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Closing Questions: Marion Ackermann's final days in Düsseldorf
With an invitation to engage in dialogue
On November 1, 2016, Marion Ackermann – the current Director of the Kunstsammlung – took up a new post as General Director of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections) in Dresden. During the final days prior to her departure from Düsseldorf, Ackermann engaged in a retrospect of her nearly 8 years as Director of the Kunstsammlung. Memories of countless discussions with museum visitors, friends, followers provided her with productive impulses for reflection: In light of current sociopolitical developments, what do theaters do better than museums? What should up-to-date copyright laws look like in the digital age? What would the museum visitors of tomorrow like to see in these institutions?