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5. A New Museum District - Once a prosperous and heavily visited area, Dresden’s Albertstodt district

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3. The Central Theme is the Human Being - The central theme of the MHM’s architecture and exhibition

2. Cultural History of Violence - The MHM offers visitors a history of the German military. But it go

KEY MESSAGES 1. Changing Perspective - The MHM offers different perspectives on German military histo

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The new fa?ade’s openness and transparency contrasts with the opacity and rigidity of the existing bu

“The dramatic extension is a symbol of the resurrection of Dresden from its ashes. It is about the ju

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Daniel Libeskind’s winning design boldly interrupts the original building's symmetry. The extension,

OVERVIEW Since its 1897 founding, the Dresden Museum of Military History has been a Saxon armory and

The museum’s redesign creates the setting for a reconsideration of that past in a city annihilated by

4. Museum as Forum - In addition to presenting current and historical topics in special exhibitions a

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A decade after Daniel Libeskind’s iconic Jewish Museum opened in Berlin another Libeskind-designed Ge

Text description provided by the architects. Daniel Libeskind's Military History Museum opens today i