You can see five children walking through water. On the left side are white balloons.

Sat, 10.09.2022
– Sun, 05.02.2023
John Sanborn

Sat, 09.07.2022
– Sun, 30.10.2022
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
On display is an interactive sound sculpture built from recycled speakers, tube radios and keyboards.

Thu, 18.08.2022
– Sun, 03.10.2022

Information for visitors // Update September 16

Until 15.10.
Due to renovation work, we are unfortunately unable to show any exhibitions in Atrium 8+9 at present.

Current events

The text on the image reads Anti War Coalition.Art. The image resembles a test pattern. There are many color stripes visible.
Antiwarcoalition.art as a guest at ZKM

Wed, September 28, 2022 5 pm - 9.30 pm

You can see two portraits.
Opening: "Katharina John. Talking Heads"

Thu, September 29, 2022 6 pm 

View of a grid structure with capacitors and other electronic elements.
Just in Time

Fri, October 07, 2022 - Sat, October 08, 2022

It’s about Life

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

Sat, 26.03.2022 – Fri, 30.09.2022

All events

NEWS FROM ZKM

Soun-Gui Kim with Bow and Arrow, black and white
Female Perspectives
Women in Media Art
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The exhibitions are open from 10 am–6 pm today!

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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.

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