The gap is in the eye of the beholder. Treatment of lacunae in Neues Museum Berlin
The gap is in the eye of the beholder. Treatment of lacunae in Neues Museum Berlin

Summary/Abstract: As in 2009 the Neues Museum (“New Museum”) in Berlin was reopened after restoration, the long awaited moment triggered most various reactions between praise and criticism. The core of all debates was the treatment of loss and the reconstruction (or non-reconstruction) of the missing architectonical parts such as the staircase (Trepenhalle). Being one of the most debated contemporary conservation projects, we ask ourselves how does the restoration of the Neues Museum work in the eyes of the beholder and what could be the judgment behind the rejection or approval?

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