Museum Pankow, Opening

Opening of the exhibition: Musica di strada

Workforce of the Cocchi, Bacigalupo & Graffigna Company (1891-1903), Schönhauser Allee 78, c. 1900

The Museum Pankow and the Stadtmuseum Berlin jointly invite you to the opening of the new exhibition “Musica di strada. Italians in Prenzlauer Berg. Trade, Craft & Music”.

Prices
Regular: kostenfrei

Price info

No registration required

Location
Museum Pankow
Kultur- und Bildungszentrum Sebastian Haffner
Prenzlauer Allee 227/228
10405 Berlin

Meeting point: courtyard (in case of rain in the assembly hall, 3rd floor)

The event will take place in German.

Duration
3h

As part of the extensive renovation of the Märkisches Museum over several years, the Stadtmuseum Berlin is lending its unique collection of mechanical musical instruments to the Museum Pankow. The exhibition combines the history of settlement and migration of Italians in Berlin with the history of mechanical music.

Programme

Welcome
Bernt Roder, Director Museum Pankow
Paul Spies, Board and Director Stadtmuseum Berlin

Greetings
Representatives of the Berlin-Pankow district authority
Dott.ssa Francesca Moschitta, Cultural Officer at the Italian Cultural Institute, Berlin
Dr. Marion Bleß, Foundation German Class Lottery Berlin

Film
Insights into the research in Italy for the exhibition

Discussion
Anne Franzkowiak, exhibition curator
Prof. Carlo Stiaccini, migration expert
Bernt Roder, Director Museum Pankow
Moderation: Bettina Tacke

Musical accompaniment
Italian canzoni performed by the band “… e la luna?
DJ Peppino
and Internationale Drehorgelfreunde Berlin e.V.