The exhibition opens on Thursday, November 30, at 4 pm. To register for the opening, please call 05341 / 839-4618 or 4610 or send an e-mail to museumstadt.salzgitterde.
From December 1, the exhibition can be visited without registration.
The exhibition has already been on display in the Bundestag and the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament.
When the term "minority" is used in Germany, most people tend to think of other, newer groups rather than the long-established ones, some of whom have lived in their region for a long time as natives with ancestors going back to the German past.
In Germany, four of these ethnic groups enjoy special legal protection: the Sorbs, the Frisians, the Danes south of today's German/Danish border and the German Sinti and Roma, who have lived throughout the country for centuries.
Together with the Federal Council for Low German, which represents the speakers of Low German ("Platt"), which is specially protected as a regional language, the Minorities Secretariat has developed this traveling exhibition. The aim is to draw attention to the national minorities, arouse interest and break down prejudices.
In the exhibition segments and the associated media stations (Ipads and audio stations), "What does minority mean here?" offers over 150 thematic approaches to the history and present of these diverse groups.
The exhibition can be visited at the following times:
Tuesdays to Sundays, always from 11 am to 5 pm.
Please note: The Salder Castle Municipal Museum is closed on Mondays and from Christmas Eve (December 24, 2023) to January 2, 2024.
Who are the organizers of the exhibition?
The organizers are Germany's autochthonous minorities and people.
"Autochthonous" can be translated as "long-established". The Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein, the Frisians and the Sorbs/Wends have settlement areas.
These are historically established regions of origin in which their culture and language are protected and promoted today. This applies to the German Sinti and Roma throughout Germany.
Low German is protected as a regional language in the eight northern federal states. Of course, members of the minorities are also at home outside the settlement areas as part of their individual lives.
Salder Castle Municipal Museum, Museumstraße 34, in Salder
Traveling exhibition "What does minority mean here?"
Friday, December 1 to Friday, January 12, 2024
Exhibition opening: Thursday, November 30, at 4 pm (by appointment only!).
Admission is free of charge!
