Temporary exhibitions

Oskar Schindler – bon vivant and lifesaver

07.06. – 27.10.2024

The Sudeten German entrepreneur Oskar Schindler (1908-1974) and his wife Emilie saved 1,200 Jews from the Nazi extermination camps. This act of humanity and civil courage only became known to the general public in 1993 with the feature film Schindler’s List. To mark the 50th anniversary of Oskar Schindler’s death, the Sudeten German Museum is organising a special exhibition to tell the story of his rescue operation and illustrate the life of a man with charisma and contradictory character traits.

“Such theatre!” Puppets from Bohemia and Moravia

08.12.2023 – 13.02.2024

The exhibition shows the development of puppets and puppet theatre in Bohemia and Moravia. Based on the unique private collection of Anita and Hartmut Naefe, various aspects of the subject are presented in an exciting and entertaining way. A richly illustrated catalogue will also be published to accompany the exhibition. An attractive accompanying programme is in preparation.

I am a bit of a magician … Otfried Preußler’s story worlds

21.07. – 12.11.2023

“I am a bit of a magician …”, said Otfried Preußler about his work as a writer. The Little Water Sprite and The Little Witch, The Robber Hotzenplotz and Krabat are classics of German-language children’s and youth literature and continue to enchant children and adults to this day. Preußler found his story materials and characters in his northern Bohemian homeland, the Jizera Mountains. To mark the 100th anniversary of the author’s birth, the Sudeten German Museum is looking for traces of him in a special exhibition.

Here you can see the exhibition in 360°.

“All manner of artworks” – Relief inlays from Eger

15.07. – 04.12.2022

In the 17th century, a unique form of handicraft emerged in the town of Eger: inlaid works made from wood, so-called relief inlays. The exhibition presents these rare, virtuosically crafted works of art in their historical and political context.

The exhibition catalogue is available here.

Go on a relief inlays 360° tour here!

“Everything else can be replaced…” – Christmas cribs from Bohemia and Moravia

09.12.2021 – 02.02.2022

On display were cribs and Christmas decorations from the collection of the Sudeten German Museum. The exhibition catalogue can be purchased here.

Take a virtual 360-degree tour of the exhibition here.

Werner Reinisch – From Bohemia to the Ardèche – new works

30.09.2021 – 21.11.2021

Born in Egerland in 1930, the artist lives and works today in the French Ardèche. But his expressionist paintings are imbued with the memory of his Bohemian homeland. The exhibition showed around 40 paintings and graphic works, most of which had been executed in the previous three years.

Take a virtual 360-degree tour of the exhibition here.