Ausstellung: Gegenentwürfe
Alternative concepts
The Prenzlauer Berg before, during, and after the fall of the wall
The exhibition “Gegenentwürfe. Der Prenzlauer Berg vor, während und nach dem Mauerfall”(The alternative concept. The Prenzlauer Berg before, during, and after the fall of the wall) - brings to life the alternative living concepts compared to the ruling real socialism in Prenzlauer Berg, but also the political reality after the peaceful revolution in 1989 and the German reunification.On the basis of the seven places in the city district, many of the Prenzlauer Berg controversial conflicts were examined on topics like codetermination, urban redevelopment, education, environment protection, economic system, and social responsibility since the end of the 1970s until the present.“It was a special district with special residents and special events”, explained the museum chief about this classification.
Distributed on an area of about 100m2 the continuities and discontinuities in East Germany compared to before and after the reunification are evident in concrete examples in the seven locations in Prenzlauer Berg: Opposition to socialism (Gethsemanekirche), usage of free space (Rykestraße and Kollwitzplatz), economy and everyday life (theVEB Treffmodelle Greifswalder Straße 212),power and powerlessness (the Council of the district and the district of Prenzlauer Berg in the Fröbelstrasse), thehouses, the people and the change (Helmholtzplatz) and socialistic city planning (Ernst-Thälmann-Park).
When: Permanent exhibition, open from Tuesday till Sunday, 10:00 until 18:00 hours, (closed on public holidays)
Location: Museum Pankow – Kultur- und Bildungszentrum Sebastian Haffner, Prenzlauer Allee 227, 10405 Berlin