What is Deutsches Historisches Museum?
{{Infobox building | name = German Historical Museum | native_name = Deutsches Historisches Museum | image = Zeughaus Berlin 2012.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Zeughaus Berlin | location = Berlin | address = Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany | coordinates = {{Coord|52|31|3.59|N|13|23|27.59|E|type:landmark_region:DE-BE|display=inline,title}} | website = https://www.dhm.de/en/ }} The '''German Historical Museum''' ([[German language|German]]: '''''Deutsches Historisches Museum, DHM''''') is a German history museum in [[Berlin]]. The museum is in a building named [[Zeughaus]] (armory) on [[Unter den Linden|Unter den Lindern]]. It is one of the most visited museums in Berlin. The museum holds a collection of about 1 million objects. == Founding and History == The [[Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]] and the state of [[Berlin]] founded the museum in 1987. The date was also the 750th anniversary of the founding of Berlin. Key historians such as Hartmut Boockmann, Eberhard Jäckel, Hagen Schulze and Michael Stürmer were involved in the project. [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Helmut Kohl]] supported the museum project. In a speech to the [[German Bundestag|Bundestag]] in 1985, Kohl emphasized the importance of having the museum.<ref>Christoph Stölzl: ''Deutsches Historisches Museum. Ideen – Kontroversen – Perspektiven''. [[ISBN (identifier)|ISBN]] [[Special:BookSources/3-549-06682-1|3-549-06682-1]]</ref> Together, 16 historians, art historians, and museum directors worked on the commission. They wanted the museum to present German history internationally and globally. The [[Berlin]] state and the federal government signed to create A Board of Trustees (Kuratorium) in July of 1987. Members of the board include representatives of the federal government, parliament ([[German Bundestag|Bundestag]]), and German states.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Foundation - Deutsches Historisches Museum|url=https://www.dhm.de/en/museum/about-us/foundation/|access-date=2022-06-10|website=Deutsches Historisches Museum (DH