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.

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 - 16.2.2025

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

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

History Harvest is back!

November 21th at 7.00 p.m.

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?

December 2th at 7.30 p.m.

On December 2, 1924, the operetta “Der Studentenprinz in Heidelberg” had its world premiere on Broadway in New York.
A melodramatic love story in the typical setting of the Heidelberg fraternities with their drinking and love songs, the play quickly became a worldwide success.