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Page 1: HOUSE OF EUROPEAN HISTORY

A project of the European Parliament

HOUSE OF EUROPEAN HISTORY

InteractionsTemporaryExhibition

Family booklet

The queen, the bakerand the soldier

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House of European History

Rue Belliard/Belliardstraat 135

1000 Brussels

Belgium

Opening Hours

Monday 13.00 - 18.00

Tuesday - Friday 9.00 - 18.00

Saturday - Sunday 10.00 - 18.00

The museum is closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November, 24, 25, 31 December

Admission is free

www.historia-europa.ep.eu

[email protected]

More information on the European Union is available on the internet (http://europa.eu).

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2017

Print ISBN 978-92-823-9348-2 doi:10.2861/879939 QA-04-16-459-EN-C

PDF ISBN 978-92-823-9346-8 doi:10.2861/224957 QA-04-16-459-EN-N

Image credits:

• Adam Wandruszka, 1958: Geschichte einer Zeitung: pages 1, 10 and 18

• Banquet for Braque in January 1917 (DETAIL), Marie Vassilieff (1884–1957), circa 1927, Collection

Claude Bernès, Paris, France: pages 1, 8 and 18

• European Union: pages 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16 and 19

• Hamburg’s harbour (DETAIL), Miniature, 1497, Staatsarchiv Hamburg, Germany:

© RWTH Aachen University - pages 1, 2 and 18

• Hans Christian Andersen reading to the painter’s children (DETAIL), Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann

(1819–1881), 1862, H. C. Andersens Hus, Odense, Denmark: © Getty Images - pages 1, 14 and 18

• iStock.com/OlgaSiv: page 5

• iStock.com/S-S-S: page 12

• Miniature of Catherine de Medici, ca. 1555, François Clouet (1511-1572),

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine-de-medici.jpg: pages 1, 16 and 18

• openclipart.org (robot): page 18

• Swearing on the Peace between the Netherlands and Spain on 15th May 1648 (DETAIL), Gerard ter

Borch (1617–1681), © The National Gallery, London: pages 1, 6 and 18

• The Battle of Lepanto, 7 October 1571 (DETAIL), Late 16th century, © National Maritime Museum,

Greenwich, United Kingdom: pages 1, 4 and 18

• The Musician, Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935): pages 1, 12 and 18

• www.thelearningsite.info (pyjamas): page 18

© European Union, 2017

Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. For any use or reproduction of

photos which are not under European Union copyright, permission must be sought directly from the

copyright holder(s).

Printed in Belgium

PRINTED ON ELEMENTAL CHLORINE-FREE BLEACHED PAPER (ECF)

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1FAMILY BOOKLET

THE QUEEN, THE BAKER, THE SOLDIER AND MANY MORE ... INTERACTING WITH CHARACTERS FROM THE PAST

Hello, nice to meet you!

We are all characters from the past: we come from different places and time periods. Some of us are still remembered today, some of us are forgotten. But we all �������������� ������� ������������������������ourselves together in this exhibition and we are glad you joined us today!

We want to tell you a bit about our lives: the people we met, the places we visited and the things we did. This booklet is full of activities for you to learn about us and play with us.

To start, draw your own portrait in the frame above to become part of our little group.

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THE MERCHANT

FLOOR 1 > ENCOUNTERS > TRADING

I am a merchant from Lübeck in Germany living at the end of the 15th century. Look at the images on ���������������������������

I travel a lot, usually by boat, from country to country and from city to city to buy and sell goods such as fabric, metal or grain. You see me now at the port of Hamburg in the year 1497. Several weeks ago I was in Elbing, today the city ��������� ������������ ����������������� ������ ������ �"�����# �����$��%���� �����������#��# �����& � ��������� �������� ���� ����� �������� #�� ����������������'��� �� ��#������a ‘seal’.

In the showcases on the wall where you found me, look for the seals of the three cities I told you about. ��� ���� &������� ���������������������'��������� �����their seal is a boat!

Invent the sign for another city I could travel to and draw it in this empty seal. You can even give that city a name!

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THE SOLDIER

FLOOR 1 > ENCOUNTERS > FIGHTING

I am a soldier in the middle of combat at the battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571. Look at the images on the ������������������������

Lepanto was a huge battle on the Mediterranean Sea with tens of thousands of combatants and hundreds of boats as you can see in the painting. We came from many different # � �������#��� ������������(�� ������������������together or against each other: we talked many languages and wore all kinds of uniforms. We fought with different ����������������&�� ��)������

We were called mercenaries: we earned our living by ����� ��� ��� ����������� ���

*�#������������������������)������������������������the name of the place it is from. These are a few of the armies that were present at Lepanto on that day. Try to ������������������ �� �������������"�����# �#����������which represents my army.

Caur Ali, Turkish corsair

Double-headed eagle of

the Habsburg, the Royal House

of Austria

Ali Pasha,Turkish

commander-in-chief

Lion of Venice (Italy)

Keys of the Papal States

(territories governed

by the pope in Italy)

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For the Ottomans who lost the battle this day was a sad one, for the Italian cities and their allies who were victorious it was a proud and happy one. But on both sides, many of us were killed in this battle, and many were injured as well.

Among them is Miguel de Cervantes who is still very well known today, not only because he fought in this battle, but because he wrote wonderful books! Find a book in one of the nearby display cases on this wall to see how Miguel de Cervantes looked.

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THE DIPLOMAT

FLOOR 1 > ENCOUNTERS > NEGOTIATING

���������#��� ��������������+-���#�����'�������������������#��/���� #� ���� � #������� ������������&�����#��� ������� �&�&����0������������� ����������� ������������������around you?

On 15 May 1648 I was among the men who met in the town hall of the city of Münster in Germany for an exceptional occasion. After three years of discussions among diplomats from all over Europe, ����2��� �������������#�������������������#��������������������������� ������3;��������

We wrote two copies of this agreement on paper, one for the 2��� �������������������#������������������������#����2�� ��������������#��/���� #��<�����#��#���������agreement and the box where it was placed are both in the painting! Can you see them? Why do you think these objects are so precious to preserve and to exhibit in a museum?

Agreements like this are called peace treaties and have to be signed by all the countries who agree to it. Imagine you are one of the characters who met ��(=����������#��������#���������� �������at the end of the treaty of peace. You can also decorate the box in which this valuable document is kept.

<��������� ���#�������>������� ������� ���me is, play the labyrinth game in the middle of the room!

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FLOOR 1 > ENCOUNTERS > LEARNING

THE PAINTER

My name is Marie Vassilieff. I am a painter born in /�� ��������������������� ��� ����� ���<���������&����workshop where many of my friends who are artists like me, come to spend time together, eat and drink. I once drew a very animated dinner that happened at my place in +@+-��0������������� ���� ������ ��D�

I like to use my imagination to transform objects and characters into something different from what you see in reality. Other artists also do this, especially a group created ���������� �� ���������������+@J;�#����������2����� �����They invented a very funny game called a “cadavre exquis”. <��������������������������� ���������������������������to hide it, he passes the paper on to the next player who continues the drawing and then folds the paper, etc. Then players together unfold the paper and discover a strange �������������#���������� �������������K�

0���������� �������#��������#���&����NP ������������������� ������ ��������� ��+@Q3D������ ��� �D

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Then, go to the table in the middle of the room: you see a picture of combinations of words and drawings made by other visitors. Now it is your turn to use your imagination to continue this piece with your family. Be inventive the same way me and my friends were a hundred years ago in ��� ������������������� ����������K

You can also play “cadavre exquis” with other children and adults when you go back home.

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THE BAKER

FLOOR 1 > EXCHANGE > THE KITCHEN

My name is August Zang. I am from Vienna in U��� ����������� &���������J;;�����������

There I learned to bake a delicious pastry which has the shape of the moon crescent and is made with a lot of butter. It became very famous and common in France after I moved ����� �������������������+3Q;��������������Viennese bakery.

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Guess what this pastry is and draw it on the plate. Make it look �����"�� ��� �� ��>�����������&���������������� ����� �K�

Now look on the dining table: can you see it there? Touch it and watch the little ���� ����������������������������������delicious invention.

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THE MUSICIAN

I am Ziriab, a musician with many talents and knowledge from Baghdad in Iraq. I lived there many centuries ago, ��������������3J;�0���������������������� ���in Andalusia in Spain where I introduced a game that became very famous in Europe. This is a game where ������������&����� �������������#��#��������"�� ���������������� ������ �����������������������of this game?

$���������������������&����������������� �������displayed in the showcase: do you notice that the main pawns are real people? Before the game arrived to Europe ������������������& � ���X���������������� ���������� � # ��� ������ ��X���������������"��������� �������was invented. Europeans replaced him with a female �����"�#���������������#����#�������� �D

FLOOR 1 > EXCHANGE > THE LIVING ROOM

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× �������������������this character.

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THE CHILD

(������� ��[ ��"���� &��� ���������� ������+@���century. My mother Elisabeth is a famous painter. She likes to paint scenes that show the everyday life of people, and sometimes she represents us, her children, in her paintings. Look at the images on the walls around you to �������� ���������������\�������

The day my mother made this painting I was sick, this is why I am lying on a bed. Although I do not feel very well, I am enjoying very much the story the man sitting next to me is telling. His name is Hans Christian Andersen, he is a friend of my mother and a great writer of fairy tales. I’m sure you’ve read some of them... such as The Little Mermaid.

I love to listen to him telling me his stories, it makes me ����������������� #�K���������� ����� ��������D�[�����the bed: you will learn about stories that children were told for hundreds of years in many countries.

FLOOR 1 > EXCHANGE > THE BEDROOM

Once upon a time ...Now, invent your own fairy tale in which those characters you just saw ����������������������'�0 ���������and the brave hero. Write it down in the book with the help of an adult.

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FLOOR 1 > EXCHANGE > THE BEDROOM

THE QUEEN

I am Catherine de Medici and I was so powerful in my time that you would have heard about me! I am from a rich Italian family and I became the Queen of France in +^_@����������&�������� ������������� ���Henry, the future king, I brought with me many Italian products. In particular, something that you put on the body and that smells very very good. Thanks to me it became very fashionable and famous in the French royal court. Afterwards this fashionable product was used by wealthy women and men across Europe.

Guess what I am talking about and draw it. Imagine how you would like it to smell and what ingredients would you need to add to create such a fragrance?

Some examples of this very nice product are presented in the bedroom. Go to smell their � #���#���������������� #������������������# ����������������� ��� �D�

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FLOOR 1 > EXCHANGE > WHOLE FLOOR

Before you leave us and the exhibition, we have prepared one last little game for you!

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How come it is like this? Find the chocolate, the robot, the tulip, the ��>�������������� ���� ������� ���������������� ��)�������� �#&���where these names, which travelled with the object, are originally from. Write the name of the place next to the images.

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