Museumsportal Berlin

Marking the 20th anniversary of German unity, this exhibition sees a range of medals go on display that were created in the momentous years of 1989 and 1990. Various artists from both the East and West of the country had their impressions of moving occurrences in German history cast in metal in the immediate aftermath of the events of 1989.

It is quite rare for a pivotal moment in a country's history to be so emphatically and representatively captured for and by the art of that particular country. The exhibition will be first go on show from 19 March to 9 April 2010 in Speyer, in the Stadt- und Kreissparkasse bank, before being on permanent display in the Bode Museum from 17 April 2010. The first stage of the exhibition was officially opened by Bernhard Vogel, the long-serving minister-president of the states of Rheinland-Pfalz and Thüringen.