Aargau's head of culture moves to Bern
Thomas Pauli-Gabi, the former Head of the Culture Department of the Canton of Aargau, is to become Director of the Bernisches Historisches Museum. He will take up the new position on May 1, 2020.
Thomas Pauli-Gabi's tenure as Head of the Culture Department included various major projects. One of Thomas Pauli-Gabi's main concerns was to give cantonal cultural policy a broad-based, strategic direction with the development and implementation of a cantonal cultural concept.
With various projects, Thomas Pauli-Gabi and his team helped to strengthen the canton of Aargau's self-image as a cultural canton. In 2015, for example, the canton celebrated the cantonal commemoration of 600 years of Aargau in the Swiss Confederation with the participation of the regions, a "Double Door" mediation concept was developed for the Jewish-Christian cultural heritage in Surbtal, a cantonal theme year "IndustrieWelt Aargau" was initiated in 2019/2020 and several cultural construction projects, such as the new Stapferhaus in Lenzburg and the Alte Reithalle in Aarau, were actively promoted.
