Sound recordings over 100 years old, a Luther Bible from the 16th century or a call for a climate strike: the German Historical Museum (DHM) in Berlin has revised and expanded its object database. Many exhibits can be viewed online.
The DHM’s collection comprises around one million objects. Around 780,000 of these are digitally recorded in the object database and can be viewed online, the DHM announced. This “enables comprehensive external research into the provenance of objects and creates an essential basis for international provenance research.”
The collection can be accessed in various ways: There is a full-text search. It can also be filtered, for example by techniques, materials, or people.