TAM Museum was co-founded by Dr. Gülşah Stapel and Müge Avar, two cultural visionaries with deep expertise in migration history, transcultural storytelling, spatial design and museum curation.
Dr. Gülşah Stapel has historical expertise and is a cultural researcher specialized in migration between Turkey - Germany and cultural memory. Her extensive work in academia and museums bridges historical narratives with contemporary identity debates.
Müge Avar is a scenographer and interior architect who has worked on immersive exhibitions and diverse projects in Germany and internationally. She specializes in storytelling through
space and visual media, bringing history to life in new, engaging ways.
space and visual media, bringing history to life in new, engaging ways.
They are accompanied by a growing number of volunteers actively supporting this initiative:
museum professionals, historians, curators, artists, lawyers,
architects, writers, collectors, and NGOs.
museum professionals, historians, curators, artists, lawyers,
architects, writers, collectors, and NGOs.
Together, they bring the expertise, vision, and commitment to establish TAM Museum as a pioneering institution for transcultural history to challenge the “single narrative” on minorities.
Our dedicated TAM Angels are actively contributing across a range of working groups, with their energy and expertise to drive our mission forward with commitment:
Ayşegül Dinççağ, Dipl-Ing. Architect, Berlin
Dr. Ahmet Doğan, Architect, Publisher and Collector, Berlin
Begüm Kadıoğlu, Social pedagog, Berlin
Cornelia Thiele, Curator, Berlin
Derya Bermek-Kühn, Chairman of Deutsch-Türkisches Forum, Stuttgart
Dr. Malte Fuhrmann, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Verda Kaya, Curator, Berlin
Ercem Çardak, Lawyer, Berlin
Hüseyin Coşkun, Historian, Berlin
Julia Kühn, Editor, Berlin
Kaya Peters, Urban Historian, Musician, Berlin
Paulina Akbay, Artist, Cologne
Prof. Dr. Nazan Maksudyan, Historian, Centre Marc Bloch, FU, Berlin
Pınar Boğa, Historian and Urbanist, Berlin
Yaren Konca, Social Sciences Student, Berlin
Yetkin Başarır, Designer and Artist, İstanbul
Cornelia Thiele, Curator, Berlin
Derya Bermek-Kühn, Chairman of Deutsch-Türkisches Forum, Stuttgart
Dr. Malte Fuhrmann, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Verda Kaya, Curator, Berlin
Ercem Çardak, Lawyer, Berlin
Hüseyin Coşkun, Historian, Berlin
Julia Kühn, Editor, Berlin
Kaya Peters, Urban Historian, Musician, Berlin
Paulina Akbay, Artist, Cologne
Prof. Dr. Nazan Maksudyan, Historian, Centre Marc Bloch, FU, Berlin
Pınar Boğa, Historian and Urbanist, Berlin
Yaren Konca, Social Sciences Student, Berlin
Yetkin Başarır, Designer and Artist, İstanbul
Passionate about culture, history, and making a difference?
Become part of TAM – as a volunteer or intern –
and help us bring untold stories to light.
and help us bring untold stories to light.
Get in touch: contact@tam-museum.de
Our Volunteer TAM Consultants offer essential support whenever needed, reinforcing our foundation and helping us grow stronger:
Başak Tezcan, PR & Communications Manager, Berlin
Bülent Durmuş, Architect, Managing Director of Agentur für Internationale Museumskooperationen gGmbH, Berlin
Dilek Güngör, Author, Berlin
Dr. Jenny Broekmann-Friese, Lawyer, Morrison Foerster, Berlin
Fabian Stapel, Lawyer, Berlin
Ilkan Kır, Photographer and Artist, Berlin
Inci Bürhaniye, Lawyer, Berlin
Marc Tamschick, Founder, CEO, Tamschick Media+Space GmbH, Berlin
Sebastian Jünger, Architect and Artist, Berlin
Tanya Gerber, TNG Artist Management, Interior Design, Berlin
Yeşim Tüzün, Lawyer, Morrison Foerster, Berlin
Dr. Jenny Broekmann-Friese, Lawyer, Morrison Foerster, Berlin
Fabian Stapel, Lawyer, Berlin
Ilkan Kır, Photographer and Artist, Berlin
Inci Bürhaniye, Lawyer, Berlin
Marc Tamschick, Founder, CEO, Tamschick Media+Space GmbH, Berlin
Sebastian Jünger, Architect and Artist, Berlin
Tanya Gerber, TNG Artist Management, Interior Design, Berlin
Yeşim Tüzün, Lawyer, Morrison Foerster, Berlin
TAM Museum was founded as a
non-profit and independent legal entity in April 2025, with the help of the many. Thanks to:
non-profit and independent legal entity in April 2025, with the help of the many. Thanks to:
Aelrun Goette, Author/Director, Berlin
Aikaterini Dori, Curator, Dresden
Alexander Herbert, Lawyer, Berlin and Zürich
Alexandra Weltz-Rombach, Filmmaker/Producer, Berlin
André Nogossek, Berlin
Anja Bellmann, Historical - Political Education, Berlin
Annika Reich, Writer, Berlin
Ayse Başaran, Pensioner, Istanbul
Azize Tank, Former Member of Parliament, Berlin
Barbara Thiele, Director of Education and Digital Engagement, Jewish Museum, Berlin
Berkant Başaran, Tax Consultant, Hamburg
Berkant Buchwald, CEO & Co-Founder District One GmbH
Boris Borowski, Berlin
Burhan Gözüakça, Founder BEYS, Berlin
Can Sungu, Artistic Director, Sinema Transtopia, Berlin
Christian Balazs, Hamburg
Christiane Gallas, Berlin
Claudia Emmert, Director of Zeppelin Museum, ICOM Board Member, Friedrichshafen
Conny Stolle, VHS-Teacher, Housewife, Mannheim
Daniel Heinzer-Avar, Neuroscientist, SNSF & EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, CA
Dominik Busch, Digital Curator and Head of Education, Zeppelin Museum, ICOM Board Member, Friedrichshafen
Dr. Ahmet Doğan, Architect, Publisher, Collector, Berlin
Dr. Alina Gromova, ICOM Vice President and Deputy Director Centrum Judaicum, Berlin
Dr. Birte Werner, Karlsruhe
Dr. Eberhard and Christina Kühn, Engineer & Physiotherapist, Taufkirchen
Dr. Eberhard Schultz, Human Rights Lawyer, Berlin
Dr. Felicia Sternfeld, Director of Hansemuseum and President of ICOM Deutschland, Lübeck
Dr. Gerhard Sälter, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Jochen Kibel, Research Associate TU Berlin, Berlin
Dr. Juliane Haubold-Stolle, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Motte, Founder of Loveparade, Berlin
Dr. Udo Gößwald, Museum Professional, Author, Berlin
Dr. Susanne Muhle, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Sylvia Butenschön, Garden Monument Conservation, TU Berlin
Dr. Verena Pfeiffer-Kloss, Publisher, Urban Researcher, Berlin
Elizabeth Wolff, Regensburg
Ellen Dosch-Roeingh, CEO and Founder Logowerk, Berlin
Elisabeth Kimmerle, Historian, Journalist, Berlin
Emre Bal, Journalist, London
Esra Ersen, Artist, Berlin
Esra Yavuz, Teacher, Berlin
Ewe Buck-Weigl, Adelaide, Australia
Fatih Demircan, Cologne
Florian Köhler, Manager, Stuttgart
Gabriele von Arnim, Writer, Berlin
Günnur Erdoğan, Special Projects Manager, Hamburg
Hella Kilani-Hillmann, Legal Consultant NDR, Hamburg
Idil Efe, Diversity Oriented Organizational Development, Curator, Berlin
Inci Bürhaniye, Lawyer, Berlin
Jadwiga Kamola, Historian and Curator, Berlin
Janek Lorenzen, City Planner, Belgium
Jim Hadfield, Manager, Berlin
Jonathan Weskott, Customs Officer, Köln
Julia Weber, Senior Manager Communications Sony Music, Berlin
Katharina Golan, Museum Professional, Berlin
Katrin Geuter, Berlin
Kemal Önel, Civil Servant, Berlin
Lena Kuhl, Historian, Berlin
Lotta Weigl, Artist, Berlin
Lysette Laffin, Berlin
Marc Tamschick, Founder, CEO, Tamschick Media+Space GmbH, Berlin
Maria Sophie Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Berlin
Markus Geiler, Journalist, Berlin
Markus Speidel, Historian, Cultural Scientist, Munich
Martina Haag, Interior Designer, Berlin
Mehmet Soylu, IT, Stuttgart
Merve Heinzer-Avar, Neuroscientist, SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, CA
Muche, Artist, Stuttgart
Murat Tosun, Journalist and CEO B34 Media, Berlin
Mustafa Akça, Outreach Curator Komische Oper, Berlin
Mukaddes Steinkrüger, Pedagog, Berlin
Nadia Hamou, Berlin
Natalie Bayer, Director of FHXB Museum, Berlin
Nicola Wündsch, Digital Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Noor Hammood, Historian, Cultural Educator, Berlin
Nezaket Ekici, Artist, Berlin
Nurcan Sahin, Real Estate, Berlin
Oğuz Erdil, Lead Marketing Metropol FM, Berlin
Orhan Esen, Historic Urbanist, Freelancer, Berlin
Perihan Turan, CEO City Compact, PN Business Consultancy, Berlin
Pia Eiringhaus, Historian and Curator, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, Art Historian, Monument Conservation and Heritage Discourse, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Sonja Klocke, German Studies, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Herold, Art Historian, Monument Preservation, Berlin
Prof. Michael Rothberg, Holocaust Studies and Comparative Literature, UCLA, U.S.A.
Prof. Susanne Kühn, Artist, Freiburg
Prof. Yasemin Yıldız, German and Comparative Literature, UCLA, U.S.A.
Sarah Ulrich, Psychologist, Social Impact Expert, Kaarst
Seçil Yersel, Artist, Berlin/Istanbul
Selina von Holleben-Herbert, Publisher, Berlin and Zürich
Shahab Sangestan, Head of the Baden-Württemberg State Office
for Museums, Stuttgart
Stephan George, Adelaide, Australia
Suy Lan Hopmann, Curator, Hamburg/Berlin
Susanne Klaßen, Medical Doctor, Berlin
Tina Schaller, Historian, Berlin
Viktoria Kaya, Berlin
Willemien van Dreven, Museum Assistant, Humboldt Forum, Berlin
Alexander Herbert, Lawyer, Berlin and Zürich
Alexandra Weltz-Rombach, Filmmaker/Producer, Berlin
André Nogossek, Berlin
Anja Bellmann, Historical - Political Education, Berlin
Annika Reich, Writer, Berlin
Ayse Başaran, Pensioner, Istanbul
Azize Tank, Former Member of Parliament, Berlin
Barbara Thiele, Director of Education and Digital Engagement, Jewish Museum, Berlin
Berkant Başaran, Tax Consultant, Hamburg
Berkant Buchwald, CEO & Co-Founder District One GmbH
Boris Borowski, Berlin
Burhan Gözüakça, Founder BEYS, Berlin
Can Sungu, Artistic Director, Sinema Transtopia, Berlin
Christian Balazs, Hamburg
Christiane Gallas, Berlin
Claudia Emmert, Director of Zeppelin Museum, ICOM Board Member, Friedrichshafen
Conny Stolle, VHS-Teacher, Housewife, Mannheim
Daniel Heinzer-Avar, Neuroscientist, SNSF & EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, CA
Dominik Busch, Digital Curator and Head of Education, Zeppelin Museum, ICOM Board Member, Friedrichshafen
Dr. Ahmet Doğan, Architect, Publisher, Collector, Berlin
Dr. Alina Gromova, ICOM Vice President and Deputy Director Centrum Judaicum, Berlin
Dr. Birte Werner, Karlsruhe
Dr. Eberhard and Christina Kühn, Engineer & Physiotherapist, Taufkirchen
Dr. Eberhard Schultz, Human Rights Lawyer, Berlin
Dr. Felicia Sternfeld, Director of Hansemuseum and President of ICOM Deutschland, Lübeck
Dr. Gerhard Sälter, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Jochen Kibel, Research Associate TU Berlin, Berlin
Dr. Juliane Haubold-Stolle, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Motte, Founder of Loveparade, Berlin
Dr. Udo Gößwald, Museum Professional, Author, Berlin
Dr. Susanne Muhle, Historian, Berlin
Dr. Sylvia Butenschön, Garden Monument Conservation, TU Berlin
Dr. Verena Pfeiffer-Kloss, Publisher, Urban Researcher, Berlin
Elizabeth Wolff, Regensburg
Ellen Dosch-Roeingh, CEO and Founder Logowerk, Berlin
Elisabeth Kimmerle, Historian, Journalist, Berlin
Emre Bal, Journalist, London
Esra Ersen, Artist, Berlin
Esra Yavuz, Teacher, Berlin
Ewe Buck-Weigl, Adelaide, Australia
Fatih Demircan, Cologne
Florian Köhler, Manager, Stuttgart
Gabriele von Arnim, Writer, Berlin
Günnur Erdoğan, Special Projects Manager, Hamburg
Hella Kilani-Hillmann, Legal Consultant NDR, Hamburg
Idil Efe, Diversity Oriented Organizational Development, Curator, Berlin
Inci Bürhaniye, Lawyer, Berlin
Jadwiga Kamola, Historian and Curator, Berlin
Janek Lorenzen, City Planner, Belgium
Jim Hadfield, Manager, Berlin
Jonathan Weskott, Customs Officer, Köln
Julia Weber, Senior Manager Communications Sony Music, Berlin
Katharina Golan, Museum Professional, Berlin
Katrin Geuter, Berlin
Kemal Önel, Civil Servant, Berlin
Lena Kuhl, Historian, Berlin
Lotta Weigl, Artist, Berlin
Lysette Laffin, Berlin
Marc Tamschick, Founder, CEO, Tamschick Media+Space GmbH, Berlin
Maria Sophie Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, Berlin
Markus Geiler, Journalist, Berlin
Markus Speidel, Historian, Cultural Scientist, Munich
Martina Haag, Interior Designer, Berlin
Mehmet Soylu, IT, Stuttgart
Merve Heinzer-Avar, Neuroscientist, SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow Stanford University, CA
Muche, Artist, Stuttgart
Murat Tosun, Journalist and CEO B34 Media, Berlin
Mustafa Akça, Outreach Curator Komische Oper, Berlin
Mukaddes Steinkrüger, Pedagog, Berlin
Nadia Hamou, Berlin
Natalie Bayer, Director of FHXB Museum, Berlin
Nicola Wündsch, Digital Cultural Heritage, Berlin
Noor Hammood, Historian, Cultural Educator, Berlin
Nezaket Ekici, Artist, Berlin
Nurcan Sahin, Real Estate, Berlin
Oğuz Erdil, Lead Marketing Metropol FM, Berlin
Orhan Esen, Historic Urbanist, Freelancer, Berlin
Perihan Turan, CEO City Compact, PN Business Consultancy, Berlin
Pia Eiringhaus, Historian and Curator, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper, Art Historian, Monument Conservation and Heritage Discourse, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Sonja Klocke, German Studies, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Herold, Art Historian, Monument Preservation, Berlin
Prof. Michael Rothberg, Holocaust Studies and Comparative Literature, UCLA, U.S.A.
Prof. Susanne Kühn, Artist, Freiburg
Prof. Yasemin Yıldız, German and Comparative Literature, UCLA, U.S.A.
Sarah Ulrich, Psychologist, Social Impact Expert, Kaarst
Seçil Yersel, Artist, Berlin/Istanbul
Selina von Holleben-Herbert, Publisher, Berlin and Zürich
Shahab Sangestan, Head of the Baden-Württemberg State Office
for Museums, Stuttgart
Stephan George, Adelaide, Australia
Suy Lan Hopmann, Curator, Hamburg/Berlin
Susanne Klaßen, Medical Doctor, Berlin
Tina Schaller, Historian, Berlin
Viktoria Kaya, Berlin
Willemien van Dreven, Museum Assistant, Humboldt Forum, Berlin
... and others who did not want to be named publicly.
Müge Avar and Dr. Gülşah Stapel