Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt

Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin

NOW CLOSED

Alexander von Humboldt in his study (1847), colour lithograph after Eduard Hildebrandt. Photo: S Ahlers; © Deutsches Historisches Museum

While Alexander redefined natural science on his travels, his brother Wilhelm reformed the Prussian education system. This display of art, ethnographic and scientific objects is the first in Germany to focus on the two polymaths together. Find out more from the Deutsches Historisches Museum’s website.

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