Dear friends of the Museum for Islamic Art,

In October 2022, we organized a joint excursion to Dresden, with curatorial tours of the Damascus Room, the Japanese Palace and the Türckische Cammer. The trip was very well received and some of the members among you who were unfortunately unable to attend in 2022 asked if we could organize the tours again. We have complied and would like to invite you to the excursion to Dresden on April 13, 2024.

Program for Saturday, 13.04.2024

Meeting point is shortly before 11 a.m. at the Japanese Palace. The guided tour of the Damascus Room will start at 11 am. We will be guided by Ms. Margareta Bijvank from the Education and Mediation Department of the Dresden State Art Collections, who is also co-curator of the presentation of the Damascus Room. Afterwards we can have lunch together and then set off for the Residenzschloss, where the head curator, Mr. Holger Schuckelt, will guide us through the Türckische Cammer at 4 pm.

Costs incurred

The board of the FMIK e.V. will book the admission tickets/guided tours and reserve a table in the restaurant.

• Admission to the Japanese Palace is free
• Lunch in the restaurant (self-paying)
• Admission ticket to the Türckische Cammer: tba
• Pro rata costs for the guided tours: tba
• Arrival and departure to be organized individually

With Deutsche Bahn, for example, the IC 2173 train from Berlin HBF at 8.26 am to Dresden Neustadt, arriving at 10.21 am, for the return journey a train from Dresden HBF EC 170 at 6.54 pm, arriving at Berlin HBF at 8.43 pm, or the Flixbus at 8.15 am from Berlin Südkreuz, arriving at Dresden Busparkplatz Ammonstraße at 10.30 am, return journey from Dresden Busparkplatz Ammonstraße at 6.10 pm or 7.05 pm.

Registration

As a maximum of 25 people can take part in the guided tours, registrations are accepted on a first come, first served basis. Please register by March 30, 2024 at info@fmik.de and also let us know if you would like to attend the joint lunch. We will also be able to tell you the cost of the admission ticket/guided tour with the booking confirmation (approx. €20-25).

You will be accompanied by Prof. Dr. Barbara Kellner-Heinkele, the former first chairwoman of the Friends' Board of Directors, and our long-standing cash auditor, Dr. Oliver Corff.

We look forward to seeing you again and to receiving many registrations.

Yours sincerely,
Your Board