{"id":99683,"date":"2026-08-07T08:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T06:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/?page_id=99683"},"modified":"2026-08-07T09:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:14:50","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/collection\/research","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-header-page padding-top-half margin-bottom-half has-highlight-color-bg\" >\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid padding-bottom-third\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"font-medium\">Research<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy block-no-margin\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What can objects from Berlin\u2019s past tell us today? Research carried out at the Berlin Museum helps us to better understand our collections. We use the research results in our exhibitions. We also look at how visitors experience what we have to offer and how we can further develop our museums.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our researchers, in collaboration with partners from the fields of education, culture and academia, investigate issues relating to Berlin\u2019s urban society. These projects give rise to events and formats for the general public.<br><br>Our research focuses primarily on tracing the origins of the objects in our collections. In doing so, we examine whether they were forcibly taken from their owners as a result of persecution during the National Socialist era.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-full-teaser  align-pullLeft has-secondary-highlight-color-bg has-bg-needs-paddings\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-6 margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template data-id=\"3683\">\n\t\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_6aa332a8278ae\" data-md-src=\"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-300x274.jpg\" data-md-alt=\"R\u00fcckansicht eines Sofas mit der handschriftlichen Nummer Rb 711 auf einer Holzleiste\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n{\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-300x274.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":274,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":19196},\"small\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-440x401.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":401,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":36539},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-580x529.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":529,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":57820},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz-720x657.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":657,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":81966},\"original\":{\"file\":\"RotesSofaDetailRb_FotoDeborahPomeranz.jpg\",\"width\":760,\"height\":693}},\n\"alt\" : \"R\\u00fcckansicht eines Sofas mit der handschriftlichen Nummer Rb 711 auf einer Holzleiste\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"hls\" : \"\",\n\"hls_autoplay\" : \"\",\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.5,\"y\":0.5},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 2,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}\n<\/script>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:91.184210526316%;  \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-label\">R\u00fcckansicht eines Sofas mit der handschriftlichen Nummer Rb 711 auf einer Holzleiste\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">\u00a9 Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin | Foto: Deborah Pomeranz <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-sixth\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"h2\">Provenience Research<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy margin-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"zeplin-teaserCopy\">Since 2008, we have been taking a close look: where do the objects in our collections come from? In doing so, we are fulfilling our duty to verify that all objects have been acquired lawfully.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ho-button-group' >\n\n<div class=\"block-buttons-item\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlin.museum\/en\/provenance-research\" target=\"\" class=\"ho-button is-small is-primary\">\n\t<span class=\"ho-button-label\">\n\t\tLearn more\t<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-teaser has-white-color-bg has-bg-needs-paddings  block-teaser-page\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid copy padding-bottom-third\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"zeplin-subHead01\">Research Reports<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"padding-top-sixth\">At present, we are only able to provide you with selected research reports in English. 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 \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media v-if=\"sizes\" :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :zoom=\"zoom\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :hls=\"hls\" :hls-autoplay=\"hlsAutoplay\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :annotations=\"annotations\" :background=\"background\"><\/lazy-media>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-header padding-top-sixth\"><div><h3 class=\"zeplin-teaserHeadline-L\"><strong>Clockmaking in Berlin<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-teaserCopy\"><div class=\"padding-top-minimal\"><p class=\"zeplin-teaserCopy\">A cross-museum thematic portal showcases the full diversity of Berlin\u2019s historical clocks.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-special-contact-person has-highlight-color-bg padding-top-half\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Contact person\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-third\"><div class=\"padding-bottom-minimal\"><h2 class=\"h5\">Contact<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-md-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 copy margin-bottom-half\" data-divisions=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"zeplin-copySmall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"h6\"> Sammlung<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-atom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a :href=\"'rq.zhrfhzgqngf@tahyzznf:bgyvnz' | decodeMailto\">E-Mail<\/a><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research at the Berlin Museum helps us to better understand the objects in our collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":12971,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"subline":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99683"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99733,"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99683\/revisions\/99733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}