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Parallel to the special exhibition Family Businesses as a Phenomenon, the cabinet exhibition is dedicated to the topic of ‘eating and cooking’. In it, that very central, everyday event – shared meals together – is at the centre of the presentation, which also approaches the topic from the perspective of cultural history.

The circle of possible successors for a family business is quite limited. He (or she) should namely come from the family and also be willing and able to continue managing the business successfully. Being able to find all these prerequisites in one’s own children is far from certain.

Why is it often possible to prompt memories with particular objects? Do I possess something that I would really like to keep forever so as to retain the memory connected with it, as well?

Selected photographic and painted portraits are contemplated with the children and the clothing, age, and the attitudes of the individuals depicted toward one another discussed.

Children and teenagers between the ages of 9 and 14 who enjoy artistic experimentation are invited to participate.

Selected photographic and painted portraits are contemplated with the children and the clothing, age, and the attitudes of the individuals depicted toward one another discussed.

The exhibition approaches the subject of family businesses from a novel perspective – allowing business figures and their families to 'speak' for themselves: letters, memoirs, wills, and business protocols from the late 18th century to the 1960s afford insights into the motives behind the actions of businesspeople and their family members. In 25 very personal stories, taken from 13 different family businesses, the goals, desires, and obligations of the various stakeholders come to life and prove to be surprisingly contemporary.