Land of Discoveries was a cooperation of Dutch and German museums with the focus on frisian history. I had the pleasure to support Space 4 throughout the designing and planning process as a freelancer.

The ethnic group of the frisians has strongly influenced the Netherlands and the nothern part of Germany. Until today their cultural impact is tangible, just as it is still visible with bare eyes how the Frisians had formed their lands to make it arable back in the Stone Age. Under the turf there is even more to discover. The exhibition in the Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden takes you on an expedition through 50 years of archeological excavations from both sides of the border.

The visitor walks through a tectonic landscape within the characteristic endless panorama of Friesland. The green plateus with their organicly twisted legs present their treasures on different levels, revealing different aspects of the multifaceted frisian history. From time to time a surface isn’t green as the frisian grass but exposes it’s bare structure. Here the exhibition highlights the work of  the archeologists.