Special exhibitions

Paragons Afterimages, the exhibition title refers to correlations between images, but also their production, referring to the connections between images and a method of using existing images to produce new ones. In the art schools of the 19th and early 20th centuries, photographs served as models or paragons and were employed purely for teaching purposes.

In 1996, artists Kurt Benning (1945–2017) and Hermann Kleinknecht (b. 1943) started work on a long-term project – “Videoporträts” (video portraits). It involved getting members of the Munich art scene along with ordinary people of all social classes, professions and ages to talk about the things that matter to them.

This exhibition, conceived as a tour of the cultural and social history of footwear, sets out by looking at shoes as a practical means of helping people get from A to B. This section focuses on the people who wear the shoes, and explores the meanings attached to the original function of the footwear – primarily to protect the feet and provide support while standing and walking.

Gyula Molnár and Francesca Bettini are two of Europe’s best-known object theater artists. In 2009, they created an exhibition installation for the Münchner Stadtmuseum entitled “Bin im Orkus. Ein Tagebuch aus Matsch” (In the Underworld. A Diary of Mud), to accompany their production of “Kasperls Wurzeln” (Kasperl’s Roots).

The Project Insights series showcases the Münchner Stadtmuseum’s ongoing research into migration in Munich past and present. This latest display presents its findings on how migrants have influenced the city’s culinary culture over the course of more than 100 years.

[Translate to Englisch:] Die Sammlung Musik als „Klang-Labor“. Im Soundlab laden interaktive Stationen zum Experimentieren mit Klang und Akustik ein: etwa eine Schlitztrommel, der „Xylonator“ oder die „Stampfröhren“.

To mark the 150th birthday of Kurt Eisner, Bavaria’s first State Premier, the Münchner Stadtmuseum has mounted an exhibition that examines his journalistic and political career. His personality divides opinion as much today as it did during his lifetime. While some dismiss him as an idealist and utopian, others celebrate him as progressive and a man of action.