[Mediaevistik] Fwd: Re: Gruß aus Franken

[Matthias Johannes Bauer M.A.]

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
  liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

ich wurde gebeten, in dieser Mailingliste auf eine Petition aufmerksam 
zu machen, die ich dieser Mail gerne anhänge. Sie finden einen Link mit 
weiteren Informationen.

Vielen Dank für Ihr Interesse.
Herzliche Grüße, Ihr Matthias J. Bauer


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Museum in Danger – Save the Imperial Palace Museum!

The LWL (Landschaftsverband Westfalen Lippe) has recently published 
plans to close the Imperial Palace Museum (Museum in der Kaiserpfalz) in 
Paderborn. The close-down of the museum shall administer to consolidate 
the financial situation of the LWL in economic crisis. Keeping the most 
important collection of archaeological finds in Westphalia the Imperial 
Palace Museum looks back on more than 30 years of successful work. 
Artefacts discovered during the excavations of the palace bear witness 
to Charlemagne’s magnificent court, constructed in the triumphal wake of 
his military success in newly conquered Saxony. In 1999 more than 
300,000 people have visited the exhibition „Kunst und Kultur der 
Karolingerzeit“, one of the most successful exhibitions of early 
medieval history. In 2006 the exhibition „Canossa. Erschütterung der 
Welt” attracted 180,000 visitors. The work of its dedicated team should 
be continued.
Please help us avoiding the closing of the museum with your signature!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-the-imperial-palace-museum/