City Museum of Stuttgart

The concept and modern exhibition design are characterised by dialogue-based formats, the use of a wide range of interactive media and a consistent focus on participation. The StadtPalais is a place where visitors discover the city’s history, discuss its present and devise its future. In that spirit, the trio of opening exhibitions form a harmonious design concept. While the permanent exhibition mainly offers different insights into »Stuttgart City Stories« from the past, visitors can rediscover their city through sound in the interactive exhibition »Sound of Stuttgart«. Visitors can help shape and discuss the city’s future development in the discursive format »Stuttgart and You 2038« with the help of an imaginative cityscape.

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The exhibition »Stuttgart City Stories« begins in the present: what do visitors think of their city? What makes someone a »Stuttgarter«? In the centre, visitors encounter a huge, detailed model of Stuttgart. The huge topographic display is brought to life through a multimedia experience, where details about city life are projected onto the »surface« of the city.

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Around the city model, auditory »city conversations« give the visitor an immersive insight into exciting events in the city’s history. In the interactive sections »Spirit« and »Form«, white models of buildings and symbolic objects awaken the visitors’ interest. When they are placed on an interactive surface, they activate a multimedia story with the history and in-depth information on the object.

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In two »Century Rooms«, over 200 exhibits provide an insight into Stuttgart’s story.Visitors will also find wire sculptures by Stuttgart artist Jan Hoos, which are model portraits of people who have shaped the city’s destiny. In a multimedia tour, characters from hip-hop musicians to street newspaper sellers tell their very own Stuttgart stories. For younger visitors, the multimedia tour was created as an authentic experience by children for children, in collaboration with Galileo Grundschule.