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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Berlin, Berlin (state), Germanyen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1988-1989 (design); 1992-2001 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorLibeskind, Danielen_US
dc.date1992-2001en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-01T18:23:35Z
dc.date.available2013-08-01T18:23:35Z
dc.date.issued1992-2001en_US
dc.identifier228641en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2186en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/136425
dc.descriptionOverall view of the west façade, made of zinc panels with intersection of lines; The Jewish Museum Berlin covers two millennia of German Jewish history. It consists of two buildings. One is the old Kollegienhaus, a former courthouse, built in the 18th century. The other, a new addition specifically built for the museum, designed by Daniel Libeskind. This was one of the first buildings in Berlin designed after German reunification. The museum opened to the public in 2001. The building is a twisted zig-zag and is accessible only via an underground passage from the Berlin Museum's baroque wing. A "Void," an empty space about 66 feet (20 m) tall, slices linearly through the entire building. A second underground tunnel connects the Museum proper to the E.T.A. Hoffmann Garden, or The Garden of Exile, whose foundation is tilted. The final underground tunnel leads from the Museum to the Holocaust Tower, a 79 foot (24 m) tall empty silo; its only light comes from a small slit in its roof. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 5/8/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumconcrete; glass; zinc panel claddingen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectHolocausten_US
dc.subjectWorld War, 1939-1945en_US
dc.subjecthistory museumen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleJewish Museum Berlinen_US
dc.title.alternativeJüdisches Museum Berlinen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-LD-JM-A17en_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemuseumen_US
vra.worktypememorialen_US
dc.contributor.displayDaniel Libeskind (American architect, born 1946)en_US


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