{"id":2919,"date":"2026-03-04T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T10:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/bc-objects-in-the-exhibition-potzblitz\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:28:38","slug":"bc-objects-in-the-exhibition-potzblitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/bc-objects-in-the-exhibition-potzblitz\/","title":{"rendered":"BC objects in the exhibition \u201cPotz!Blitz!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">From the Curse of the Pharaoh to Hate Speech:<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two items from the Bumiller Collection are featured in the exhibition on curses,<br \/>\nswear words, and protective spells.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2714\" src=\"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PastedGraphic-2.tiff\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"357\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2712\" src=\"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PastedGraphic-1-600x410.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PastedGraphic-1-600x410.png 600w, https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PastedGraphic-1-1024x699.png 1024w, https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PastedGraphic-1-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PastedGraphic-1.png 1509w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They represent the other side of the curse: the cradle amulet and the miniature Quran<br \/>\nenclosed in a metal capsule, containing prayers, protect against the evil eye<br \/>\nand curses.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition was conceived in 2022 by the Bamberg-based literary scholar and historian<br \/>\nDr. Rolf-Bernhard Essig for the Museum of Communication in Frankfurt. Since then,<br \/>\nit has been on tour at various venues across Germany:<br \/>\nMuseum f\u00fcr Kommunikation Berlin (2023), Museum f\u00fcr Kommunikation N\u00fcrnberg (2024),<br \/>\nGustav-L\u00fcbcke-Museum Hamm (2025).<br \/>\nThe objects will be on display in the special exhibition at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dreieich-museum.de\/de\/museum\/aktuelle-ausstellung\">Dreieich Museum <\/a>until May 17th, 2026,<br \/>\nand at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hof.de\/leben-erleben\/museum-bayerisches-vogtland\">Museum Bayerisches Vogtland<\/a> in Hof starting October 29th, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Curse of the Pharaoh to Hate Speech: Two items from the Bumiller Collection are featured in the exhibition on curses, swear words, and protective spells. They represent the other side of the curse: the cradle amulet and the miniature Quran enclosed in a metal capsule, containing prayers, protect against the evil eye and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unkategorisiert"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2927,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2919\/revisions\/2927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-bumiller-collection.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}