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Kulturelle und politische Bildung im Museum
Date details
- Date Thursday, 23/April/2026 10:00 bis 17:00
- Venue Haus Bastian - Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung
- Address Am Kupfergraben 10, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Hackescher Markt
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S9
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S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf
- S3
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- S7
- S9
- S1
- S2
- S25
- S26
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S Oranienburger Str.
- S1
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- S25
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S Hackescher Markt
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Underground
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U Museumsinsel
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U Unter den Linden
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S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf
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U Hausvogteiplatz
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U Rotes Rathaus
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U Museumsinsel
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Bus
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U Museumsinsel
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- N5
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Staatsoper
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Werderscher Markt
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Berliner Schloss
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- N42
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U Unter den Linden
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S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf
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S Hackescher Markt
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U Rotes Rathaus
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Berlin, Dorotheenstr./Friedrichstr.
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S Oranienburger Str.
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Neumannsgasse
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U Hausvogteiplatz
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Französische Str.
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U Museumsinsel
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Tram
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Am Kupfergraben
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
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Universitätsstr.
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S Hackescher Markt
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Monbijouplatz
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
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S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf
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S Oranienburger Str.
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U Weinmeisterstr./Gipsstr.
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Am Kupfergraben
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S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf
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S+U Friedrichstr. Bhf
Kulturelle und politische Bildung im Museum
Perspektiven auf den Beutelsbacher Konsens
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt
2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the so-called Beutelsbach Consensus, which was adopted in Beutelsbach in Baden-Württemberg and in which three guiding principles of political education were formulated. To this day, it forms a basis and orientation for political education work.
To mark the anniversary, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, is hosting a two-day symposium focusing on the significance of the Beutelsbach Consensus for the cultural sector and museum practice.
What role does the Beutelsbach Consensus play today at the interface between political and cultural education? Against the backdrop of current social conflicts, crises and polarization, how can cultural and historical-political education be meaningfully combined? What practical examples of democracy work exist at this interface, and where are the potentials and limitations? Do we need common guidelines or an update of the Beutelsbach Consensus? What challenges do museums and other cultural or civil society actors in East and West Germany face and what different perspectives are there on the Beutelsbach Consensus as a product of West German authors?
Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Petra Olschowski, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg, and Sibylle Thelen, Director of the Baden-Württemberg State Agency for Civic Education, will welcome the audience.
This will be followed by discussions with experts from the fields of political and cultural education. In addition to these inputs and panels, several workshops will also take place on the second day.
Time and place
23. - April 24, 2026
Haus Bastian - Center for Cultural Education of the National Museums in Berlin
Am Kupfergraben 10, 10117 Berlin
Program
Thursday, April 23, 2026Moderation: Shelly Kupferberg
9:30 a.m. Registration
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. WelcomeMarion Ackermann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage FoundationPetra Olschowski, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-WürttembergSibylle Thelen, Director of the State Agency for Civic Education Baden-Württemberg
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Keynote speech 1Nils Kumkar, Chair of Sociology, Otto Friedrich University BambergThe truth of polarization: the turbulence of social introspection
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Keynote speech 2Luisa Girnus, Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, Free University BerlinConsensus for an uncertain educational future
11:30 - 12:30 PanelModeration: Thomas Krüger, long-standing President of the Federal Agency for Civic EducationVanessa-Isabelle Reinwand-Weiss, Director of the Federal Academy for Cultural Education WolfenbüttelWerner Friedrichs, Didactics of Politics & Democracy Theory, Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergWaltraud Meints-Stender, Professor of Politics and Education, Hochschule NiederrheinLeonard Schmieding, Historian, Teacher of English, History and Civic Education, former Project Manager for Civic Education in Museums, Hochschule Niederrhein Project Manager Political Education in Museums, National Museums in Berlin
12:30 - 13:30 Break
13:30 - 14:00 Keynote speech 3Nanna Lüth, Prof. Dr. phil., works and researches in the fields of art, art education and media education"Vom Eise befreit..."Cultural education against violence
14:00 - 14:45 Spotlight: Projects from the field
David Adler, Kulturlandbüro:"From the Kulturlandschau to Spacemaker in Mönkebude: How young people discover democracy through art"
Santi Grunewald, Museum Ludwig:"Here & Now at the Museum Ludwig. De/Collecting Memories from Turtle Island"
Agnes Obenhuber, Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg and Maaike van Rijn, Landesmuseum Württemberg:"Protest! From anger to movement" a special exhibition as a place for negotiating democratic values"
Lisa Hell and Paulina Kerber, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "Art, looting and restitution - forgotten life stories"
14:45 - 15:30: Panel with the speakers of the projects and Nanna Lüth
15:30 - 15:45 Wrap-up and outlook for day 2
15:45 - 17:00 Networking
18:00 optional: exhibition opening "Heavy FabricWomen - Traditional Costumes - Life Stories"Museum of European CulturesArnimallee 2514195 Berlin
Friday, April 24, 2026Moderation: Shelly Kupferberg
9:30 a.m. Registration
10:00 - 10:20 a.m. Welcome and Recap Day 1Marion Ackermann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
10:20 - 10:50 a.m.: Keynote speechThomas Krüger, long-time President of the Federal Agency for Civic EducationBeutelsbach is burning! Against the state curation of freedom and the hostage-taking of our fundamental rights by the extreme right
10:50 - 12:15: Workshops
workshop 1GRAND BEAUTY: "Making something beautiful together"
Workshop 2Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz:Cultural education in structural change
Workshop 3KubiDemo:Exploring the principles of cultural democracy education
Workshop 4Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg, Robby Geyer:Beutelsbach konkret - Perspektiven und Praxisbeispiele zum Beutelsbacher Konsens
Workshop 57xjung - The learning location of Gesicht Zeigen!Talking about discrimination - but how? Approaches to historical-political educational work
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.: Break
12:45 - 13:30: Spotlight: Projects from the field
Frauke Frech and Hengame Sadeghi: Grand Beauty Salon
Isabell Wiehmert, Mandy Gehrt and Kseniia Shachneva: Bauhaus Agents of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in the ZEKIWA Zeitz living lab
Kyra Börnemeier and Katja Drews: KubiDemo. Cultural education as a practice of democracy education, Federal Academy for Cultural Education Wolfenbüttel
Robby Geyer, State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg.
Judith Boegner and Pia Schlickeiser, Gesicht Zeigen! Für ein weltoffenes Deutschland e.V., Lernort 7xjung
13:30 - 14:30 Panel with the speakers of the projects
14:30 Closing and conclusion
TO BOOK
Download the program (PDF, 180 KB)Translated with DeepL
To mark the anniversary, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg, is hosting a two-day symposium focusing on the significance of the Beutelsbach Consensus for the cultural sector and museum practice.
What role does the Beutelsbach Consensus play today at the interface between political and cultural education? Against the backdrop of current social conflicts, crises and polarization, how can cultural and historical-political education be meaningfully combined? What practical examples of democracy work exist at this interface, and where are the potentials and limitations? Do we need common guidelines or an update of the Beutelsbach Consensus? What challenges do museums and other cultural or civil society actors in East and West Germany face and what different perspectives are there on the Beutelsbach Consensus as a product of West German authors?
Prof. Dr. Marion Ackermann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Petra Olschowski, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts in Baden-Württemberg, and Sibylle Thelen, Director of the Baden-Württemberg State Agency for Civic Education, will welcome the audience.
This will be followed by discussions with experts from the fields of political and cultural education. In addition to these inputs and panels, several workshops will also take place on the second day.
Time and place
23. - April 24, 2026
Haus Bastian - Center for Cultural Education of the National Museums in Berlin
Am Kupfergraben 10, 10117 Berlin
Program
Thursday, April 23, 2026Moderation: Shelly Kupferberg
9:30 a.m. Registration
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. WelcomeMarion Ackermann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage FoundationPetra Olschowski, Minister of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-WürttembergSibylle Thelen, Director of the State Agency for Civic Education Baden-Württemberg
10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Keynote speech 1Nils Kumkar, Chair of Sociology, Otto Friedrich University BambergThe truth of polarization: the turbulence of social introspection
11:00 - 11:30 a.m. Keynote speech 2Luisa Girnus, Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, Free University BerlinConsensus for an uncertain educational future
11:30 - 12:30 PanelModeration: Thomas Krüger, long-standing President of the Federal Agency for Civic EducationVanessa-Isabelle Reinwand-Weiss, Director of the Federal Academy for Cultural Education WolfenbüttelWerner Friedrichs, Didactics of Politics & Democracy Theory, Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergWaltraud Meints-Stender, Professor of Politics and Education, Hochschule NiederrheinLeonard Schmieding, Historian, Teacher of English, History and Civic Education, former Project Manager for Civic Education in Museums, Hochschule Niederrhein Project Manager Political Education in Museums, National Museums in Berlin
12:30 - 13:30 Break
13:30 - 14:00 Keynote speech 3Nanna Lüth, Prof. Dr. phil., works and researches in the fields of art, art education and media education"Vom Eise befreit..."Cultural education against violence
14:00 - 14:45 Spotlight: Projects from the field
David Adler, Kulturlandbüro:"From the Kulturlandschau to Spacemaker in Mönkebude: How young people discover democracy through art"
Santi Grunewald, Museum Ludwig:"Here & Now at the Museum Ludwig. De/Collecting Memories from Turtle Island"
Agnes Obenhuber, Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg and Maaike van Rijn, Landesmuseum Württemberg:"Protest! From anger to movement" a special exhibition as a place for negotiating democratic values"
Lisa Hell and Paulina Kerber, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: "Art, looting and restitution - forgotten life stories"
14:45 - 15:30: Panel with the speakers of the projects and Nanna Lüth
15:30 - 15:45 Wrap-up and outlook for day 2
15:45 - 17:00 Networking
18:00 optional: exhibition opening "Heavy FabricWomen - Traditional Costumes - Life Stories"Museum of European CulturesArnimallee 2514195 Berlin
Friday, April 24, 2026Moderation: Shelly Kupferberg
9:30 a.m. Registration
10:00 - 10:20 a.m. Welcome and Recap Day 1Marion Ackermann, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
10:20 - 10:50 a.m.: Keynote speechThomas Krüger, long-time President of the Federal Agency for Civic EducationBeutelsbach is burning! Against the state curation of freedom and the hostage-taking of our fundamental rights by the extreme right
10:50 - 12:15: Workshops
workshop 1GRAND BEAUTY: "Making something beautiful together"
Workshop 2Reallabor ZEKIWA Zeitz:Cultural education in structural change
Workshop 3KubiDemo:Exploring the principles of cultural democracy education
Workshop 4Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg, Robby Geyer:Beutelsbach konkret - Perspektiven und Praxisbeispiele zum Beutelsbacher Konsens
Workshop 57xjung - The learning location of Gesicht Zeigen!Talking about discrimination - but how? Approaches to historical-political educational work
12:15 - 12:45 p.m.: Break
12:45 - 13:30: Spotlight: Projects from the field
Frauke Frech and Hengame Sadeghi: Grand Beauty Salon
Isabell Wiehmert, Mandy Gehrt and Kseniia Shachneva: Bauhaus Agents of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation in the ZEKIWA Zeitz living lab
Kyra Börnemeier and Katja Drews: KubiDemo. Cultural education as a practice of democracy education, Federal Academy for Cultural Education Wolfenbüttel
Robby Geyer, State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg.
Judith Boegner and Pia Schlickeiser, Gesicht Zeigen! Für ein weltoffenes Deutschland e.V., Lernort 7xjung
13:30 - 14:30 Panel with the speakers of the projects
14:30 Closing and conclusion
TO BOOK
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