One of the first impressions the visitor sees while entering the special exhibition „KRABAT. Man. Myth. Brand.” are parts of a movie scenery, provided for the exhibition by the Krabatmühle Schwarzkollm e.V.
These are sceneries from the film „Krabat” from 2008, directed by Marko Kreuzpaintner, that was a remarkable succes after its release.

Saturday, February 3-2018 this most recent cinematic adaptation of the literary Krabat material will be shown in the Sorbian museum at 6 o‘clock p.m.
The film was produced partly in Rumania and partly in southern Germany.
If there is one thing you can not say about this film it is, that it leaves the viewer unmoved.
Even today, almost ten years after the release, quite everyone, who has seen the film has a bunch of impressions and opinions about this film.

Wednesday, January the 17th, 2018 at 7.p.m. the Sorbian Museum offers an interesting lecture from Dr. Susanne Hose by the title „Wissenspool Märchen. Die Erzählung vom Zauberer und Schüler.“ The lecture will be held in sorbian and simultaneously translated into german. One hour earlier at 6 p.m. you are cordially invited to take part at the guided tour through the exhibition
„KRABAT. Mensch. Mythos. Marke.“

When: January the 17nth 2018
Time: 7 p.m.m
Where. Sorbian Museum, Ortenburg-castle, Bautzen 02625
Fee: 5 €

WORKSHOP
„move to move“
February the 20th until February the 22nd 2018

How gets a stop-motion-film in the style of a Silhouette-picture set up ? On this 3-days workshop you learn under professional guidance, how silhouette-film-figures are made, how they are „brought to life“ and how directing, cutting and sound-effects take place. The film „Mlada erzählt – Ein Tag vor 1000 Jahren“ [Mlada tells about a day 1000 years ago],  will be produced during this workshop by the participants and displayed in an upcoming special exhibition of the Sorbian Museum in Bautzen.
Are you at least 12 years old and interested, to see a trick-film being produced –> Enlist!

Now in the time around Christmaseve you can find, corresponding to the tiny windows of an advent-calendar, little numbered boxes here and there in the museum with christmas terms in upper sorbian and german. If you write them down you can solve a quiz with them.
These year our annual wishes are being delivered by a lonesome rider under three shining stars. Maybe he is riding into the upcoming year? To all our friends, guests and supporters thank you for this year and best wishes for 2018!

On Saturday, december the 16nth 2018 at 3.00 p.m. everyone interested ist cordially invited to a family afternoon. We want to celebrate the advent time with singing, stories and poems. Apart of handicraft-equipment — tea, coffee and pastries shall be prepared. There might be a surprise awaiting the children.
Featuring as special guests: Lydija Maćijowa for the music and Štefan Paška as narrator. We are glad to welcome you!

Sometimes bypath of an exhibition are quite interesting. Some of our visitors might have noticed the elegant and pleasant typeface, which is used in the exhibition and for the exhibition catalogue. Some people tend to oversee that kind of aspect.
But, can you believe that the font derives from the time of Johann von Schadowitz!

The author and carver of the types was the Hungarian Miklós Kis, who was born in 1650 in Misztótfalu, nowadays in Romania. At this time Johann von Schadowitz was 26 years old.
Originaly a teacher, Kis went to Amsterdam to study theology and only came in touch with printing through the task to oversee the printing of an hungarian Bible.

The font he invented is part of the Antiqua-fonts with rounded sigantures, which are oriented on antique examples, in difference to the „Blackletters“ like the Schwabacher and the Fraktur.

This Antiqua-font is suitable for the use of diacritics, that you find often in hungarian and slavonian texts. Kis worked in Klausenburg, hungarian Kolozsvár, today Cluj-Napoca in Romania) after his return from the Netherlands until he dies in 1702. Until recent times this font, and customized derivates of it was known under the name Janson. (For further information see: http://www.typografie.info/3/artikel.htm/wissen/janson-antiqua-kis).

This means, when you visit our the special exhibition or have a fine read in the exhibitions catalogue, not only the content but also the font will bring you back to the time of the historical Krabat.

We thank the design-agency logoform for recommending this font.

On Saturday, november the 18th the magician Gerat Robel entertained children and adults in our audience hall for the family afternoon. The motto was „Abrakadabra”.

By performing tricks galore he always managed to amaze his youngster audience. However, surely a lot of the present adults asked themselves too „How did he do that?”

After the magic show the film „Sedmy rapak” (the seventh Raven) was shown in the upper sorbian version. The film deals about the life and the adventures of the young Krabat (the fictive character not Johann von Schadowitz.)

For pictures of this evening, cleack on this -> link.

The next coffee at three o‘clock will be held on Wednesday, november the 29nth.
At this appointement the museums restaurator, Mr. Barth will speak about the theme of Upper lusatian Houses as a regional speciality.
Fee: 4,50 (including entrance and coffee)

This month a special donation from overseas arrived at the Sorbian Museum in Bautzen.
It is a model from the “Wendish Bell”, which now stands on the campus of the Concordia University in Austin, Texas.
The original bell was brought in 1854 from pioneers and was produced by the foundry Gruhl in Kleinwelka. The bell hung in the tower of the The First Wendish Church (later St. Pauls Lutheran Church) in Serbin and was later brought to the Concordia College of Texas (nowadays Concordia University, Texas).

Soon it will enlarge the steady exhibtion as a reminiscence of the history of sorbian-wendish protestant emigrants of the 19nth century.

Many thanks to the generous donator – Dr. David Zersen, President Emeritus, Concordia University Texas!

November appointements – colourful spots in the fog of autumn!

The autumn month approaches fast. In November the Sorbian Museum offers three appointenments linked to the special exhibition „KRABAT. Man. Myth. Brand.“

On Wednesday, the 15nth at 6.00 p.m. a guided tour through the Krabat-exhibition takes place. One hour later the historician Martin Nowakowski holds a lecture about the witch trials in modern-history-Upper Lusatia. Saturday, November the 18nth 2017 the museums will be filled with magic, when Mr. Robel does magic tricks for children at 4.00 p.m. Afterwards at 5.00 p.m. the silhouette-animation film „Sedmy rapak“ (The seventh raven) will be shown in the audience hall.

Finally, Wednesday the 29nth our conservator Mr. Barth gives a speech at the quaternal Coffee at three o‘clock p.m. about half-timbered houses.

Be very welcome!