Upcoming19 February 2022 — 19 June 2022
We need to talk!: The cathedral nativity scene in a controversy
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
26 March 2022 — 8 January 2023
Otl Aicher 100: Exhibition HfG-Archiv Ulm
Posters are created for the street and develop their effect in public space. With the designation “gallery of the street”, the 19th century understood the poster primarily as an artistic medium. In the 20th century, it became the preferred instrument for product advertising and political propaganda. Throughout his life, posters... —› more
7 May 2022 — 25 September 2022
Baroque in Ulm!: An epoch in 100 works
The 17th century was also a time of extremes for Ulm: despite the catastrophe of the Thirty Years’ War, the city experienced a cultural and intellectual flourishing. The architect and mathematician Joseph Furttenbach (1591-1667) published important writings on architecture, technology and mechanics here. The Ulm merchant Christoph Weickmann (1617-1681) compiled... —› more
12 November 2022 — 16 April 2023
Otl Aicher - Resistance and Protest: Symbols, Gestures, Signals
Protest and civil disobedience were strong traits of the political man Otl Aicher. Already as a teenager, he decided against the appropriation by the National Socialist regime of injustice, which did not shy away from using visual design as a means of manipulation. With this exhibition, the Museum Ulm shows... —› more
