Current
The exhibition focuses on select twentieth- and twenty-first-century artworks primarily focus on the relationship between language, text, and image.
Upcoming
STUDY ROOM | 06.11.2024 – 04.05.2025
From November 6: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
On the Power of Communication
With the aid of exemplary objects, the showcase exhibition traces the interplay of speech and speechlessness, of communication and misunderstanding.
DAS FORUM | 06.11.2024 – 04.05.2025
From November 6: CUNDA, KNÖS, AND KNASPELHUTSCHE
In Search of Company Vocabulary
In search of company vocabulary, the exhibition in the DAS Forum sets out to uncover the functions of special languages, and not only in the case of C&A. Such languages create an identity, conceal meaning, and serve a practical purpose.
Past
15.05.2024 - 20.10.2024
TRUE TO SCALE
The exhibition shows that the architectural model is far more than a mere working tool—it is both a design for the future and an artifact of times gone by.
15.05.2024 - 20.10.2024
MO(NU)MENTS
In early modern European culture, celebrations were opulent, performed as a matter of course. An essential part of the lavishly staged coronations, anniversaries, victory celebrations, or state visits, of weddings or birthdays, were the ephemeral, that is to say, short-lived, ceremonial structures.
28.04.2024 - 04.08.2024
SPACES EMBODIED
SPACES EMBODIED brings together artistic positions that look at the spheres of humankind and space not as independent entities, but rather as part of complex processes of interdependence.
15.10.2023 - 25.02.2024
THREADS
Who does not know the thread of life, the golden thread? Who is not interwoven with others? We encounter threads in myths, language use, and also in art, where they are often used as metaphors, models, or mediums. Therefore, this exhibition thematically explores the symbolic meanings of thread for people and human life.
15.10.2023 - 28.04.2024
STORYTELLING
The advent of printmaking in the fifteenth century revolutionized the dissemination of images. Whereas in the past, for example, altarpieces and paintings were only accessible to a select audience, the new mediums of the woodcut and copperplate engraving suddenly made it possible to produce images relatively quickly, cheaply, and in large editions.
15.10.2023 - 28.04.2024
ARIADNE’S NAAIKUSSEN
The first presentation of Ariadne’s Naaikussen in the rooms of the Draiflessen Collection introduces highlights and marks the start of the scholarly treatment of this outstanding collection. At the same time, it is a tribute to the passionate collector, who would have turned ninety in 2023.
05.04.2023 - 16.07.2023
THE STATE OF AFFAIRS?
How can we (survive) in the age of rapid climate change? The Draiflessen Collection is addressing this pressing question and exploring the state of affairs. During the planned period, the museum will offer different event formats such as lectures, workshops and excursions.
15.02.2023 - 20.08.2023
CAUTION, GLASS! A dual exhibition
The presentation addresses, for the first time, the iconographic and technical features of the windows as well as their history of creation.
15.02.2023 - 20.08.2023
CAUTION, GLASS! A dual exhibition
This showcase exhibition places a focus on the play of light and the intense luminosity of stained-glass painting—an art form that flourished during the late Gothic and Renaissance periods, especially in Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. It marks the first-ever presentation of the silver-staines unipartite panels of the Liberna Collection, which date from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.