Research focus: Art, culture and literature of the Middle Kingdom (2200–1750 BC), Work focus: Conception of special exhibitions in Berlin, Germany and abroad; museum management; development of communication concepts, Projects: inventory catalogue of objects from the Middle Kingdom
Vita
Since 10/2015
Deputy Director of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Since 01/2014
Research Associate and Curator, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
01/2012–12/2013
Research Associate and Head of Management of the collection removal of the Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst Munich
09/2005–12/2011
Research Associate and Curator, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
07/2003–08/2005
Curatorial Assistant of the special exhibition "Visions of the Divine - The Museum Island Berlin" in Japan and of the redesign of the permanent exhibition of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
07/2001–07/2003
Scientific museum assistant in training, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
10/1990–01/2001
Studies of Egyptology, Classical Archaelogy and Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Cologne
Membership
Since 2006: Member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
Since 2004: Member of Soroptimist International
Publications
Olivia Zorn, Prägende Gesichter einer Zivilisation. Gedanken zum Geschichtsverständnis des Alten Ägypten und seinem Einfluss auf die Museumsarbeit, in: Isa Böhme et al., Von Theben über Amarna zur Qubbet el-Hawa, Berlin 2026.
Barbara Helwing und Olivia Zorn, An ibex figure in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin: A traveler from Iran, in: Karin Bartl et al., Living in the Past. Archaeological Research and Cultural Heritage Strategies in the Middle East and Beyond, Studies in Honour of Ute Franke, Wiesbaden 2025.
Olivia Zorn, Le Lion, Symbole du Pouvoir, in: Des Lions et des Hommes – Mythes félins: 400 siècles de fascination, Ausstellungskatalog, Paris 2019, pp. 60–65.
Olivia Zorn, Klangvolle Importware – Die altägyptische Leier, Sokar Heft 35, Berlin 2017, pp. 40–43.
Olivia Zorn, Wie erkenne ich? Die Kunst der Ägypter, Stuttgart 2004.
Here, the employees of the different branches of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin introduce themselves, providing some information about their professional backgrounds and their main areas of work.
This website uses cookies. Those have two functions: On the one hand they are providing basic functionality for this website. On the other hand they allow us to improve our content for you by saving and analyzing anonymized user data. You can redraw your consent to using these cookies at any time. Find more information regarding cookies on our Data Protection Declaration and regarding us on the Imprint.