What is a Museum? (and why?) | RSxEAB

Join us live-in-studio with season two of the Radio Spaetkauf x Europäische Akademie Berlin podcast collaboration. This year we focus on CULTURE. Each episode features fresh voices and perspectives representing a wide array of backgrounds, expertise and disciplines. Host Daniel Stern is joined by researchers, academics, independent artists, journalists and community leaders with unique insights into our evolving cultural interactions. 

September 13th: Museums are more than just buildings that house objects. They are sites of memory, meaning, and power – spaces where stories are told, preserved, and sometimes contested. But who decides what’s worth keeping? And how do museums evolve in response to the cultures and technologies of their time?

As boundaries blur between archive and activism, exhibition and experience, we ask: What is a museum today? And what should it be? Together we explore the shifting roles of museums in shaping public understanding, identity, and imagination.

Guests include: 

Host:

Dan Stern
Radio Spaetkauf

We invite you to be part of the live audience as we record the podcast and afterwards join us for a reception. Snacks, drinks and continued conversation. 

⏰ Doors open: 07:00pm
🎤 Recording Begins: 07:30pm

🛎️ Reception: 7:00pm (approx.)
(Please arrive on time if possible – we’d love to begin together.)

Event is held in English

Please RSVP in advance to this private event as space in the studio is limited. 

How to find us:

Hasenheide 12, 2. Hinterhof
Berlin, Germany

🚍 By Bus:
Lines 171, M41, M29, 194 → Stop: Hasenheide (2 min walk)

🚆 By U-Bahn/S-Bahn:
– U7: Schönleinstr. (2 min walk)
– U7/U8: Hermannplatz (6–7 min walk)

❗ Important:
Google Maps may show incorrect directions.
Enter through the main gate at Hasenheide 12 and walk to the 2nd courtyard.