Public Tour of the Exhibition “Place____for New? The Northwest of the Old Market in Focus” in Potsdam

The Old Market Reinterpreted: A Tour Through Potsdam's Overlooked Center

The public tour of the exhibition “Place____for New? The Northwest of the Old Market in Focus” invites you to a concentrated art experience between city history, visual documents, and architectural memory. On September 22, 2026, a space for viewing artworks, historical perspectives, and the question of how an urban square has changed over the decades will open in the foyer of the main library at Kanal 47.

A Look at the Urban Space as a Cultural Archive

The northwest of the Old Market long stood in the shadow of the famous south side with the Nikolaikirche, Old Town Hall, and City Palace. This tension is precisely what creates the excitement of this exhibition: Large-format displays, historical photographs, and artistic perspectives showcase a place that has not only been built but has continuously been renegotiated. After the wartime destruction of 1945, a multifaceted development began here, intertwining urban planning, memorial culture, and everyday history closely.

Between Library and Architectural History

Particularly impressive is the connection between the exhibition and the location. The City and State Library of Potsdam is itself part of the urban narrative that becomes visible here. Where learning, interaction, and education now govern the rhythm, the Scientific General Library once stood. The tour makes these layers tangible and shows how much architecture also carries cultural memory. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Potsdam Museum and the City and State Library of Potsdam.

Image Panels, Plans, and Visions

The exhibition uses historical photographs, city models, and interactive planning tables. This creates not a linear chronicle but an open view of the transformation of the Old Market between 1945 and 2025. Visitors encounter not only facts here but an aesthetic experience of the city as a process: demolition, reconstruction, debate, memory, and future design condense into a precisely curated ensemble.

Education, Orientation, and Exchange

The public tour is suitable for anyone wishing to understand Potsdam's center anew. It connects cultural education with vivid presentation and offers an accessible entry point to city history and exhibition curation. The meeting point in the foyer of the main library creates an open, easily accessible framework in the city's center.

Conclusion

This tour offers a dense and insightful look at one of the most exciting urban spaces in Potsdam. Anyone wanting to not only read the history of the Old Market but to experience it sensorially and historically grounded should not miss this date. On-site, a special blend of insight, atmosphere, and urban memory unfolds that profoundly shapes an exhibition visit.

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