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This historical section merges with Italian architect Franco StellaвЂ™s modern interior and extension, as Josh Niland reports for Archinect News. The museumвЂ™s sprawling, $802 million complex is a partial reconstruction of the Berlin Palace, an 18th-century neoclassical building that once housed Prussian kings and other German royalty. вЂњIn so doing, Germany offers itself as a world partner wherever the unfamiliar is greeted with a spirit of curiosity, rather than one of rejection or denigration.вЂќ вЂњWith the opening of the Humboldt Forum, we are handing over to the public вЂ¦ a new type of museum that, in the spirit of the Humboldt brothers, creates a tangible experience of the traditions of the Enlightenment and the ideal of peaceful dialogue between cultures,вЂќ she says. In a separate statement, German Minister of State for Culture Monika GrГјtters cites the Humboldt brothers as the guiding inspiration for the new museum. Alexander traveled widely throughout Latin America during the era of European colonization, earning a reputation as вЂњone of the most widely admired public figures in the worldвЂќ between the 1820s and 1850s, wrote Eleanor Jones Harvey, curator of the Smithsonian American Art MuseumвЂ™s recent Humboldt exhibition, for Smithsonian magazine in 2020. Wilhelm was a noted philosopher and political theorist, while the younger Alexander was an ecologist and naturalist. Topics covered include the history of the building, the links between democracy and climate change, and the history of the illicit ivory trade.ДЄnother exhibition explores the lives of brothers Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt, the museumвЂ™s 19th-century namesakes. Museumgoers can explore six inaugural exhibitions on the venueвЂ™s first and basement floors, reports Kate Brown for Artnet News.

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Now, following a virtual debut in December 2020, the Humboldt Forum is finally welcoming in-person visitors-and itвЂ™s offering free admission to all for the first 100 days of operations, per a statement. Originally slated to open in December 2019, the museum experienced construction delays and postponements due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The institution will eventually display the German stateвЂ™s extensive collection of non-European art, including holdings from the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. As a hub for exhibitions, events and research, it aims to become a cultural destination on par with LondonвЂ™s British Museum, as Graham Bowley wrote for the New York Timesin 2018. Located in the heart of Berlin, the new institution hopes to welcome as many as three million visitors each year. The Humboldt Forum, a major-and controversial-museum nearly two decades in the making, has finally opened to the public. Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Photo: Stefanie Loos

The Humboldt Forum opened in the heart of Berlin on July 20.

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