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Film & discussion Message of 14. November 2024

On December 2, 1924, the operetta “Der Studentenprinz in Heidelberg” had its world premiere on Broadway in New York. The play by composer Sigmund Romberg, based on a play by Wilhelm Meyer-Förster, has been filmed three times since the 1930s. 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. Performances such as at the Heidelberg Castle Festival show how popular the material still is today. SWR author Eberhard Reuß has captured the magic of this successful production in a documentary film, which we will be presenting this evening at the MTC. Together with the author and the program director of the German-American Institute Heidelberg, Dr. Lena Jöhnk, Uwe Wenzel will discuss the cultural and social background of this success on both sides of the Atlantic. Admission is free
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Film poster of Beyond the Barracks: Traces of Heidelberg's America (Film author: Kilian Nagel)

Film premiere & talk Message of 07. November 2024

As part of our History Harvest event series, we are celebrating the film premiere of “Beyond the Barracks - Traces of Heidelberg's America” by Kilian Nagel The screening starts at 19:00. The movie is subtitled in English. Afterwards we will have a discussion with the film author Kilian Nagel. The film premiere is on Thursday, November 21 at 7 pm, followed by a discussion with the film author Kilian Nagel
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A painting shows 19th century researchers excavating the skull of a dinosaur. A dinosaur rises up in the background.

Opening of the special exhibtion SEEING TRUTH Message of 10. September 2024

Special exhibition How do we find truths? And how do art, science and museums work together to produce truths? We look forward to opening the special exhibition together with our guests on Thursday, September 19 at 7 p.m. >>SEEING TRUTH - Art, museums and science in the production of knowledge<<. The exhibition will be open to the public for the first time from Friday, September 20 from 13:00 - 18:00. Friday, September 20, 2024 until Sunday, February 16, 2025
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Vehicle inspection by MPs (Stadtarchiv Heidelberg, Nachlass S. Kresin)

History Harvest with Thomas Curtis Jones Message of 17. October 2023

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