May 2026
May 2026 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 7 more were on view across the city.

MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
The cultural history of cats, from the goddess Bastet to pets, memes and videos, with objects from around the world and contemporary art.

Museum der Arbeit
An exhibition for ages 14 and up on identity, discrimination and equality, with games, self-reflection modules and spaces for debate.

MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
An interactive family show on Carl Pettersson, a possible model for Pippi Longstocking's father, and German colonialism in the Pacific.

MARKK - Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt
The museum's entire Benin collection, shown ahead of restitution, with the 1897 conquest, looting and Hamburg's trade ties.
MK&G - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Fashion show on recycled design by XULY.Bët.

Hamburger Kunsthalle
About 70 paintings and sculptures from the museum's own holdings, questioning whether Impressionism still fits national categories (Deutsch-Französische Begegnungen).

Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hans Makart's monumental The Entry of Emperor Charles V into Antwerp (1878) with sixty other 19th-century paintings and sculptures in the Lichtwark Gallery.
A short note now and then when something new opens worth your time.