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Heritage Open Days are an annual celebration of architecture and culture that allows visitors free access to historical landmarks that are usually not open to the public. It also includes tours, events and activities related to architecture and culture.
This year’s European Heritage Day in Germany (Tag des offenen Denkmals) is themed Places of contemplation and prayer- historical religious buildings.
The Berlin Monuments Day puts an additional focus on modern architecture and especially on Berlin Postwar architecture as a testimony of the division of the city and the competition between the political systems in the East and West.
The Bauhaus Archive shows the Exhibiton: Berlin Settlements from the 1920s - UNESCO World Heritage Nominations and organizes guided tours.

National Open Monuments Day Germany: September 09 2007
Berlin Monuments Day: September 08/09 2007

architecture, monuments, events, exhibitions, Berlin

At the occasion of the upcoming several German archives open their doors to the public on the first weekend in may (6-7 May 2006).
The initiative was launched in the year of the FIFA World Cup under the title “The Ball is Round” (A quote by the former German national coach Sepp Herberger). But also on weekdays it is possible to visit guided tours and exibitions featuring treasures from their own collections. Worth mentioning is eg. the calender of events of theFederal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the German Democratic Republic (BStU) and their branches in 13 former district towns of the GDR.

archives, Germany, events, exhibitions