Describe the main features of the measure/initiative:
Main aims:
Helping refugees access and experience museums in Berlin; increasing intercultural creativity; enabling exchange
Target groups:
A) Guided tours: Arabic-speaking refugees
B) Workshops: anyone living in the city
Expected results:
A) Offering guided tours by refugees for refugees in Berlin museums; enabling new arrivals to experience museums and their objects; attempting to reconcile past and present
B) Setting up workshops to encourage mutual awareness of diverse cultural backgrounds among new arrivals and Berlin locals; establishing knowledge transfer in both directions between locals and new arrivals
Website of the measure/initiative, if available:
What are the results achieved so far through the implementation of the measure/initiative?:
A) Arabic-speaking tour guides trained for four Berlin museums; numerous Arabic-language guided tours of four Berlin museums performed regularly and successfully since 2016; new visitor groups able to experience the objects displayed in the museums
B) Participants at seven glass-blowing workshops in 2018 able to experience the shared historical and cultural connections between Syria, Iraq and Germany