Past exhibitions

Witching Hour

At the dark hour of the ghosts, a queasy feeling creeps over even the bravest. Fear of ghosts has accompanied people since time immemorial, and even today the misty figures fascinate us. And not only as fiction in film and literature, but also as very real beings. The belief in ghosts is very much alive and has not died out in our country either.

At first glance, magical thinking seems to have disappeared from our everyday lives today. Since the Enlightenment, rational thinking has been in demand. However, the more rationalistic we think and loudly deny ghosts in the bright light of day, the more vividly they haunt the world of the unconscious. And indeed, the belief in ghosts is still there today, although it usually takes place in secret.

The exhibition explains the importance of ghosts in our society today and lets ghost believers have their say. A look into the past shows which ideas of ghosts our ancestors lived with. And last but not least, it is about the most gruesome side of ghosts: the haunting.

In addition to the descriptions and reports, critical questions are also asked about how and why, because the gulf between spirit believers and non-believers is deep - as it should be for questions of faith. Unambiguous answers cannot be given. This is illustrated by the "Ghost Club," a round of ghost experts from a wide variety of directions who discuss with each other after each of the four exhibition chapters.