Arts & Culture of Germany
German culture: Dürer, Gutenberg, Beuys, Beethoven, Einstein (l to r.)
Arts & Culture
Deutsche
Kultur International
ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) is Germany’s oldest intermediary organisation for international cultural relations.
Documenta
The Documenta is an important exhibition of contemporary planetary art, which takes place every five years in the city of Kassel. Documenta fifteen takes place from 18 June to 25 September 2022.
Alexander
von Humboldt
In search of knowledge far beyond the horizons of his time.
Alexander von Humboldt
Wikipedia entry for the Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, and explorer.
Goethe-Institut
Institution for cultural, social, and political communication between Germany and
foreign countries in the media area.
MASALA Welt-Beat Festival
Summer in the City of Hannover, World Beat Festival, traditional and modern world
music (site in German).
Max-Ernst-Museum
The museum shows an overview of the extensive work of the Dadaist and Surrealist Max Ernst.
Monopol
Monopol - Magazin für Kunst und Leben
preussen.de
Official Website of The House of Hohenzollern.
German Literature
(a tiny selection)
Bertolt
Brecht
The International Brecht Society Homepage is dedicated to the works and thoughts
of Bertolt Brecht.
Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
Wikipedia entry about J.W. Goethe, one of the key figures of German literature.
Grimm World
GW Kassel transports the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales into the modern era.
19th-Century German Stories
Stories by Wilhelm Busch, Eichendorff, Goethe, Brothers Grimm., E.T.A. Hoffmann and others (in German and English)
Hermann Hesse
The Steppenwolf's page (in English and German).
Thomas Mann (Buddenbrookhaus)
Maybe you will miss Felix Krull at Buddenbrookhaus somehow (in German).
Karl-May-Stiftung
Site about the storyteller by the Karl May Foundation.
Perry Rhodan
The world's most fantastic space adventure series, in print since 1961 (in German).
Libraries and Archives
Die Deutsche Bibliothek
The national library and national bibliographic information center.
Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
The virtual library will link 30,000 German cultural and scientific institutions and make them publicly accessible via a common platform.
Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Schiller National Museum / German Literature Archive, Marbach. Collection and
research of the newer German literature.
New books in German
The web site presents regular reviews of new titles of contemporary German literature,
particularly recommended for translation into English.
Frankfurter Buchmesse
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest international book fair in the world and is held in Frankfurt every year.
German Cyberspace Culture
netzpolitik.org
A platform for the right of digital freedom (in German)
politik-digital
An independent information and communication platform in the field of internet and politics (in German)
Perspective Daily
First solution-oriented and advertising-free online medium from Germany (in German).
Space Night
Space and music on TV.
Telepolis
German online magazine for politics and media in the digital age (in German).
The Bode Museum in Berlin is part of the complex of museums on the Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Museums
The Bauhaus, founded in Weimar 1919 by Walter Gropius, is until today one of the
most famous and most avant-garde art and design schools.
Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für
Gestaltung
The Bauhaus-Archive Museum of Design.
Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Preserves and conveys the historical heritage of the Bauhaus.
Deutsches Museum
The world's largest museum of science and technology is located in Munich.
Bundeskunsthalle
The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Germany's largest museum of cultural history is located in Nuremberg; it houses an extensive collection of German culture and art from prehistory to the present.
Museum Ludwig
- Cologne
The collection comprises the most important stages and positions in the development
of 20th century and contemporary art.
Naturmuseum Senckenberg
Natural History Museum, Frankfurt.
Pinakothek der Moderne
The Bavarian State Painting Collections are shown in various museums in Munich.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Preussischer Kulturbesitz
The National Museums in Berlin are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums, several research institutes, libraries, and supporting institutions.
Museumdirectories
German Museums
Wikipedia list of German Museums.
Music
Bayreuther Festspiele
Götterdämmerung, Meistersinger, Lohengrin, Rheingold, Siegfried, etc.
Berliner Philharmoniker
The Berlin Philharmonic are regarded as one of the world's leading ensembles.
Herbert Grönemeyer
Mensch - contemporary German music.
Kraftwerk
Influential German electronic music.
Scorpions
Contemporary German music.
Music of Germany
Germany is home to some of the world's most renowned composers, singers, producers, and performers. The country is the largest music market in Europe and the third-largest in the world. Wikipedia entry about Music made in Germany.