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Mark Twain Center front view (Foto: MTC/Stadt Heidelberg)

Commemoration, research and culture

With its three pillars of commemoration, research and culture and the combination of local history and discussion of issues of importance for the future of transatlantic relations, the Mark Twain Center is in a unique position.

Discovering the exhibition with the tablet (photo: Christian Buck)

Join the Story - Permanent exhibition

The permanent multimedia exhibition "Join the Story" brings history to life on 900 square meters. Using Heidelberg as an example, it shows how the historically close ties between Germans and Americans have developed over the past 200 years.

Film poster of Beyond the Barracks: Traces of Heidelberg's America (Film author: Kilian Nagel) — Beyond the Barracks: Traces of Heidelberg's America (Film author: Kilian Nagel)

History Harvest is back!

November 21th at 7.00pm

After the Second World War, picturesque Heidelberg became the headquarters of the U.S. Army Europe. A decade after the withdrawal of the US military, Kilian Nagel portrays the special relationship between the German and American city population and takes stock: What remains of the USA in Heidelberg?

Headquarter US Army Heidelberg in the 1950s

Guided tour with Dr. Uwe Wenzel

October 27th at 2.00pm

We warmly invite you to a tour of our new special exhibition “Seeing Truth. Art, Science and Museums and the Production of Knowledge” with the curator Dr. Uwe Wenzel. Registration is not necessary.

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