John Sanborn

Sat, 09.07.2022
– Sun, 30.10.2022
Human-like beings, made of colourful, fabric-like materials and fringes, walk in a row from left to right.

BioMedia

The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior

Sat, 18.12.2021
– Sun, 28.08.2022
A comic figure with blue trousers, a white shirt and pink hair runs into a turquoise coloured picture.

zkm_gameplay. the next level

The computer game platform of the ZKM

Since Sat, 29.09.2018 – Permanent exhibition
The face of an avatar of an artificial intelligence

Do They See Us?

Digiloglounge N°2

Wed, June 29, 2022
– Sun, August 28, 2022
On display is an interactive sound sculpture built from recycled speakers, tube radios and keyboards.

Thu, August 18, 2022 - Sun, September 18, 2022
Photo of a colorful projection mapping at night on the baroque Karlsruhe castle.

Thu, August 18, 2022 - Sun, September 18, 2022

Dear visitors,

The obligation to wear a mask at the ZKM will cease on 30.05.2022.

For your own protection as well as the protection of others and the ZKM staff, we recommend that you wear a mask for the duration of your visit and that you continue to observe the usual hygiene and distance rules.

We thank you for your understanding!

Current events

Elisabeth Walther-Bense with a laurel wreath in her hair.
The Art of Being the Queen

Tue, August 09, 2022 6 pm

Photo of a colorful projection mapping at night on the baroque Karlsruhe castle. You can see the text »Schlosslichtspiele«
Opening: SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022

Thu, August 18, 2022

A person with a hat, a halo and an eye instead of a head. Below two people dressed in white.
THE RESIDENTS – GOD IN 3 PERSONS

Saturday, 10.09.22 / 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Sunday, 11.09.22 / 6 p.m.

The text on the image reads Anti War Coalition.Art. The image resembles a test pattern. There are many color stripes visible.
ONE DAY WITH ANTI WAR COALITION

Wed, September 28, 2022 5 pm - 9.30 pm

It’s about Life

Lettering It's about life on blue background
The spring and summer program at ZKM

Sat, 26.03.2022 – Sun, 28.08.2022

All events

NEWS FROM ZKM

You can see five children walking through water. On the left side are white balloons.
Soun-Gui Kim: Lazy Clouds
Opening Friday, 09.09.2022, 18:00 pm
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Today's Opening Hours

The exhibitions are open from 11 am–6 pm today!

 

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ZKM | Karlsruhe

Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe
Germany

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Voices from ZKM

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

Heaven & Hell

A journey to the most hidden corners of the 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

 

Two girls sitting at a table are building a small robot using a motor, batteries, the head of a toothbrush and other utensils.
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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