Overview

• The exhibition runs from 16 August to 14 September in the Bahnhofspassagen at Potsdam Hauptbahnhof with free admission for all visitors.
• The collection features historical color photographs spanning the 1930s through the 1980s, offering a rare visual record of everyday urban scenes.
• Images trace Potsdam’s evolution through post-World War II rebuilding, socialist-era urban planning and early conservation initiatives in the 1980s.
• Curator Judith Granzow highlights how changes in facades, clothing and modes of transport reveal broader cultural and social shifts.
• Locating the exhibition in a high-traffic station passage reflects the museum’s strategy to engage wider audiences beyond traditional gallery spaces.