Public Guided Tour: “Nature and German History”

This tour through all the exhibition rooms explores the concept of nature through selected objects spanning 800 years of German history: from the World Egg to the wolf to visual depictions of destroyed landscapes from the 20th century. How have the shifting relationships between societies and their conceptions of nature shaped faith, life, and politics over the centuries? The visionary and Benedictine nun Hildegard of Bingen, for example, saw in nature a divine force, the “viriditas.” In the early modern period, societies began to exploit natural resources on a large scale, bringing about lasting changes to the environment. How governments, political, or religious movements define nature, how they treat it, and what ideas they associate with it is subject to constant change. This tour offers a variety of insights into events and developments that have altered or shaped the concept of nature.Translated with DeepL

Price info: Free, plus admission

Next date:

• Date Sunday, 18/October/2026 12:00 bis 13:00
• Venue Deutsches Historisches Museum
• Address Hinter dem Gießhaus 3, 10117 Berlin-Mitte