M.A. Steffen Backhaus


Function

Museologist (Kulturforum)

Contact

s.backhaus[at]smb.spk-berlin.de

Focus | Responsibilities | Projects

Exhibition Design and Production

Vita

Since 02/2025 Museologist in the Museum Team Kulturforum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
03/2023–01/2025 Museologist in the Exhibition Design and Production Team, Generaldirektion of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
10/2022–02/2023 Research Associate, Institut für Museumsforschung of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
10/2020–09/2022 Curatorial Assistant, Institut für Museumsforschung of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
10/2017–03/2020 Master's degree in Management and Communication in Museums, University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Berlin

Membership

  • Since 2023 Member of the Working Group on Visual Communication of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Since 2021 Member of the Forum Museolog*innen
  • Since 2018 Member of ICOM Germany

Publications

Backhaus, Steffen (2023) Think-Aloud-Methode. In: Herzberg, Johann (ed.) museum4punkt0 | workbook. Impulse & Tools für die digitale Kulturvermittlung. Berlin: Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.

Staff of the Museumsinsel Berlin

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.