World Cultures House
The World Cultures House is one of the main centers of
exhibition of not-European art. It enjoys an excellent
reputation as promoter of projects that involve dance,
theater, cinema, fine arts, performance and music, developed
in cooperation with curators and artists of other countries.
The emphasis is the innovations and developments of projects
of the Asian, African and Latin American cultures, in
special related to the impact of the globalization process
and its effects on the different cultures.
The building was designed by the American architect Hugh
Stubbins, Walter Gropius assistant in Harvard, in the
former Zentenplatz square, as a symbol of freedom during
the cold war days. In order to assure that their contours
were be clearly seen from Eastern Berlin, the building
was constructed on an elevation. In Stubbins opinion,
the form of the roof - similar to two wings- maintained
the promise that there would be no restrictions in the
freedom of intellectual work, a political vision shared
by the Benjamin Franklin foundation, that commissioned
the building.
The ceremony of opening artistic program -19 September
1957- reflected the future program of the Museum, combining
theater, symposiums and concerts that reunited prominent
artists, scientists and politicians in a dialog between
the Old and the New World.
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557
Berlin
Berlin
Bauhaus Archive / Design Museum
Museum of the Daily Culture of the 20th Century
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin
Berlin Historical Museum
Berlin Jewish Museum
Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
Vitra Design Museum
World Cultures House
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf Art Museum
Goethe Museum
Frankfurt
German Museum of the Cinema
Modern Art Museum
Historical Museum
Staedel Art Institute and Municipal Gallery
Deutsche Bundesbank Money Museum
Bonn
Bonn Art Museum
Bonn University Botanical Garden
Hamburg
Hamburg History Museum
Arts and Crafts Museum
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