The image shows a graphic on which circles are connected by lines and glow. All circles are connected by a purple ribbon.

BioMedia

The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior

Sat, 18.12.2021
–Sun, 28.08.2022
On view is the exhibition cube »History and Memory - The Federal Archives«.

Geschichte und Erinnerung

Multimedia interactive touring exhibition of the Federal Archives

Wed, 05.01.2022
– Sun, 13.02.2022
The glass cube of the ZKM sparkles in the dark with bright points of light. An installation by Walter Giers.

until Sun, 30.01.2022
Portrait of Hala

Nobody's Listening

An Immersive Exhibition Promoting Justice for Iraq's Forgotten Genocide

Sat, 02.10.2021
–Sun, 23.01.2022
Wobble Garden

zkm_gameplay. the next level

The computer game platform of the ZKM

open again from 28.07.21!
A visualization of a network is shown. The edges of the network are colored in different colors.

Sat, 01.05.2021
– Sun, 03.04.2022

Our exhibitions are open Wednesday to Sunday.

For the exhibition visit as well as for events, guided tours and workshops, the 2G+ rule currently applies. Visitors with booster vaccinations or full immunization no longer than 3 months ago are exempt from the testing requirement. The proof must be carried on the basis of a QR code via app or in paper form. In addition, visitors need an official identification document (ID card or passport) for verification. 

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Notes for your visit

Current events

David Monacchi can be seen in a blue room. Sound tracks are projected on the walls. Chairs are placed in the center of the room.
David Monacchi. Explorative and Compositional Spaces for Fragments of Extinction

Sun, 23.01.2022, 7 pm

You can see the event banner of the live coding hacklab 2022
on-the-fly: Live-Coding Hacklab

Fri, 28.01.2022 – Sun, 30.01.2022

Today's Opening Hours

The exhibitions are open from 10 am–6 pm today!

General Opening Hours

Admission fees

The current prices for a visit at ZKM

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ZKM | Karlsruhe

Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe
Germany

Travelling to ZKM

NEWS FROM ZKM

You can see the portrait of an old man looking directly into the camera.
In remembrance of Alvin Lucier
ZKM mourns the death of the US-American sound artist and pioneer of electronic experimental music.
Obituary
All News at a Glance

Voices from ZKM

The left half of Dominika Szope's face illuminated in red against a black background.

 

Dominika Szope: »Es wird einmal…«

Two women stand in a passageway with technical equipment behind the scenes at the ZKM and look around.

 

Himmel & Hölle

Eine Reise zu den entlegendsten Winkeln des ZKM

A screenshot of four people in a Zoom meeting.

 

A Museum Worker, a Climate Activist, a Museum Visitor and an Artist Walk into a Zoom Meeting

Online Performance

ZKM international

ZKM puts on countless touring exhibitions all over the world. For many years, they have been organized in close collaboration with the Goethe-Institute. Innovative exhibition formats have been developed, generating enthusiasm worldwide. 

More about our international exhibitions

 

Visitor of the opening of the exhibition series »Poetic Expansions«
Education & Mediation
Museum communication is interdisciplinary, cross-media and participatory!
program
  • Someone is painting with a stylus, a special pen for displays, on an iPad.
    Formats
    Our formats, which return regularly, appeal to a wide range of interests.
  • Microcontroller Calliope Mini
    Offers
    A day at ZKM means immersion in an entire cosmos of analogue and digital worlds.

ZKM among the top 5 world museums!

 

Museum of Modern Art, New York -- Biennale di Venezia -- Centre Pompidou, Paris -- ZKM -- Karlsruhe...

... in the current ranking of the world's largest art database »ArtFacts.net«, ZKM achieved fourth place among the best exhibition houses. Of course, we are very happy about that!

More about the ranking

Exhibition view "Light Art from Artificial Light"

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