Bettina Probst of the Conference of National Cultural Institutions, which helped organise the exhibition, said the exhibition focuses on the history of collecting, showing treasures acquired by royal courts, museums, galleries and libraries from the time of the Enlightenment to the modern age. Selecting the 350 objects presented in the exhibition took about six months.
Director of the Hungarian National Gallery Lóránd Bereczky noted that the exhibition, which coincides with the Hungarian Cultural Season in Germany, demonstrates well the cultural relations between Hungary and Germany.
The National Gallery expects the exhibition to attract about 100,000 visitors, Bereczky said. He added that a new air-conditioning system installed on the first floor of the ?A? building should make the experience all the more pleasant.
The show was prepared to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the reunification of Germany and draws on the collections of 25 museums in the former East Germany as well as in Berlin, secretary of the Conference of National Cultural Institutions Hartmut Dorgerloch said.
?The exhibition presents objects that represent links not only between different parts of Germany, but also within the cultures of Europe?, Dorgerloch said. He expressed his hope that visitors to the exhibition would be encouraged to visit the places where the objects came from.
The exhibition is open from 10:00 until 18:00 every day but Monday from July 24 until October 15, 2006.
Tickets are available for HUF 1,200, or at half price for students and pensioners up to 65. Pensioners over 65 and children under 6 may visit the exhibition free of charge.
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Source: Hungarian Press Agency (MTI)
