What are you doing there?
Why museums are important

What are you doing there?
Why museums are important

What are you doing there?
Why museums are important

Special exhibition
4 April to 31 August 2025
New Gallery

The exhibition provides an insight into the multifaceted work of museums. It explores the question of what museums do - and why they are indispensable for our society. Using selected exhibits, accompanied by texts, pictures and short films, the exhibition shows how museums work.

The focus is on the five traditional tasks of a museum, as defined by the International Council of Museums (ICOM): collecting, preserving, researching, interpreting and exhibiting. Selected objects provide an authentic insight into the work of the Hessen Kassel Heritage collections.

An issue of the “more.about” magazine will be published for the exhibition.

Opening Hours

TagUhrzeit
Tuesdays to Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Public holidays10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Every 4th Friday of the month 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
24, 25, and 31 DecemberClosed
1 January12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Museum Night2 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Admission prices

KategoriePreis
Adults€8
Concessions€5
Under 18'sFree
Annual pass€60

Contact

Hessen Kassel Heritage
Neue Galerie
Schöne Aussicht 1
34117 Kassel
Germany

+49 (0)561 316 80-400
info@heritage-kassel.de

Visitor service
+49 (0)561 316 80-123
service@heritage-kassel.de

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair accessible
    (Mobile seating and wheelchairs available).
  • Lift
  • Accessible toilets
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Multimedia guide in German sign language
  • Service Dogs welcome
  • Dedicated parking bays for people with reduced mobility

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Hessisches Landesmuseum

Museum of Hessian History
On a journey through time in North Hesse

Park Karlsaue

Karlsaue Park
Recreation area in the city centre

Planetarium

Planetarium
Flight to the stars

Hessisches Landesmuseum

Museum of Hessian History
On a journey through time in North Hesse

Park Karlsaue

Karlsaue Park
Recreation area in the city centre