Young girl in the workshop "Hanging scrolls, folded books and the art of telling stories"
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Foto: Valerie von Stillfried
A child paints with colors on a long sheet of paper, surrounded by art supplies.
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Around the stupa, a traditional Buddhist building, there are reliefs that tell stories. Hindu and Buddhist scroll paintings, the patuas and thangkas, have a similar narrative structure. Inspired by this, the children create their own colorful scroll paintings and leporellos with their invented stories. They also learn that there are many different perspectives on the objects in the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and that the figures depicted are quite heroic and exciting.

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In the Humboldt Forum's foyer there is a 17 meter high media tower, called "cosmograph". It gives visitors comprehensive information about their visit and can transform into an art and light installation.
© SHF / David von Becker
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