Local History, Neighborhood Voices

To explore these issues in greater depth, the Münchner Stadtmuseum welcomes "El Solar", a theater company specializing in object theater that has already collaborated with museums and communities worldwide. "El Solar" work together with local communities and their residents. The company’s mission is to integrate the neighborhood’s history, the voices of its residents, and symbolic objects into a theater installation. In a joint effort with the Münchner Stadtmuseum's team, they will select objects from the museum’s collection to help tell the tale of this quarter around the abbatoir and wholesale market.

The theatrical installation will be set up in the Schlachthofviertel and Untersendling areas during the month of June and then take the stage at a temporary venue in the livestock market. 

The Münchner Stadtmuseum is scheduled to reopen to the public in 2031. Until then it plans to maintain an active presence through various event formats and partnerships both within Munich and beyond. The museum will engage directly with the city, tap into the ideas and expectations of its residents and feed them into its ongoing learning and programming.

Funded by "Übermorgen – New Models for Cultural Institutions", an initiative by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. It is delivered in collaboration with Bureau Ritter as the executive partner. The German Federal Cultural Foundation is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
The "Übermorgen – New Models for Cultural Institutions" initiative has selected 50 cultural institutions across Germany to receive funding. It aims to co-develop innovative approaches to help these important centers of community life continue to thrive, not least amid the pressing challenges and crises of our times.