Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Berlin | |||||||||
"The Vikings" Special Exhibition from Oct. 2014 - Jan. 2015 in the Martin-Gropius-Bau | |||||||||
I must report with regret that once more a major exhibition, orchestrated by a major museum, put form above function. The typical signs are | |||||||||
1. Bad lighting. The mueum has succumbed
to the "keep-things-in-the-dark disease" like so many others
1). Two examples for that:
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2. Wrong information. The pictures below tell it all: | |||||||||
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Translations: +VLFBEHRT+ a medieval trade name. The best sword blades from the Frankish empire were imported to Scandinavia under the trade name +VLFBEHRT+. Ulfbehrt swords consist of a blade made from carbon-poor, homogeneous steel that was hard and at the same time elastic. That those swords were highly valued is demonstrated by the silver- and copper engravings, especially on the hilt. | |||||||||
It is hard to put more nonsense into so few words. Let' see if you
got it all:
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No more need to be said, except that taking pictures is forbidden for no clear reason. | |||||||||
Nevertheless: Go see it, if you can. They do have a book! | |||||||||
1) | Other museums / exhibitions that have succumbed to the "keep-things-in-the-dark
disease" are |
Critical Museum Guide: Landesmuseum Württemberg; Württemberg State Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Critical Museum Guide: Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus; Denmark
Critical Museum Guide: Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte (Halle)
The Frankish Empire And Its Swords
Large Pictures 2 - Chapter 11.3
© H. Föll (Iron, Steel and Swords script)