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.

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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.

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A 19th century painting shows researchers excavating the skull of a dinosaur. A dinosaur rises up in the background.

Special exhibition
Seeing Truth - Art, science and museums in the production of knowledge

20.9.2024 - 27.04.2025

How do we find truths? And how do art, science and museums work together to produce truths?

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the bust of a North African man lies on the shelf of a museum archive

“SEEING TRUTH” - in conversation:
with the US-American photo artist Ben Ripley and the art historian Alexis Boylan

Thu, February 6, 2025, 7:00 p.m.

Admission free.

The event will be held in English.

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