Exhibitions
On now
Cargo Cults Unlimited
Markets as myth: economic rituals under the ethnographic lens.
Belarusian Sculpture of the 17th–18th Century
Two centuries of Belarusian sculpture, Baroque to folk.
Mexica - Offerings and Gods at the Templo Mayor
Sacred offerings and gods from the Templo Mayor
The Dawn of the Department Store: Fashion, Design, Toys, Advertising. 1852-1925
How the department store reshaped modern consumer culture.
A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
NZ's earliest photographs, on show at Auckland Museum
Arborhythm
Tree-shaped speakers remix SF's natural and urban sounds.
Widely Varying Styles. Selected new additions to the collection
New acquisitions spanning diverse styles, media, and periods.
Stage Jewelry from the Comédie-Française
Dazzling theatrical jewels from the Comédie-Française
Cocoa, Art and Colonialism. The Philipp Keller Shipping Collection
Maritime artefacts explore cocoa, art, and colonial history.
Horse in Majesty – At the Heart of a Civilisation
The horse as symbol of power across European history.
Colonial — Switzerland's Global Entanglements
Switzerland's hidden colonial ties explored in depth
Table Manners
Design, food, and the art of eating together
Autobiographie d'une selle metis (Collections invisibles 2024)
A saddle's biography unlocks invisible histories of identity
UTOPIA and REALITY
70 years of visionary science at Nikola Tesla Museum
Experiences of Switzerland – Forced Fostering
Forced fostering in Switzerland: survivors' stories told
Anne Frank The Exhibition
A full-scale recreation of Anne Frank's hiding place brings one of history's most powerful stories to life — an unmissable immersive experience.
The Shohei Ohtani Collection Tokyo
A showcase of memorabilia and artifacts celebrating the career of baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, displayed in Tokyo.
The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM Collection
A journey through ZKM's ever-evolving permanent collection, where art and technology intertwine across decades of media art history.
Arts of Africa
Africa's diverse artistic traditions across centuries
Stories from the Spaces In Between
Art that illuminates life's quiet, in-between moments.
Waves of Influence
Tracing the far-reaching currents of artistic inspiration
The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
Six centuries of painting from Puerto Rico's finest collection.
Classic Computing 2025
Vintage computers tracing the history of the digital age
etwas wagen
Contemporary art that dares to challenge conventions.
Context 2026 - Filter Space
Photography show on filters, perception, and digital reality.
Why We Look: Questioning the World Before Us
A meditation on photography and the act of looking
Resilience and Resistance
Contemporary art on survival, protest, and defiance.
A Book is a Conversation with a Stranger in the Future
Art that reimagines the book as a dialogue across time.
Paul Poiret, fashion is a party
A landmark retrospective of fashion rebel Paul Poiret.
Revolution!
Art and revolution across history, at The Met.
TAKK
Six mobile elements reimagine coexistence at MAXXI's entrance.
Saint-Porchaire
Nine rare Saint-Porchaire ceramics, unseen since the 1800s.
The archive of segno magazine
50 years of segno magazine, now in the MAXXI archive.
Memory and Matter: Personal and Collective Histories
Artists explore memory and history through evocative materials.
Feel the Beat: Dance in Photographs
Dance captured in photographs, from clubs to the stage.
Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific
Bold contemporary art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific.