The Jewish Museum, Berlin

A fascinating museum designed to initiate a multi-sensory experience. The display, however, of a plethora of objects on the last floor of the museum seems rather disconnected from Libeskind's initial aim to create a museum of multiple interpretations. While Libeskind's designed 'voids' in the museum's architecture, and the interplay between the dark spaces and the openings on the museum's wall, are quite effective in their affect and potential impact, the piles of objects and degree of textual interpretation with which the viewer is bombarded in the end, raise questions about curatorial decisions as much as the role of a Jewish Museum in Berlin.