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Architecture and art tour of DAS MINSK
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EVERY SATURDAY AT 2 PM
EVERY SUNDAY AT 3 PM

This tour explores the architecture and history of the building. Built in the 1970s in the modernist style of the GDR, the former terrace restaurant “Minsk” is rich in memories. After its closure in 2000, the building stood empty and fell into decay, until 2018, when a debate about its fate flared up again, ultimately leading to its reopening as an exhibition space. 

The tour offers insight into the historic “Brauhausberg Ensemble,” including the swimming pool, restaurant, and terrace area, as well as the architectural features of its transformation into DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam. 

The tour also explores artistic interventions and works installed in and around the building, including Robin Rhode’s site-specific mural, Der Botanische Garten [The Botanical Garden], on the southern façade of blu Sports and Leisure in Potsdam. 

Entrance of the

Entrance with rosette, which is based on the Minsk city gate, 1980 © Photo: Heinz Gerard, Courtesy Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte