The Bastion Queen show depot with unwanted objects of the culture of remembrance was created when the Spandau Citadel took over two larger-than-life bronze horses - often referred to in the media as "Hitler's Horses" - from 1939.
Image gallery
One of the horses was placed in the 2021 museum "Unveiled. Berlin and its Monuments" museum in 2021, while the second was placed in the Bastion, which had been converted into a storage and exhibition space. Other unwanted monuments and sculptures were added by various Berlin cultural institutions in order to exhibit them here and tell their story instead of making them disappear.
In terms of content, the Schaudepot ties in with the permanent exhibition "Unveiled. Berlin and its monuments", but it sees itself as an experimental exhibition space. Every year, new curators from the fields of science, art and education are invited to create a new perspective on the objects.
This year, an exhibition by students of museology B.A. (HTW Berlin) will be shown:
As part of their practical semester, they developed an exhibition concept that was shown publicly for the first time at the university in 2024 - now it is being implemented with the original objects.
The students have dealt intensively with current questions about dealing with problematic - "toxic" - objects:
How to deal with National Socialist, colonialist and racist sculptures from the past? Show them? Contextualize? Intervene?
The result is an exhibition on the process of these negotiations with video installations and displays. Explanatory, but not instructive, it invites visitors to express their thoughts and wishes on the subject of "Toxic Objects"!
Additional information
Price info: Every 1st Sunday of the month is Citadel Sunday and admission is free .
Note:
Due to the Oldtimer Festival on 3 and 4 May, the Citadel Sunday has been cancelled.
Instead, it has been postponed to 18 May and we will also be celebrating the Museum Children's Festival from 12 - 5 p.m. with lots of colourful free activities.
Price: €4.50
Reduced price: €2.50
Reduced price info: children from 6 to 14 years – students – trainees – persons receiving transfer benefits (ALG II, social assistance, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act) – persons with severe disabilities from 50% MdE upon presentation of the corresponding ID.
Public Tours in the Citadel Spandau
every 1st Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in English
regular tours in German on Saturday and Sunday
at 2 p.m.
per person 4,50 € for the Tour
Note:
Due to the Oldtimer Festival on 3 and 4 May, the Citadel Sunday has been cancelled.
Instead, it has been postponed to 18 May and we will also be celebrating the Museum Children's Festival from 12 - 5 p.m. with lots of colourful free activities.
Price: €4.50
Reduced price: €2.50
Reduced price info: children from 6 to 14 years – students – trainees – persons receiving transfer benefits (ALG II, social assistance, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act) – persons with severe disabilities from 50% MdE upon presentation of the corresponding ID.
Public Tours in the Citadel Spandau
every 1st Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in English
regular tours in German on Saturday and Sunday
at 2 p.m.
per person 4,50 € for the Tour
