Talk:Pergamon Museum

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Opening paragraph

It says "It houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus, and the Ishtar Gate, all consisting of parts transported from the original excavation sites."

"Consisting of" would have to mean they are built entirely of parts transported from the original excavation sites. Presumably that's not true? So should it be "containing" rather than "consisting of"? Sarabseth 01:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] That whole sentence

The entire sentence is flawed.

"It houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Pergamon Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus, and the Ishtar Gate, all consisting of parts transported from the original excavation sites."

It does not. The buildings have not been reconstructed. Parts of them (most of the Market Gate, much of the Pergamum Altar - and by convention it's Pergamum in English, not Pergamon, though the museum name cannot be objected to, since it's in Germany - and much of the Ishtar Gate) have been mounted in realistic and to-scale settings, but they have been MOUNTED, not built. There are no foundations. The Pergamum sculptures from the plinth are displayed separately around the walls of the containing room. The Processional Way to the Ishtar Gate is a truncated model (so not "original-sized" either). The pieces of the Gate of Miletus are held in place with iron struts, whose damage during wartime bombing has threatened the entire structure, now or until very recently under intense renovation.

I would prefer "It houses substantial reassembled sections of the original structures of the Pergamum Altar, the Market Gate of Miletus and the Ishtar Gate, arranged in settings allowing the public to access their spaces more or less as in their original locations."

[edit] name in English?

There is some confusion on the English name. On the English homepage, the museum calls itself Pergamonmuseum. Case for a rename? Gryffindor 16:50, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I think so, yeas. ;) Marcus Cyron (talk) 16:50, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

No, the name used in English is Pergamon Museum. The web page cited has simply failed to translate it. - Nunh-huh 16:58, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I wrote and received an email from the museum. They corrected their homepage which used to have an error apparently and indeed the name in English is written in one word, they say. Gryffindor 15:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Uhhh, I'd be reluctant to follow them there, even if it's "official". Sounds like yet another of those silly self-important PR gimmicks by German institutions who believe their name is so sacred you mustn't adulterate it with the rules of real language. English just doesn't do compounds like that, and common English usage is highly unlikely to follow them on this point. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Exactly. We use the the words used by English speakers to name articles, not the words that people would prefer English speakers to use. - Nunh-huh 14:45, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importance

The Museum should be only have a Mid-Importance? One of the most important and biggest archeological museum in the world? The biggest and most important Museum in Germany? I can't belive that. Marcus Cyron (talk) 22:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)