How did our ancestors live, and what traces did they leave behind? The new archaeological exhibition “Traces of Humanity: Archaeology Around Ulm” (Jan. 16–June 6, 2027) at the Ulm Museum explores what we can learn about the past from these traces today. At the heart of the exhibition is the... —› more
In memory of Dieter Raffler, an industrial designer who trained at the Ulm School of Design and who passed away in January 2026, the HfG Archive / Museum is hosting a memorial event on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. The presentation “Geometry in Space” will also be featured... —› more
The 24th Ulm Art Triennial, running from July 11 to August 30, 2026, invites visitors to discover the full diversity of contemporary art in the region. Since its founding in 1955—initially as a biennial, and every three years since 1961—it has served as the central platform for current artistic creation... —› more
The exhibition Identity Systems Germany, marks the first time the HfG-Archiv Ulm is focusing on the brand identities of West German companies and institutions after 1945. Historical examples, such as Peter Behrens and his designs for AEG (1907–1914), illustrate the early stages of this development in Germany. The ”E5“ development... —› more
For thousands of years, hybrid creatures combining human and animal features have inhabited the myths, images, and imaginations of our world—from the Lion-Man of the Paleolithic era to the sphinx, minotaur, mermaid, and modern-day cyborg. They symbolize our delight in fantasy, our wonder at life, and our longing for an... —› more
The HfG Archive/Museum presents the exhibition “Departure into Reality: Films by Günther Hörmann – 60 Years of the Institute for Film Design at the HfG Ulm”, featuring a selection of films created at the Institute for Film Design at the Ulm School of Design. The occasion is the handover of... —› more
Under the title GLASOTRONIK même; sounds, objects, images, scenes, the Museum Ulm is presenting two modules from the même cycle by composer, sound and media artist Andreas H.H. Suberg as part of the exhibition “A New Spelling of Museum. Part 2: M-Z” at the kunsthalle weishaupt, two modules from the... —› more
Presentation of artworks by Dieter Krieg and Andreas Blank Museum Ulm as guest at kunsthalle weishaupt Sagrotan meets soldiers’ boots: from 12 March 2025, the Museum Ulm will be presenting three new additions from its collection of 20th and 21st century art on the display wall on the first floor... —› more
In collaboration with TU Darmstadt and Goethe University Frankfurt, the HfG-Archiv / Museum Ulm is presenting an exhibition that focuses for the first time on the pioneering architectural teaching at the Ulm School of Design (HfG). Founded in 1953 as the successor to the legendary Bauhaus, the HfG aimed to... —› more
From M for memes to Z for numbers: Museum Ulm’s guest appearance in the neighbouring kunsthalle weishaupt continues with the exhibition ‘Museum neu buchstabiert. Part 2: M-Z’ (A New Spelling of Museum. part 2: M-Z) from 23 November 2024 extended until 5 October 2025. What do Alamannic pearl necklaces from... —› more
What you see is what you see! In memory of Frank Stella (1936-2024), who shaped the art of post-war modernism like no other, the Museum Ulm and the Siegfried and Jutta Weishaupt Collection are jointly showing works by the artist in the kunsthalle weishaupt. The recently deceased American painter, sculptor... —› more
7 June 2024 – 19 January 2025 Exhibition ‘al dente. Pasta & Design’ What does pasta have to do with design? Whether rustic orecchiette, elegant tagliatelle or spherical spaetzle: pasta, spaetzle and noodles do not come into their shape by chance, because they are all the result of long traditions,... —› more
From A for acrylic to L for Lion Man! A new exhibition of the Museum Ulm @kunsthalle weishaupt opens on Sunday, 14 January 2024... —› more
Hans Dieter Schaal, born and raised in Ulm in 1943, is internationally recognised as an architect, exhibition and landscape designer, stage designer, artist and author. Since the 1980s, he has lived near Biberach, from where he has developed and managed his countless projects. The Museum Ulm is honouring his 80th... —› more
The product designer and lecturer Franco Clivio has collected around 1000 mostly small objects from everyday use and is now presenting them in an exhibition. What unites these things are their sophisticated design and functionality, based on a special idea and construction. Very few of them are known who invented... —› more
23 works of art from the Palaeolithic period are the focus of the new travelling exhibition of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Weltkultursprung (World Cultural Leap Working Group)at the Museum Ulm. The originals come from important sites in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia and are between 42,000 and 11,700 years... —› more
The Kunstverein Ulm e.V., the BBK – Ulm e.V., the Künstlergilde Ulm e.V., and the Museum Ulm will organise the “23rd Triennale Ulmer Kunst” in the kunsthalle weishaupt as a cooperative project under the motto “Vorsicht Umbau!” (“Caution rebuild!”). For the second time in the long history of the Triennale... —› more
Jost Münster relies entirely on the means and possibilities of painting. Born in Ulm in 1968, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and at Goldsmiths Collage of Arts in London, where he also lives and works today. He belongs to a generation of artists who are... —› more
Since its founding in 1982, the Friends of the Ulm Museum Association has supported the Museum Ulm, especially with purchases for the museum collections. In recent years, works by Georges Braque, Otto Dix, Erich Heckel, George Grosz, Jenny Holzer, Paul Klee, Dieter Krieg, Wolfgang Laib, Heinz Mack, Jeanne Mammen, Nam... —› more
Like no other material, plastics stand for democratization in the world of things. They are suitable as substitutes for traditional materials, are cheap starting material for mass-produced penny products, indispensable in medical technology or the automotive industry. They can be molded into any shape, drawn, inflated, and given any colour... —› more
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Otl Aicher (1922-1991), one of the most influential communication designers of the 20th century, the Museum Ulm presents an exhibition that focuses on the design of opposition and protest in international contemporary culture. Protest and civil disobedience were strong traits of Otl... —› more
In autumn 2020, a national debate flared up over the depiction of a black royal figure from the christmas cot, which has been placed in Ulm minster every year since 1992. Carved in the mid-1920s by Ulm sculptor Martin Scheible (1873-1954) on a private commission for a family in Ulm,... —› more
Otl Aicher (1922-1991) was one of the leading designers in the second half of the 20th century. With the posters for the Ulm Adult Education Center (vh ulm) or for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Otl Aicher created designs that are still influential today. As a co-founder of the... —› more
In the 17th century, Ulm produced art of the highest quality: David Heschler (1611 – 1667) and his pupil Johann Ulrich Hurdter (1631/32 – 1716) created masterly works as carvers; their speciality were virtuoso small-format sculptures made of ivory or wood. In addition to religious themes, they catered to contemporary... —› more
Every two years, the city of Ulm announces an award for young artists from Ulm. The Museum Ulm is pleased to present the prize winner in the field of visual arts, Dean Annunziata (*1990 Ulm I Lives and works in Berlin), in a solo exhibition. The works of Dean Annunziata,... —› more
For 30 years, Johannes Brunner (*1963 in Pfullendorf) and Raimund Ritz (*1964 in Meckenbeuren) – one a sculptor, the other a composer – have been testing the crossover of art and music, film and theater, installation and performance. Their interdisciplinary collaboration has resulted in extraordinary projects and site-specific works with... —› more
With the exhibition “The Ulm Stool: Idea – Icon – Idol“, the HfG-Archiv Ulm places one of the most famous designs created at the Ulm School of Design (HfG) at the center of an analytical presentation for the first time. By means of a multifaceted look at the different conditions... —› more
The exhibition “FUGE. Between the day after tomorrow and yesterday” of the interdisciplinary network INTER- takes up the principle of the fugue as a method of insertion and connection to negotiate the relationship between individual and group in exhibition production. The fugue refers to the polyphony of the network: the... —› more
The exhibition presents the works and results from the workshops as part of “Successful Failure – A Media Art Camp between Berblinger and Battle Royale”. Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger from Ulm experienced first-hand how close success and failure are when he attempted to fly over the Danube in 1811 with a... —› more
Real and virtual spaces are interpenetrating with increasing speed. The topography of natural habitats has become alien to us in many cases. Reality as an experience is disappearing. And with its loss, the longing for its rediscovery is growing. In a time of dystopias, in which multiple crises are upsetting... —› more
This year’s 40th anniversary of the death of the publisher, art collector and founder Kurt Fried (30 March 1906 to 22 March 1981) is being used by the Museum Ulm as an opportunity to launch a public appeal for a reissue of his exhibition project “Das schönste Bild bei mir... —› more
With the exhibition “HfG Ulm: Exhibition Fever“, the HfG-Archiv is dedicated to the connection between design and exhibitions. The presentation provides a new view of the design school in an international context. For the first time, the focus is on the HfG exhibition activities, which contributed significantly to its worldwide... —› more
Lois Hechenblaikner caused a sensation last June with the publication of his illustrated book Ischgl, published by the prestigious Steidl Verlag. Since the mid-1990s, the photographer, who comes from Alpbachtal in Tyrol, has been working on the effects of mass tourism on his homeland. For him, Ischgl in particular, with... —› more
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Joseph Beuys’ birthday in 2021, the Museum Ulm and the Kunsthalle Vogelmann Heilbronn are dedicating a joint exhibition project to the artist of the century. The focus is not only on Joseph Beuys as an outstanding artistic personality, but also primarily as... —› more
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Museum Ulm is presenting a cabinet exhibition of new graphic works by the artist Paco Knöller, who was born in Obermarchtal and today is one of the most important German contemporary artists of his generation. Already during his studies at the Kunstakademie... —› more
Art on the Stream brings together artistic positions, artists and curators from the Danube region and is created in the spirit of closer cooperation between the Danube countries. The various artistic positions, artists and curators from the Danube countries will be shown in a travelling exhibition in the years 2020-2022.... —› more
Thomas Kahl is regarded as one of the founders of the Kradhalle group of artists, named after the former Kraftradhalle in Ulm, which gave new impulses to the Ulm art scene. Besides Thomas Kahl, members were Andrew Greif, Peter Knabl and Patrick Pilsl. The collection of the Museum Ulm shows... —› more
Provenance research at the Museum Ulm Due to the Corona crisis the exhibition must be cancelled. It may be made up at a later date. The exhibition gives an insight into the work of provenance research and presents concrete cases from the Museum Ulm. It marks the conclusion of a... —› more
Since 2011 they have been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Prehistoric Lake Dwellings around the Alps”, the ruins of a 6000 year old moor village in the valley of the river Blau near Ehrenstein near Ulm. Due to the location in the damp valley floor, the remains of... —› more
On 24 June 2020, he celebrates his 250th birthday, an inventor who is as brilliant as he is risk-taking: Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger. Better known as “Schneider von Ulm”, he went down in history with his flight attempt in 1811. The anniversary celebrations under the title “Berblinger 2020” will not only... —› more
The Museum Ulm now offers a new insight into its versatile and extensive graphic collection with important works from Hans Arp to Albrecht Dürer and Pablo Picasso to Januarius Zick. The graphic collection of the Museum Ulm comprises a total of around 25,000 works. After the modern collection of paintings... —› more
Bauhaus and international style in Tel Aviv Exhibition location: HfG Archive, Am Hochsträss 8, 89081 Ulm As part of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, the HfG Archive in cooperation with the Consulate General of the State of Israel presents the exhibition “Preservation and Renewal: Bauhaus and International Style in... —› more
bleeptrack – code/art Opening I Fri I 08 November 2019 I 5 p.m. The prizewinner Junge Ulmer Kunst Bleeptrack alias Sabine Wieluch (*1992) studied computer science and has acquired a broad spectrum of knowledge through her broad field of interest. In her artistic work she works with particular passion on... —› more
Paul Kleinschmidt (1883-1949) provided the motifs for his imagery of the wild city life in Berlin in the 1920s with its coffee houses and bars. Rarely shown are the seductive pastry still lifes and coffee house pieces of this painter, who treated color with the virtuosity of a confectioner. Sonja... —› more
After the Second World War, the architect Hans Gugelot [hans gyʒəlo] was an important pioneer of German industrial design. He was an important personality at the HfG, his name stood for their success in the field of product development. In April 2020 his 100th birthday will be celebrated. Hans Gugelot... —› more
Museum in rearrangement What does a museum collect? What do we want to preserve, what is important for us and our history? What is art and what may vanish? Up to ninety percent of all museum collections cannot be seen in exhibitions. They wait in the depots for rediscovery or... —› more
A new Bauhaus is founded in Ulm: after the Second World War, this news spread quickly among former Bauhaus residents and all those involved in architecture and product design. The initiative for this came from the HfG founders Inge Scholl, Otl Aicher and Max Bill; Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius gave... —› more
Bauhaus Studio 100 Exhibition location: HfG-Archiv I Am Hochsträß 8 I 89081 Ulm Opening I Fri I 22 November 2019 I 7 p.m. 100 years after its foundation, the Bauhaus is still a source of inspiration, and designers and artists refer to the designs and attitudes of this first German... —› more
The kunsthalle weishaupt and the Museum Ulm are realising a joint project with Alexander Kluge on the occasion of his many years of collaboration with the HfG Archive and the 50th anniversary of the Theater Ulm. The theme is the power of music, which experiences a special expression in opera.... —› more
– Bone Stories out of 100.000 Years The Lone Valley near Ullm is best known for its caves, home of the oldest known figurative works of art such as the „Lion Man“. In 2017, the caves in the lower portion of the valley were declared part of the UNESCO world... —› more
FLUXUS was a revolutionary art movement of the 20th century. It originated at the beginning of the 1960s simultaneously in Europe and the USA. The initiative of visual artists and musicians radically broke with familiar notions of art and fundamentally changed the boundaries between art and everyday life. Fluxus artists... —› more
Exhibition at the HfG Archive (Archive of the Ulm School of Design), Am Hochsträss 8, 89081 Ulm A bench for breastfeeding in public spaces, a hijab for high performance sport, a prostate-relief bicycle seat, a swanky puffer and a smouldering femme-fatale, boys prefer blue and girls love pink? What... —› more
Friendship books from four centuries in Ulm We haven’t just been collecting friends since Facebook came into existence: Already in the 16th century the “Album Amicorum”, also called friendship or family book, began its success story. The small books were particularly popular with young men. During their studies, journeyman... —› more
Video games are the most monetized and aesthetically bewildering artefacts of the present age. They have long since conquered children‘s and living rooms aswell as offices. And we don‘t want to miss them on our smartphones either. At least since the New York Museum of Modern Art has acquired selected... —› more
Restoration of a portrait from the year 1630 On the occasion of the European Restoration Day on 14 October 2018, the Museum Ulm is opening the newly established studio exhibition Restoration. Current restoration projects will be presented in changing presentations. The exhibition series starts with the portrait of the... —› more
Since its foundation in 1982, the Verein der Freunde des Ulmer Museums has supported the directorate in its work. One of its aims is to provide funds for the purchase of works of art for the museum. So far, the Museum Ulm has been able to acquire 33 works of... —› more
From July 07 to September 23, 2018 the BBK – Ulm e.V, the Kunstverein Ulm, the Künstlergilde Ulm e.V. and the Museum Ulm are organising the 22nd Art Triennial Ulm at the Museum Ulm. This platform for Ulm artists was created in 1955 by the then museum curator Herbert Pée to... —› more
In 1968, the year of the student movement, the Ulm School of Design (HfG) was closed. An ambitious educational project of the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany had come to its close. In the late 1950s and early 1960s the city of Ulm had develloped into a... —› more
Albert Einstein (1879 Ulm – 1955 Princeton/New Jersey) not only revolutionised physics and our view of the world. His statements regarding culture, politics and pacifism keep inspiring generation after generation all over the world. To honour one of the greatest geniuses of the 20th century, Albert Einstein’s native city, the... —› more
Living in 9m²: ‘aVOID’ is the first mobile apartment that comes in the shape of a terraced house. Developed by young Italian architect Leonardo Di Chiara, this prototype can easily bear comparison with a Swiss army knife: All the comfort needed for sleeping, cooking and living can literally be pulled... —› more
One of the most spectacular discoveries in archaeology, the 40,000-years-old lion man, the largest sculpture of Ice Age art and the oldest depiction of a mythical creature, is on display at Museum Ulm. It was discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel in the Lonetal near Ulm, one of six caves in the... —› more
East and west, tradition and modernity, discipline and free thinking: Chinese artist Zhuang Hong Yi (*1962 Sichuan/China I lives in Rotterdam and Peking) unites these seemingly disparate concepts almost effortlessly, condensing them into works that are more wall installations than paintings, due to their very haptic, three-dimensional character and the... —› more
Summer 1965 in Ahmedabad, India. Hans Gugelot, lecturer at the HfG Ulm (a successor institution of the Bauhaus) is a guest of the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad (NID). Together with Indian designer Gajanan Upadhyay and students he designs the Indian Lounge, also known as 24/42 Chairs. This exemplifies... —› more
A sculpture is floating in a digital environment, constantly changing its size or surface property. Such a work can’t exist in a reality bound by the laws of physics. The possibilities offered by the digital realm enhance the creation of art and the contemporary artists’ power of innovation, honoured for... —› more
On the occasion of Walter Zeischegg’s 100th birthday, the Studio HfG will present a selection of works by the product designer and sculptor. Walter Zeischeg (1917–1983) was connected closely to the Ulm School of Design from its very beginnings. In 1951, Max Bill asked him to join the staff. His... —› more
Paper avalanches rise up in the room, ceramic plants sprout on the walls and copper neoplasms interweave into razor thin threads. The works presented in this exhibition resemble imaginary plants and magnified microorganisms, now revealing themselves. A new terrain, mysterious and oppressive at the same time: fragile carton walls with... —› more
In 2015, Museum Ulm celebrated its 90th year of existence with a large special exhibition presenting the work of Heinz Mack. The internationally renowned artist had been in regular communication with Ulm. The exhibition ‘Mack. Das Licht meiner Farben’ (the light of my colours) with 140 works provided an overview... —› more
The multi-cultural society is not a novelty of the present age, but a reality we have been living in for a long time. The group exhibition ‘Glaubensfragen’ (questions of faith) by Museum Ulm and the Museum of the Bible, Washington D.C., addressed this forever relevant topic using the example of... —› more
40,000 years ago, hunters of the Ice Age travelled upstream along the river Danube to the Swabian Jura. They found shelter in the caves in the prehistoric Danube Valley, where, for the first time, they created small artworks, figures made from mammoth ivory as well as musical instruments – an... —› more
In his works, painter Max Arthur Stremel, born in 1859 in Zittau, Saxony, influenced and absorbed the art of impressionism in Germany. During his summer stays in Belgium and Holland he engaged in plein air painting – painting outdoors – to study and capture the effect of light on the... —› more
41 minutes – will be the travel time of regional trains between Ulm and Stuttgart on the new ICE line crossing the Swabian Jura. The extensive excavations conducted at the same time as the railway construction provided unique insights into the settlement history of the Swabian Jura from the Neolithic... —› more
Kurt Deschler (1917—2003) was the descendant of a long-established entrepreneurial family from Söflingen (Steiger & Deschler GmbH). He was not only one of the passionate art collectors and patrons of his time; in his many years as a town councillor he had also been involved both in political and social... —› more
Every year since 1992, the wooden nativity scene by Martin Scheible is on display during Christmas time at Ulm Minster. The sculptor from Neu-Ulm carved this ensemble with 26 figures from lime-wood in 1923. Only the central figures, Mary, Joseph and the Infant Jesus, were replaced with new versions eleven... —› more
Part of the late Gothic features of the choir at Ulm Minster was a lavishly ornamented seat for the priest and his two deacons. This piece of furniture, also called vespertolium, is where the officiants would be seated during specific parts of the liturgy. The vespertolium at Ulm Minster, placed... —› more
For the first time since 1991, Museum Ulm is presenting almost the entire collection of journalist and publisher Kurt Fried (1906-1981), an impressive, almost encyclopedic spectrum of the art developments in the 20th century. As a patron of the arts, Fried had the opportunity to compile an extraordinary collection of... —› more
On the occasion of the 2017 Reformation Anniversary, Museum Ulm cooperates with the Protestant St. Paul’s Church, devoting a studio exhibition to the painter Adolf Hölzel from Stuttgart (1853—1934) and his creative work in Ulm. Built in 1908-1910, the St. Paul’s Church houses the only personal mural painting of Adolf... —› more
ARTPERIUM, founded by the artists Raoul Kaufer (*1957) and Peter Nowotny (*1953), transforms the art market into a real and virtual piece of art, offering the participation in a continuously growing network. Renowned artworks from different eras are offered on the website ARTPERIUM for purchase and resale in digital format... —› more
Walt Disney was one of the most creative minds of the 20th century. He invented not only Mickey Mouse, using animation to revolutionise the art of story telling through film, he also created an inimitable universe of imagination that is uniting generations and cultures to this day. The exhibition travels... —› more
The cabinets of art, wonders or curiosities of the 16th century are regarded as the nucleus of the museum concept as we know it today. They included not only art, but everything that was unique, exotic or valuable and therefore seemed worth collecting. It is not surprising that this time... —› more
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