For the second time, the Impressionists are on display in the empty Barberini Museum in Potsdam. Now they’ve come up with a solution: a virtual tour brings the art to art lovers right in their own homes.
Article by Ulrike Nagel for RBB.
Summary: Museum Barberini – Experience Impressionism Virtually
This report from Brandenburg aktuell covers the digital offerings of the Barberini Museum in Potsdam during its pandemic-related closure.
- Background: The museum was closed in November 2020. However, the exhibition “Impressionism: The Hasso Plattner Collection” remains accessible virtually.
- Virtual Experience: Visitors can explore the exhibition rooms and the artworks online in a 360-degree view. The virtual tours allow visitors to view the works of Monet and other Impressionists on their computers.
- Additional Offerings: The museum also offers digital guided tours led by the curators and museum director Dorothee Entrup. Visitors can participate in a virtual group tour during which the artworks are discussed on screen.
- The Future of Digitization: The Barberini Museum has long relied on digital formats such as augmented reality (AR) to make artworks visible in one’s own environment, and views digitization as an important part of museum work, even for the post-pandemic era.
