The story of the city often provides us with an opportunity to free ourselves from narratives of the “one truth” ilk, to reconcile antagonisms, to uncover the genuine, albeit complex – because many-layered – identity of places. And museums have an important role to play in this process.
In the issue we look at the city as a museum and reflecting the city by museums. Moreover in other sections of “Herito” we present Vilnius 2009 as European Capitol of Culture and we share impressions from exhibitions and books from Barcelona, Budapest and Prague.
Content
Editorial
John V. Maciuika – The castle for Berlin, or Berlin for the castle?
Arnold Bartetzky – Corrected History. Reconstruction of destroyed buildings and politics of history in Eastern Europe
Felix Ackermann – Museum Grodno. The city as an artefact
Żanna Komar – Perm – a museum of the 21st century and Peter Zumthor
Açalya Allmer – The Museum of Innocence. A literary homage to small and neglected museums
Michał Niezabitowski – A museum inside a historic city – conflict or harmony?
The city in a museum – a questionnaire – Michał Niezabitowski, Maciej Łagiewski, Pavel Zatloukal, Blaž Peršin, Joan Roca
Mitteleuropa still needed. Dr. Erhard Busek interviewed by Katarzyna Jagodzińska
Joanna Sanetra‑Szeliga – Vilnius 2009 – the European Capital of Culture in crisis
Brigita Žuromskaitė – Vilnius – a city of live culture
Simona Škrabec – The Trieste of Claudio Magris
Nóra Veszprémi – Art and Nation. Image and self‑image
Katarzyna Jagodzińska – An anatomy of transformation
Łukasz Galusek – A Triestine triptych (3)