3498 x 5256 px | 29,6 x 44,5 cm | 11,7 x 17,5 inches | 300dpi
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Exhibition The fascination of football April 30th until November 26th 2006 The exhibition Faszination Fußball will stretch across four exhibition halls of the Museum of Ethnology Hamburg measuring about 1 000 m2 The main objective of this project is to find answers to the following questions Why does football have such an impact on today s world and what makes it so fascinating Trying to find explanations our team has taken up research on an international basis The Exhibition The honourable museum is transformed into a football stadium Japanese roof football grounds are set up in front of the building inviting to play After passing old fashioned wooden cashier desks and play announcement boards the visitor walks into the marble entrance hall Cloakrooms are turned into betting offices and cash desks In the middle of the entrance hall a circle is drawn around a football just like in the centre of a football field African tabletop football and devices measuring the velocity of shots invite you to make an attempt Football matches are shown on television screens You get the feeling of being in a Scottish pub or in a stadium Either way you simply want to stay You ll experience a totally new and exciting side to a museum The exhibition halls flank the entrance hall spanning 70 meters Coming from the entrance hall both goals are in sight In one of the exhibition halls with historical showcases you can discover the origins of modern football the Japanese Kemari play with its magnificent costumes the Malay Sepak Takraw football games of the Indians of North and South America Aztec ball games which are still played today and games which derive from the Micronesian Islands of the South Seas One section shows the historical variations of football in Europe some of them still practised today another section presents African street football The question we ask is What makes a football a football Does it necessarily have to be round The answers will surprise you just like the exhib
