{"id":17055,"date":"2025-11-03T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/special-exhibition\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:00:51","slug":"special-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/special-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Special exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Comfort and Modernity
Cologne 1918\u20131926<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition venue:<\/strong>
LVR-Landeshaus, Cologne-Deutz
Kennedy-Ufer 2, 50679 Cologne

11 December 2025 \u2013 15 March 2026<\/strong> (extended until 22 March!)<\/strong>
Open daily, Monday to Sunday, 10 am\u20136 pm
Free admission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A hundred years ago, after Germany\u2019s defeat in the First World War, the Rhineland was occupied by French, Belgian and British troops.
In 1925, so-called \u201cThousandth Anniversary Celebrations\u201d marked what was claimed to be the region\u2019s thousand-year bond with the German Reich. The largest of these events \u2013 initiated by Mayor Konrad Adenauer \u2013 drew 1.4 million visitors to the Cologne Trade Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What shaped life in Cologne during these tumultuous years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel exhibition takes a look behind the scenes: from the end of the war and the British occupation to city life, leisure and the arts. Cologne is a city on the move yet still rooted in tradition, oscillating between a cosy local identity and big-city modernity. Much like today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the British withdrawal in early 1926, Butzweilerhof Airport develops into the \u201cAir Hub of the West\u201d. When the Cologne\u2013Paris air route opens in May 1926, Adenauer lets himself be photographed in the cockpit \u2013 a striking image of a city embracing the future. Despite its challenges, the Weimar Republic promises progress. The global economic crisis is still years away, the Nazis just a tiny fringe group. Much that once seemed impossible now looks within reach \u2013 also and especially in Cologne. This young democracy\u2019s future collapse is by no means a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A panel exhibition in cooperation with the LVR-Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History and the Rhenish-Westphalian Economic Archive Foundation Cologne (RWWA) <\/a>  <\/strong>
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Events (in German only)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Individuelle F\u00fchrungen unter: museenkoeln.de
Bei allen \u00f6ffentlichen F\u00fchrungen: Die Teilnahme und der Eintritt ist frei.

Kuratorenf\u00fchrung \u2013 Mit Dr. Mario Kramp durch die Ausstellung<\/strong>
Do., 18. Dezember 2025, 18 Uhr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d6ffentliche F\u00fchrung des Museumsdienstes K\u00f6ln<\/strong>
So., 21. Dezember 2025, 14 Uhr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kuratorenf\u00fchrung \u2013 Mit Dr. Mario Kramp durch die Ausstellung<\/strong>
Fr., 9. Januar 2026, 16.30 Uhr

Familienf\u00fchrung des Museumsdienstes K\u00f6ln
<\/strong>Sa., 17. Januar 2026, 14 Uhr

Kuratorenf\u00fchrung \u2013 Mit Dr. Mario Kramp durch die Ausstellung<\/strong>
Do., 22. Januar 2026, 18 Uhr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior*innenf\u00fchrung des Museumsdienstes K\u00f6ln
<\/strong>Sa., 24. Januar 2026, 14 Uhr

Kuratorenf\u00fchrung \u2013 Mit Dr. Mario Kramp durch die Ausstellung<\/strong>
Fr., 6. Februar 2026, 16.30 Uhr

Familienf\u00fchrung des Museumsdienstes K\u00f6ln
<\/strong>So., 15. Februar 2026, 14 Uhr

\u00d6ffentliche F\u00fchrung des Museumsdienstes K\u00f6ln<\/strong>
Sa., 21. Februar 2026, 14 Uhr

Kuratorenf\u00fchrung \u2013 Mit Dr. Mario Kramp durch die Ausstellung<\/strong>
Do., 26. Februar 2026, 18 Uhr

Senior*innenf\u00fchrung des Museumsdienstes K\u00f6ln
<\/strong>Sa., 7. M\u00e4rz 2026, 14 Uhr

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Comfort and ModernityCologne 1918\u20131926 Exhibition venue:LVR-Landeshaus, Cologne-DeutzKennedy-Ufer 2, 50679 Cologne 11 December 2025 \u2013 15 March 2026 (extended until 22 March!)Open daily, Monday to Sunday, 10 am\u20136 pmFree admission A hundred years ago, after Germany\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17055","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17055"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17455,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17055\/revisions\/17455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}