On the occasion of todays last „Coffee at three o’clock“ in 2015, about the topic of winter clothing with special regard to the wendish region, we are pleased to give you the appointements for next year. It shall take place furthermore once in a quarter year, on a Wednesday a three o’clock (p.m.).
One exception will be the very first appointment on March the 16nth 2016. Due to a reservation it has to start already at two o’clock p.m. The scheduled topic are customs of spring.
On June the 1st and September the 7nth the regular commencing time is the usual 3.p.m.
The winter-appointement will take place at decembre the 7nth 2015. Please note also the calender on that site.

To whom it may concern! In the second half of november 2015 due to inhouse-construction works the Serbski muzej willl remain closed for public from Monday november the 16nth until Friday decembre the 4th 2015. All announced events as well as appointed guided tours will take place as planed.
Parts of the art section and the entrance hall will be renewed with regard to the spatial arrangement.
From decembre the 5th on our visitors service will be glad to welcome you in his (partly) new working environment!

Yesterday evening the review of the almost entire filmography of Maja Nagel in chronological order was shown in our auidence hall.
Except fort the more documentive film „Cerne Jagody“ [Blueberries] they are all animated films.
As the expert of the event Dr. Grit Lemke presented and commented the films by having a public conversation with the present artist in front of the audience.
A special thanks goes to Mr. Andreas Großmann, who functioned as projectionist of the evening operating the TK35 – projector.

The evening of september the 30th is dedicated to the vaste artistic spectrum of the lusatian artist Maja Nagel. Particular attention is reserved for her film work.
A theme that appears repeatedly in her work are drawn metamorphoses of structures and patterns that keep changing their form. Another issue that she reflects in her artwork are the disappearing villages und the heath-landscape in northern Lusatia.
Added altogether the 7 different films last about one hour.
The introduction to the film-work of Maja Nagel, will be held by Dr. Grit Lemke from Berlin. Mrs. Lemke works as a specialized journalist and directs the film-programme of the Dok Leipzig ( an international festival for documentary and animated films.)
7:00 pm – Audience hall

CV Dr. Grit Lemke:

Head of Film Programme DOK Leipzig, author/curator

Born 1965 in Spremberg/ GDR. After finishing a professional training in building craft she worked for cultural and theatre institutions. Studies of cultural sciences, ethnology and German literature in Leipzig, PhD in European Ethnology. Since 1991 working for DOK Leipzig, since 2014 as Head of Film Programme. 2001-2003 selection for the Sheffield Documentary Festival. Since 1998 in different positions at the Cottbus Festival of Eastern European Cinema, since 2014 in charge of the Sorbian-German Section “Heimat – Domownja”. Curated numerous film programmes, among others at DOK Leipzig, the Berlin Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts), GoEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Cinema Wiesbaden and dot Goethe institutes. Had teaching assignments in Visual Anthropology and Documentary at several art schools and universities. Mentored in training initiatives, contributed as an author to documentaries, published on documentary and writes for newspapers and magazines.

(translated from from the original Version of Janina Krüger)

The new poster “Sorbian history in 160 pictures” will be publicly presented on september 23rd 2015 at 7.00 pm in the Serbski muzej.
It offers an overview about the facts of cultural history in Upper and Lower Lusatia wit the help of 160 pictures and some short texts to the reader. From the first written mentioning of the Sorbs in the chronicle of Fredegar about 630 p.C. up to the hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the Domowina in 2012 the poster illustrates important dates and milestones of sorbian history, referring to important historical documents as well as objects.
The authors Dr. Hans Mirtschin and Ralf Reimann, who edited the poster about the history of Bautzen before, introduced so unused, new “sources” apart of commonly known material. By doing so they allow the observer a new point of view to sorbian(wendish) history.

Even though the depiction of the sorbian history is layed out in a chronological way, the special design makes it possible to pay a parallel regard to some epochs. This effects get strenthened even more by a coloured time line that gives the link between the two lusatian histories and the german history in general.

The poster is available in the common poster-format 63 cm * 89,1cm and folded to handy A4 and both in german and in sorbian. It shall evoke interest in the history of the Sorbs and the bilingual Lusatian territory especially to young people.

Published by: Domowina – Zwjazk Łužiskich Serbow z.t., Rěcny centrum WITAJ, Serbski institut z.t., Serbski muzej Budyšin
Authors: Ralf Reimann and dr. Hans Mirtschin

Along the next six weeks Miss Daniela Schenk will reinforce our team.
We are glad to welcome her in the museum. The subjects of the 23 year old are: catholic theology, history of art as well as history, which seems to be quite a matching combination, to work in a cultural organization as a museum.
During her internship Miss Schenk assists our museologist Mrs. Bierling at the digital recording of posters.

During these years season of the summer theatre some changes occur in the schedule of the weekend-opening hours.
Please note the following changed opening hours:

July the 25th 2015 – open till 2 p.m.
August the 1st 2015- open till half past three (p.m.)
August the 2nd 2015 – open till 2 p.m.

Although the number of participants might still increase till next time, the results of this handicraft workshop are quite impressive.
And I learned something too : the yellow textil-spray, at least the one I used, does not work on a black t-shirt! It disappears after some nimutes.
There are more pictures of Mrs. Pallmanns work to be found in the – Education an communication section.

Yesterday, June the 24th the event „Coffee at three o’clock“, which is held quarterly, took place fort he second time at all. And we were quite glad to see, that the number of participants, exceeded that from the first lecture-and-talk organizing.
Topic of the oral presentation, held by Mrs. Paulik, were the different customs linked to St.Johns-Eve. Afterwards everyone enjoyed a good cup of coffee and the local crumble- and cheese-cake. Nevertheless everyone contributed to the following conversation. While parting our visitors expressed their approval for the „Coffe at three o’clock“.
Next date is september the 23rd 2015.

On july the 5th at 3 o’clock p. m. the opening of our next special exhibition takes place in the audience hall of the Serbski muzej.
We would be pleased to see you at this occasion!
Mr. Uwe Gaul (Free State of Saxony, state secretary fort he Dptmnt. of science and arts) will adress some words to the audience. Afterwards Mrs. Katja M. Mieth (director of the „Sächsische Landesstelle für Museumswesen an den Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden“) gives the introduction to the exhibition.
The cultural entry consists this time in a performance by the artist Maja Nagel together with Matthias Jakisch under the title „zmij abo plon“ [both words for the good kind of dragons].