Czechs and Germans in the Museum. New ways of institutionalizing public memories in Czech-German relations: Collegium Bohemicum (Ústí nad Labem) and Sudeten German Museum (Munich)
2017
Abstract
The contribution deals with the two currently planned museum projects concerning the history of German inhabitants in the Czech lands: the Collegium Bohemicum in Usti nad Labem and the Sudeten German Museum in Munich. Both projects reflect the specific forms of culture of remembrance of the bearers of historical discourse: the majority of Czech society and the second and third generation of expelled Sudeten Germans.
Both of the museum concepts appear to be relatively conservative and structurally similar, in both cases, a political mandate stands in the background.