Between the Lines. Guided tour of Daniel Libeskind's architecture on International Museum Day

With the Jewish Museum building, architect Daniel Libeskind created a unique piece of architecture that, even two decades after its opening, continues to fascinate, irritate, and disturb visitors alike. The architect has inscribed German-Jewish history into the building as a continuous narrative with numerous breaks and attempts at erasure. Its outwardly closed structure without an entrance, its zigzag and straight lines, the so-called voids (empty spaces), and the “Holocaust Tower” give an idea of how spaces can tell stories.  

The tour presents the complex museum building in the context of its history and the temporary exhibition “Between the Lines” marking Daniel Libeskind's 80th birthday. Libeskind's ideas and thoughts, which ultimately led to the building in its current form, are presented, and various rooms are experienced together: Garden of Exile, Holocaust Tower, Voids, Cross Axis.