In the series “Object of the Month”, we discover the various HU locations, rummage through magazines, cupboards, exhibition and work spaces, take a look at sculptures, monuments and buildings and present particularly interesting and remarkable “objects” from the collections of Humboldt-Universität in a monthly rhythm. The focus is on the contexts of origin, use and provenance as well as on people associated with the objects. The object of the month offers the opportunity to get to know the diversity of the university and to broaden one’s own view of other things.
Contact:
Christina Kuhli, Custodian of the HU
Oliver Zauzig, Collections coordinator
Object of the month: An Indian Tablā (dāyāṃ) in the Berlin Lautarchiv
Object of the Month 04/2023 In addition to its core holdings of audio recordings of prisoners of war from the First World War and the collection of German dialects from
Object of the month: Historical drawing of a new horse stable building
Object of the Month 03/2023 House 9 on the North Campus once served as the equine clinic of the former Prussian Royal Veterinary School, which was one of the leading training
Object of the month: Model of the Aletsch Glacier
Object of the Month 02/2023 How a Swiss craftsman created the model of the Aletsch Glacier and it came to the university A relief of the Swiss Alps, 14 square
Object of the Month: Lise Meitner Monument by Anna Franziska Schwarzbach
Object of the Month 01/2023 Since 2014, Lise Meitner faces Unter den Linden; on the other side of the cour d’honneur of the main building, Theodor Mommsen and Max Planck
