prometheus is a distributed digital image archive that currently makes over 135 databases from institutes, research facilities, and museums with more than 4,176,000 records from the fields of art, culture, and history researchable on a common user interface.

Situated at the Institute of Art History of the University of Cologne, prometheus is supported by the non-profit association prometheus e.V. which promotes the ongoing developments of the digital media for science and research.



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Architecture in the GDR
Josef Kaiser and his Collective – Between 1950 and 1984, the German architect and town planner Josef Kaiser, together with his collective, carried out numerous state and local authority building projects in the GDR. | more...


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5 October 2026 | By: Corinna

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