When does the Cabinet of Wonders exhibition run?

The exhibition is on view from April 24, 2026 to August 30, 2026 at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.

How much is the admission?

The regular admission is €9. Reduced admission is €7, and children aged 6 to 17 pay €2.

Is the exhibition accessible?

Yes, the exhibition is reportedly accessible according to museum information.

Are there guided tours or accompanying programs?

Yes, there are artist-led tours, discussions, as well as regular and AI-assisted tours planned in the accompanying program.

Where does the exhibition take place?

At the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Museumstraße 1, 38100 Braunschweig.

Who is the visit particularly suitable for?

For art enthusiasts, families, students, and anyone wanting to explore printmaking, photography, sculpture, and curatorial space concepts.

Braunschweig discovers Lothar Osterburg's poetic cabinet of curiosities at HAUM

Name: Cabinet of Wonders – Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn
Start: 2026-04-24T02:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-31T01:59:59+02:00
Location: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Cabinet of Wonders at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum: Lothar Osterburg returns to Braunschweig

With Cabinet of Wonders – Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn, the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum will show the first comprehensive overview exhibition of the artist in Europe starting April 24, 2026. The exhibition combines printmaking, heliogravure, photography, sculpture, model making, and video into a multifaceted imagery between dream, memory, and fantasy.

An art experience between cabinet of curiosities and the present

Osterburg, born in Braunschweig in 1961 and living in New York for many years, returns to his hometown with this exhibition. The presentation at HAUM unfolds a special exhibition atmosphere: historical references to art and curiosity cabinets meet contemporary imagery strategies, meticulously constructed models, architectural miniatures, and the quiet depth of photogravure. This creates a contemplation of works that sharpens the view for scale, spatial effect, and material aesthetics.

Between printmaking, model, and imagination

Osterburg's works combine the precision of graphic techniques with poetic openness. The rare heliogravure, a demanding intaglio technique, gives his images velvety blacks, fine tonal gradations, and an almost meditative surface. In combination with photography, sculpture, and video, visual spaces emerge that elude a clear interpretation and are fascinating precisely in that. Visitors encounter an art that does not illustrate memory but translates it into atmospheric forms.

A museum that itself becomes a resonance space

The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum is one of the oldest art museums in Europe and has significant collections from antiquity to the early modern period as well as an outstanding graphic collection. In this environment, Osterburg's work gains a special tension: the exhibition places historical collecting logics next to a contemporary, subjective narration with images. This curatorial juxtaposition opens up an intense art experience for art lovers, students, families, and all who understand art as an aesthetic experience and cultural education.

Guided tours, mediation, and a look behind the scenes

The accompanying program includes artist-led tours with Lothar Osterburg, a conversation with Maria Ondrej from the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig, as well as regular and AI-assisted tours. These mediation offers deepen the contextualization of the works and make visible how exhibition design, art historical classification, and museum education interact. A catalog in German and English complements the exhibition and invites for a deeper engagement.

This exhibition impressively demonstrates how printmaking, photography, and model making create a poetic world that resonates long after. Anyone interested in contemporary art, cabinet of curiosities aesthetics, and the connection between memory and imagination should definitely experience Cabinet of Wonders live.