Prof. Dr. Sabine Thümmler
Sabine Thümmler is Art Historian and Director of the Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin. Previously she was curator at the Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel for the collections Angewandte Kunst, Deutsches Tapetenmuseum, and Schlossmuseen. She has been involved in various exhibitions and investigated the furnishing and decoration of the castles at Kassel under the reign of King Jérôme, fashion around 1800, as well as the porcelain gallery at Kassel.
Her research focuses on interiors, wallpapers, fashion, porcelain, and design. Currently she works on the collection of classical modernism and Bauhaus.
Kunstgewerbemuseum
Tiergartenstrasse 6
10785 Berlin
Design Projects
Thümmler, S. (Director) 2014. Reconstruction of the Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin and refurnishing of the Jugendstil and Design departments. Design Project. Opening 22 November 2014. Since 22 November 2014.
https://www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home/
Exhibitions
Thümmler, S. (curator, director) Form Follows Flower. Moritz Meurer, Karl Blossfeldt & Co. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Image Knowledge Gestaltung, Museum of Decorative Arts, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin. 20 October 2017 - 14 October 2018.
https://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/form-follows-flower/
Thümmler, S. (curator), Gerner, C.E. (project manager) Goldrausch. Die Pracht der Goldledertapeten. Exhibition. Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel. Staatliche Museen Kassel. 7 December 2006 - 25 March 2007.