FIZZY NEWS FOR A FIZZY FAMILY
174 years ago today, the royal gardener Paxton was still building the sensational glass Crystal Palace for the first World’s Fair in London’s Hyde Park in 1851. Instead of alcohol, Schweppe’s...
View ArticleFrom my chamber of curiosity to a digital museum
On “my own behalf”: Article in ATLAS, magazine of the Potsdam Museum Support Association. Expert summits talk about digital transformation in the Turning point. What can a private collector do with...
View ArticleICONS OF QUACK PATENT MEDICINE: RADAMS and WARNERS
In the 19th century, microscopy developed rapidly. The world of bacteria and microbes was discovered as pathogens, not least in water. On the basis of the new findings, the malaria-stricken Prussian...
View ArticleA SODASHOT for the weekend
The spiritschweppes mood arose in the monastery life of Dom Perignon from the bottle fermentation of fine grape juice. When the natural cork, freed from iron, shot out of its thick-walled...
View Articlestay fizzy `25
In 2025, after my Wunderkammer (google: spiritschweppes), the Potsdam City Museum https://wirtragen.org/ will be my favorite home. That’s where the atlas usually carries the universe. The Potsdam...
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