Public architectural competitions for museums in Europe, North America and the former colonies have been taken place since the middle of the 19th century. They became means for the self-expression of the civil society, its social and its political competition. The splendid drafts and errected buildings represent cultural, academic and artistic knowledge, national and regional pride. The international conference “Museum Envisioned” served as a platform for a dialogue on this insufficiently researched subject of the history of museums and architecture.
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2.7.2015 | |
18:45 - 19:00 | Welcome |
19:00 - 20:30 | Victorian Museums and Public Education in Great Britain and Europe Key Lecture Giles Waterfield |
20:30 - 21:30 | Reception |
3.7.2015 | |
09:00 - 09:45 | Registration |
09:45 - 10:00 | Welcome Hans-Dieter Nägelke Bénédicte Savoy |
10:00 - 11:00 | Introduction: Die Berliner Museumsinsel-Konkurrenz von 1883/84 und Methoden der Wettbewerbsforschung Nikolaus Bernau Moritz Dapper Mei-Hau Kunzi Merten Lagatz |
11:00 - 11:45 | Vom Großen ins Kleine, oder: Die städtebaulichen Vorschläge für museale Bauten im Wettbewerb zur Wiener Ringstraße bis zum Wettbewerb für die K. K. Hofmuseen Harald R. Stühlinger |
11:45 - 12:30 | Design Competitions for the Building Complex of Exhibitions, Congresses and Museums in the City Centre of St. Petersburg (1912/13) – Neoclassical Architecture for Beauty and Education Vadim Bass |
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00 - 14:45 | The Victoria and Albert Museum in Albertopolis – Prince Albert's Centre for Science and Art Julius Bryant |
14:45 - 15:30 | "Parks and their Relation to Public Buildings" – The Case of the Washington Mall as Museum-Cluster Phoebus Panigyraki |
15:30 - 16:15 | Building the Cultural Capital of the New Nation – Zagreb's Museum Buildings at the Turn of the 19th to the 20th Century Ljerka Dulibic Iva Pasini Tržec |
16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee Break |
16:45 - 17:30 | Regionale Museen und Wettbewerbe um 1900 – Das Altonaer Museum unter Otto Lehmann Antje Schmidt |
17:30 - 18:15 | Le Musée Napoleon d'Amiens: The First Built Museum of France Arnaud Bertinent |
4.7.2015 | |
09:30 - 09:45 | Welcome, Introduction |
09:45 - 10:30 | The Projects for a "Museum of National Revival" in Sofia Bulgaria Ada Hajdu |
10:30 - 11:15 | The Competition for the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities on Cairo 1894/95 Milva Giacomelli |
11:15 - 11:45 | Coffee Break |
11:45 - 12:15 | The Unbuilt Luxembourg Museum – The Issue of a Purpuse-Built Museum of Modern Art in Paris before World War I Julien Bastoen |
12:15 - 13:00 | New or Improved? The National Gallery Architectural Competition of 1866 Alan Crookham |
13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break |
14:30 - 15:15 | Museusmbauten und Museumswettbewerbe in Lateinamerika vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg Claudia Cendales Paredes |
15:15 - 16:00 | Das Museum als Bau und Gegenbau. Museumsgebäude und -wettbewerbe in Prag, Budweis, Reichenberg und Pilsen Jindrich Vybiral |
16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break |
16:30 - 17:15 | Das Schweizerische Landesmuseum in Zürich – Wunschbild, Abbild und Vorbild Martin Fröhlich |
17:15 - 18:00 | Discussion |