permanent exhibition with drawings, graphics and sculptures by Käthe Kollwitz in chronological order.
The introduction on the ground floor brings Käthe Kollwitz’s Berlin to life, while the following two floors are devoted to her artistic work. In this way, the life, artistic career and associated attitude of Kollwitz become comprehensible in the context of contemporary history. Continuities can be identified, such as working in cycles or her growing interest in the motif of the working class – as well as ruptures and new beginnings e.g. abandoning of the artistic medium of etching, the discovery of woodblock prints or her changing understanding of violence.
Depending on the interest of the group, the guided tour can have a historical, social or artistic focus.
for primary and secondary school | max. 30 students
Duration/price: 60 Minuten | 60 euros
Language: German, English, French
Workshop:
„Grope your way“
Experiencing artworks with multiple senses
Special exhibition “Käthe Kollwitz – Talking with hands”
In the exhibition »Talking with Hands«, one finds a selection of art-works, where hands play a special role. They are often shown excessively large. Clenched, stretched out or gripped protectively – the hands in Käthe Kollwitz’s pictures tell about love and security, or they announce danger or suffering. If hands can speak, can they also see?
The participants will investigate this question in the workshop »grope your way«. After an introduction awakening the senses, selected artworks of the exhibition will be examined with multiple senses and in different ways. Afterwards, the participants use their own drawings to create tactile reliefs. Sighted and not-sighted people are welcome to this works
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for preschool, primary school | max. 20 students
Mo – Fr from 9.00 – 11.00
only bookable till June 4, 2021
Duration/price: 120 minutes | 75 euros
Language: German
Workshop:
#kätheforfuture
Permanent exhibition “More than a life”
Hunger, war and social injustice – those are the topics Käthe Kollwitz repeatedly dealt with. Which topics are moving us in Berlin today? Are there similarities to the times in which Käthe Kollwitz lived? After a tour through the exhibition, students develop their own ideas on problems of our times and sketch eye-catching statements.
for primary and secondary school | max. 10 students
Duration/price: 90 minutes | 75 euros
Language: German
Interactive workshop:
Museum in a suitcase
Explore Käthe Kollwitz
Permanent exhibition “More than a life”
Students learn more about Käthe Kollwitz through selected objects. Together we go on a search for traces: With the help of exciting tasks, we learn more about Berlin around 1900 and gain an insight into the life and work of the artist Käthe Kollwitz.
On request, the following topics can be deepened: artistic techniques, writing and font, social politics now and then.
for primary and secondary school | max. 25 students
Duration/price: 90 minutes | 75 euros
Language: German
Our learning offers for school classes can be booked by e-mail or by telephone via the Museumsdienst Berlin:
E-mail: museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin
Phone: 030 – 247 49 888
Monday – Friday from 9.00 – 16.00 and Saturday – Sunday from 9.00 – 13.00