Preview exhibitions

 

 

Farbiger Baum aus Ton mit rotem Stamm, grossen Blättern und Blüten, links davon Eva und rechts davon Adam, jeweils mit Blatt

Tree of life

Christmas exhibition

22 November 2024 – 12 January 2025

Trees are amongst the oldest living beings on earth. They join the heavens and earth, and serve as inspiration for stories and art. Beyond our narrow, anthropocentric view, trees are intelligent, sentient, and sovereign protagonists with their own life histories. Taking the motif of the tree of life as a starting point, the exhibition explores diverse encounters and relationships between people and trees.

Bunte, comicartige zweidimensionale Zeichnungen von indigenen Menschen, die Hände halten, Früchte pflücken, zeichnen, mit einer Schaufel hantieren

Creators

The makers behind the works

11 April 2025 – 25 January 2026

The exhibition explores the ingenuity, the skills, and the life histories of the creators of objects held by the museum – from simple everyday items to elaborate objects of ritual significance.

Fotografie von mehreren Menschen am Strand, die einen weiss-goldfarbenen, mit einem hohen Turm verzierten Sarg Richtung Wasser tragen.

The path to the beyond

5 September 2025 – 26 April 2026

How do different societies imagine the transition from this world to the beyond, how do they configure it, and what path does a soul or a deceased person set out on? Representations from art and popular culture as well as views from current neurological research complement the panopticon.