Up Close and Personal with Cultural Heritage
Centimetre by centimetre along the huge canvas: how restorer Anjo Weichbrodt is getting to know the inner workings of our cultural monument
05.06.2026, Published by Barbara Steiner
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04.09.2024, Published by Barbara Steiner. Translated by Bigna Gysin.
Horse suffering and faith
The condition of the horses when the Bourbaki army was interned in 1871 was at least as precarious as that of the soldiers. In the giant panorama,…
18.09.2023, Published by Barbara Steiner
Bandage, immobilise, pad: the triangular cloth
Developed shortly before the Franco-Prussian War as a versatile first aid utensil, the triangular cloth is still an essential part of every first aid…
18.09.2023, Published by Barbara Steiner
Miserable and exhausted: the state of health of the Bourbaki Army
Coughing and panting, clanging weapons and freezing cold – during the internment of 1871 many soldiers of the Bourbaki army suffer from frostbite,…
18.09.2023, Published by Barbara Steiner
Female values in male turmoil: women (’s roles) in the Bourbaki Panorama
The women in Edouard Castre’s monumental work are rare and correspond to the bourgeois ideal. In addition to the caring “sister”, there are other,…
18.09.2023, Published by Barbara Steiner
Beautifully talented: the painting team
There is a special find in the Bourbaki Panorama's inventory: on a painter's palette, a young man can be seen smoking his pipe with relish – it is the…
09.08.2023, Published by Barbara Steiner
“Mes bons et chers amis”: the correspondence of the interned Bourbaki soldiers
In 1871, postal services with France were free of charge for the interned Bourbaki soldiers. The letters could be marked in various ways, including…