Flatware and paper cakes — graphics, posters and protest at MK&G Hamburg
From 18 April 2025 to 22 February 2026, the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg is presenting an exciting selection of new acquisitions and infographics from the Graphics and Poster Collection in the exhibition “Flatware and Paper Cakes”. The show presents works in a wide variety of styles, including Annik Troxler’s haunting digital print motif […]
Louis Braille — The Braille revolution
Exactly 200 years ago, Louis Braille developed a typeface that significantly changed the lives of blind people around the world. The exhibition in the Museum der Arbeit’s Graphic Art Gallery brings this ingenious yet simple invention to life and shows why Braille has established itself as an international standard to this day. Visitors can explore […]
Respect — Being different together: an innovative exhibition at the Museum der Arbeit
The “Respect” exhibition at the Museum der Arbeit currently invites visitors to rethink key issues relating to identity, discrimination and equality. Young people aged 14 and over and young adults can experience a diverse presentation that not only offers exciting impulses for self-reflection, but also promotes dialogue about respectful interaction in school, education and professional […]
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 […]
Hello Image — The staging of things at the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg
The exhibition “Hello Image. The Staging of Things” at the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg invites visitorsto discover the path from product to iconic object. It presents photographs by renowned product photographer Hans Hansen as well as contributions by renowned designersand experts such as Konstantin Grcic, Viktoria Lea Heinrich and Deyan Sudjic. A comprehensive […]
Preserving the setting — insights into the restoration of the “Four Seasons”
The Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg is currently presenting the extraordinary restoration of the artwork “Four Seasons”. The work, created by Christoph Ertel around 1715 in Zittau, Saxony, is one of the museum’s most important exhibits and impresses with its rich history and delicate painting technique. The exhibition vividly documents the individual steps of […]
XULY.BËT — Funkin’ Fashion Factory 100% Recycled: Fashion between resistance and vision
The Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg presents “XULY.BËT — Funkin’ Fashion Factory 100% Recycled”, an extraordinary exhibition that retells fashion history. At the centre is Lamine Badian Kouyaté, born in Bamako, Mali, who founded the label XULY.Bët in 1991. Kouyaté’s roots and the inspiration of his grandmother, who recycled fabrics, characterise his radically sustainable […]
Inspiration SWANA: Diverse perspectives at MK&G Hamburg
With the exhibition “Inspiration SWANA”, the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg presents a multifaceted approach to the cultural, historical and creative traditions of the SWANA region (Southwest Asia and North Africa) and its diaspora. The façade banner, designed by fashion label Habibi in collaboration with the MK&G, welcomes visitors and uses Arabic script to […]
Care! When love becomes work — A social search for traces in the Museum of Labour
How does care work in our society? The current exhibition “CARE! When love becomes work” at the Museum der Arbeit focuses on the often invisible and underappreciated care work — be it unpaid care within the family or professional activities in nursing, day care centres and social services. With historical and contemporary photographs, objects, interviews […]
In dialogue with the earth: picture excavations by Matthias Oppermann at the Hamburg Archaeological Museum
From 22 October 2025, the Archaeological Museum Hamburg will be presenting “Image Excavations — Art in Dialogue with the Earth”, an extraordinary project by Hamburg artist Matthias Oppermann. Here, art and nature merge in an impressive way: In 2017, Oppermann cut up eleven of his paintings into a total of 48 fragments and buried them […]
Hamburg and Tyrol — an Alpine friendship in the mirror of time
Alpine peaks and Hamburg longings — the Museum am Rothenbaum MARKK is dedicating its current exhibition to the fascinating relationship between Hamburg and Tyrol. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the majestic landscapes of Tyrol have enchanted Hanseatic society. With the advent of mass tourism, Hamburg’s wealthy population opened up the Alpine region, while […]
Pippi’s dad and the true story from the Pacific — insights into colonial realities at MARKK
At the “Museum am Rothenbaum MARKK” in Hamburg, visitors can experience an extraordinary exhibition entitled “Pippi’s Dad and a really true story from the Pacific” until 30 June 2027. The starting point is the famous children’s book character Pippi Longstocking and her father Efraim, the king of Taka-Tuka Land — a fantasy world that has […]