Media history(s) told anew!

Our permanent exhibition

Join us on a journey through the past, present, and future of communication: Using groundbreaking inventions, curious experiences, and unusual destinies, our permanent exhibition spans 2,500 square meters, covering everything from cuneiform tablets to data glasses with artificial intelligence.

Using the audio guide in the Lauschtour app, visitors can wander through our permanent exhibition and learn many interesting facts about the history of communication beyond the exhibition texts.

46 themed islands illustrate the development based on four central phenomena:

ACCELERATION – Our everyday life is characterised by stress and time pressure. We want to experience more, accomplish more and feel more in the time we have. This intensification speeds us up further. Digitization and mobility are contributing to and shaping the history of communication. Time has become the world’s scarcest resource – how do we deal with this development?

NETWORKING – Global networking began with shipping, railroads and telegraphy. Today, we network with people, information and things – mobile and in real time. The boundary to the digital world has become blurred. Does increased networking bring us closer together?

CONTROL – Almost everything is available online and smart devices enable access anytime, anywhere. Digitization offers limitless opportunities, but in the process we leave our mark: our data is becoming a sought-after commodity for companies and states. How can we take advantage of this digital world without giving up control of our personal data?

PARTICIPATION – Newspapers, radio and television keep us informed about world events. Through the Internet and smartphones, we can now become an active part of digital communities: we share our opinions, experiences and news. Theoretically – because not everyone can or wants to participate. Global togetherness or digital exclusion?

There is no set path through the museum. Similar to the World Wide Web, you can surf through the permanent exhibition and create your own personal links. At many interactive stations, you can learn in a playful way, leave us your opinion, check and compare your personal media usage, or pick up recommendations.

In our art gallery, you will find highlights from the collection related to phenomena in the history of communication. You can also check out our newly designed themed islands on artificial intelligence, including a “talking painting” featuring computer scientist Alan Turing.