Joachim Baur

Dr. Joachim Baur is an independent curator and museum expert, based in Berlin. As co-founder and partner of the museum consulting firm “Die Exponauten” (www.die-exponauten.com) he currently develops the master plan for a new museum at the historic site of the famous Friedland refugee camp and curates an exhibition on migration and mobility at the Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden. He teaches courses in museum studies at NYU Berlin and HTW University of Applied Sciences Berlin and lectures widely on contemporary museum-related issues.

Dr. Baur holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology (University of Tuebingen, 2009) and an M.A. in Modern European History (University of Stuttgart, 2001) and Museum Studies (New York University, 2004). He is the recipient of numerous grants and scholarships, among others from Fulbright, the German Historical Institute Washington DC and the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and has published on the history and theory of museums, migration history, representations of multiculturalism and the trans-/nationalization of memory.
Recent books include: Die Musealisierung der Migration. Einwanderungsmuseen und die Inszenierung der multikulturellen Nation, Bielefeld 2009; Museumsanalyse. Methoden und Konturen eines neuen Forschungsfeldes, Bielefeld 2010 (ed.).