Sapientia aedificavit sibi domum ”Wisdom Has Built Herself a Home” The Teutonic state in Prussia.

Several hundred exhibits brought together the ideological and practical dimensions of Teutonic rule in Prussia. Though apparently opposed, these strands jointly shaped a state governed at its height by several hundred members of the Order.

Malbork Castle provided both the setting and a central subject of the exhibition. Its gradual transformation from a conventual fortress into the capital of a powerful state offered a means of examining the nature of Teutonic authority and the changing significance of the castle itself.