Su­per­he­roes bet­ween myth and mo­der­ni­ty: the new ex­hi­bi­ti­on at the Ar­chaeo­lo­gi­cal Mu­se­um Ham­burg

From 22 Oc­to­ber 2025 to 26 April 2026, the Ar­chaeo­lo­gi­cal Mu­se­um Ham­burg will open its doors for a very spe­cial jour­ney: Un­der the title “Myth of Su­per­he­roes”, vi­si­tors can ex­pect a co­lourful and ex­ci­ting tour th­rough the histo­ry of he­roic le­gends. The ex­hi­bi­ti­on ran­ges from an­ci­ent dei­ties such as Hera­cles or the Greek Ama­zon to mo­dern co­mic icons such as Su­per­man, Bat­man and Won­der­wo­man. The ro­le mo­dels of con­tem­po­ra­ry su­per­he­roes in an­ci­ent myths and le­gends are ex­plo­red from an ar­chaeo­lo­gi­cal per­spec­ti­ve, reve­al­ing the ori­g­ins of to­day’s he­roic fi­gu­res.

The ex­ten­si­ve pro­gram­me ac­com­pany­ing the ex­hi­bi­ti­on of­fers num­e­rous high­lights for bo­th child­ren and adults: Gui­ded tours, hands-on ac­ti­vi­ties and lec­tures in­vi­te vi­si­tors to im­mer­se them­sel­ves in the world of fly­ing, wall-clim­bing and ma­gne­tic force-con­trol­ling hu­mans. Co­mic fans can look for­ward to an im­pres­si­ve coll­ec­tion of su­per­he­ro co­mics and fi­gu­res, while groups of ten or mo­re should book their vi­sit in ad­van­ce to avo­id wai­ting times. The ex­hi­bi­ti­on pro­mi­ses a re­uni­on wi­th the he­roes of child­hood for all ge­ne­ra­ti­ons and an eclec­tic mix of en­ter­tain­ment and know­ledge trans­fer.