Upcoming Exhibition

Corvey Unddas Erbeder Antike: Kaiser, Kloster under Kulturtransfer im Mittelalter

Diözesanmuseum Paderborn, Germany

21.9.2024-26.1.2025

The Aachen Bear | Cathedral treasury Aachen

A think tank of the Middle Ages marks the starting point of the exhibition in the Paderborn Diocesan Museum; formerly the Corvey Monastery that was founded 1,200 years ago and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site for the last 10 years. Back then, it was monasteries that preserved the ancient knowledge that still shapes us today. The numerous fasinating exhibits in the exhibition vividly show how ancient cultural techniques - especially reading and writing - and ideas about politics, law, art and science were transmitted in the Middle Ages. Monks reproduced ancient documents, craftsmen reworked ancient originals or integrated them into their own works. Captrued and shaped by the spirit of the times, such treasures reveal narratives that continue to puzzle us even today.

More than 120 fascinating artefacts on loan from European museums, libraries and archives will be on display on Paderborn, accompanied by insights into the work of the curators and research scholars who are preserving our ancient heritage today. The calligrapher and artist Brody Beuenschwander will also bring the diversity of writing cultures to life in impressive visual interventions. A richly illustrated catalogue will be published and there will be an extensive programme of events.

The exhibition is under the patronage of the Federal President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

For more information, go to https://www.erbe-der-antike.de/en/