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CulturalxCollabs is turning 1 year old. We want to celebrate!
Take part in our anniversary quiz and win exciting prizes centered around the theme: Experiencing Cultural Diversity!
How It Works:
Conditions of participation and procedure of the competition
From Monday, August 26th, 2024 to Monday, September 9th, 2024, we will publish a question about the Cultural x Collabs project here on the online portal Islamic·Art every Monday at 8:30 a.m. CET. You then have one week to take part in the weekly raffle by filling out and sending the quiz form. The deadline for entries is the following Monday at 8:00 a.m. CET. There will be a total of three quiz rounds, with each quiz round lasting one week from Monday to the following Monday.
Multiple participation is possible in that you can take part in each of the three quiz rounds once (i.e. once per week and three times in total).
A question from a quiz round will be published on Monday (08/26/2024, 09/02/2024, 09/09/2024) at 8:30 a.m. CET.
The deadline for submitting your answer is the following Monday (09/02/2024, 09/09/2024, 09/16/2024) at 8:00 a.m. CET.
The lottery will decide among all correct entries in a week. After each raffle, the winners will be notified within one week by email provided in the quiz form, together with a request to provide the shipping address to which the prizes should be sent.
Further Terms and Conditions of Participation
The competition will take place from Monday, August 26th, 2024 to Monday, September 23rd, 2024. Participation from 18 years old. Employees of the Museum of Islamic Art as well as the Friends of the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamonmuseum e.V. and DHL are excluded from participation. As a participant, you are solely responsible for ensuring that you are reachable and that the email address you use is working; the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamonmuseum assumes no liability in this respect.
The winners agree that their name will be published on the online portal Islamic·Art, as well as on the social media of the Cultural x Collabs project and the Berlin State Museums. Legal recourse is excluded. Winnings cannot be exchanged for cash value.
This is an event organized by the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum.
Question #1 - CLOSED
The winners of the first quiz are: Juliane Laitzsch, Jan-Hendrik Pelz, Cella Zavolan.
How many colours were used for the carpet pattern?
Answer: 22
The winners of the first quiz are: Juliane Laitzsch, Jan-Hendrik Pelz, Cella Zavolan.
We congratulate the winners on each receiving two mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Question #2 - CLOSED
The winners of the second quiz are: Falko Bolze, Elén Ibikunle, Ulrike Schweppe.
What century does the original Dragon Carpet come from?
Answer: 17th century
The winners of the second quiz are: Falko Bolze, Elén Ibikunle, Ulrike Schweppe.
We congratulate the winners on each receiving two mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Question #3 - CLOSED
The winners of the third quiz are: Ghaidaa Kotb, Bernd Jünger, Christiane Moslé.
A fragment goes swimming! In which sea has one of the fragments already been diving?
Answer: Red Sea
The winners of the third quiz are: Ghaidaa Kotb, Bernd Jünger, Christiane Moslé.
We congratulate the winners on each receiving two mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Main Raffle
The winners of the main raffle are: Elén Ibikunle, Katja Vollert, Muhammad Saad Iqbal, Eckart Cuntz
The CulturalxCollabs team at the Museum for Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum would like to congratulate all the winners of the anniversary quiz!
Congratulations Elén Ibikunle for winning:
Two Annual Tickets for 2025, free entry to all permanent and special exhibitions of the State Museums in Berlin - donated by the Friends of the Museum for Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum + two mini hand-knotted carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Congratulations Katja Vollert for winning:
1 x DHL Travelite S Tourer hard shell trolley + two mini hand-knotted carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Congratulations Muhammad Saad Iqbal for winning:
One book about the Berlin Carpet Collection, in either German or English + two mini hand-knotted carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Congratulations Eckart Cuntz for winning:
One book about the Berlin Carpet Collection, in either German or English + two mini hand-knotted carpet fragments made by Rug Star.
Thank you to everyone who participated and became part of our anniversary celebrations!
Here’s what you can win
Every Monday:
3 x 2 mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star. They are 10 x 15 cm in size and hand-knotted from the original materials of the CxC carpet.
Main Raffle on September 23, 2024:
Each correct answer from the three Monday raffles will automatically be entered into the main raffle on Monday, September 23, 2024, at 8:30 AM CET. With each correct "Monday answer," your chances of winning one of the three grand prizes increase. The winners will be chosen by random draw.
Grand Prizes:
1st prize
1 x 2 annual tickets for 2025, donated by the Friends of the Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamonmuseum e.V. They entitle you to free entry to all permanent and special exhibitions of the State Museums in Berlin and 2 mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star. They are 10 x 15 cm small and hand-knotted from the original materials of the CxC carpet.
2nd prize
1 x 1 DHL hard-shell trolley Travelite S Tourer (color: yellow, material made of impact-resistant ABS, four smooth-running comfort wheels, integrated TSA combination lock, clever interior division with packing straps and laundry compartment, volume: 40 liters) and two mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star. They are 10 x 15 cm small and hand-knotted from the original materials of the CxC carpet.
3rd prize
2 x one book each on the Berlin carpet collection, either in German or English. Knots, Art & History. The Berlin Carpet Collection / Knotted Art. Carpets from the Museum of Islamic Art and two mini carpet fragments made by Rug Star. They are 10 x 15 cm small and hand-knotted from the original materials of the CxC carpet.
Learn more about the project and its stories
Weaving the Future
Join us on a journey with 100 carpet fragments as they travel around the world for three and a half years, finding temporary homes while bridging cultural boundaries, fostering worldwide community united by the power of human stories.
Fragment Journeys
100 carpet fragments part of the "CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future" project. Follow their journeys through the ever changing owners' over three and a half years.
The Doppelgänger: Factsheet
Learn about what's under the surface of the carpet that will travel the world for three and a half year.
Where is the Dragon?
The star of the "CulturalxCollabs - Weaving the Future" project is a so-called Caucasian dragon carpet from the 17th century. A dragon carpet - all well and good - but: where is the dragon?
