until Sunday June 15 2014

Die Neue Sammlung - Pinakothek der Moderne
T : +49 (0)89 23805 360
Barerstrasse 40
80333 München
Germany

The exhibition "Show and tell – Architectural (Hi)stories from the Collection" illustrates the historical richness of the collection with a selection of outstanding exhibits.

Hand-drawn sketches, models, letters, books, invoices, manuscripts and plaster reliefs – every object in the collection refers to a process that is in some way related to architecture, but also has its own story to tell: be it the history of a building and its creation, how it was documented, the physical and cultural context or the biography of its creator, complemented by the voices of the architects themselves, whose theories, approaches, concepts and ideas are revealed in letters, books, audio recordings and videos.

A museum collection has to be continually expanded and explored from different standpoints to keep it alive and create a vibrant place for the past and the present, for research, teaching and displays. For this reason, contemporary architects have been invited to contribute their own personal stories to the exhibition.