Museum of the Future —17 Digital Experiments

This exhibition explores how digitalization and artificial intelligence can enhance the experience of objects in museums in the future.

A chair that no-one can sit on anymore or a puppet hanging silently by its strings – many fascinating objects are difficult to display in a museum. Some are too big, some too delicate; others must not be touched or moved for reasons of preservation. Exhibiting objects is always a balancing act between the two core missions of a museum: conservation and sharing of knowledge. As a result, many exhibits can only be experienced in a limited way. But digital technologies offer new ways to make otherwise inaccessible objects accessible to the public. This exhibition investigates the potential of digitalization and AI for the museums of tomorrow. Seventeen experiments turn the exhibition space into a laboratory of the future, inviting visitors to explore, among other things, the largest digital image ever created.