Object in view: The Ottoman balaclava

Brilliant protection: a high-ranking warrior in the Ottoman Empire once wore this hood, which later found its way into the Armory's "Hall of Fame" via the collection of Prince Carl of Prussia. What does it reveal about the symbolism and technology of such armor - and what about the history and interests of the Berlin collections that later boasted them?
With Deniz Erduman-Çalış, curator at the Museum of Islamic Art, Aaron Jochim, head of the Militaria: Arms - Armor - Military Equipment Collection, and Helen Pfeifer, Associate Professor in Early Ottoman History at the University of Cambridge
Object in view
What stories do the objects in the exhibition "Objects. History. Stories. View into the Collection" - about themselves, their time and our collection? On four dates we will focus on one of the objects and follow its traces. Come and join us!Translated with DeepL

Price info: Free admission

Next date:

• Date Wednesday, 01/July/2026 18:30 bis 20:00
• Venue Deutsches Historisches Museum
• Address Hinter dem Gießhaus 3, 10117 Berlin-Mitte