Paderborner Museumsnacht

In the organizer's words:

Museum Night 2025 in Paderborn takes place on Saturday, 30 August and once again promises a varied, exciting and creative cultural program for visitors of all ages. Numerous museums and cultural institutions in the city will open their doors late into the evening with Free admission and offer guided tours, performances, workshops and hands-on activities - a real highlight at the end of the Libori festival season.

In the Diocesan Museum and the Cathedral Treasury, visitors can experience the special exhibition "Before the Wind", in which the Berlin artist Claudia Brieske and the Swiss musician Franziska Baumann stage wind as an artistic element - through video and sound installations that enter into an exciting dialog with sacred works of art. There are also regular short guided tours, dance performances based on the formal language of art and an origami workshop for children and families in which peace cranes are folded and sent to Hiroshima.

The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) is celebrating its "Nixdorf100" anniversary with a particularly extensive program as part of the Museum Night. In addition to hands-on technology activities such as soldering a game brain, an inclusive everyday obstacle course, hands-on sports stations and creative craft corners (e.g. 3D pens, jewelry design), Heinz Nixdorf's private mineral collection will also be on public display for the first time. The school laboratory with experiments and a digital quiz on media topics is particularly family-friendly.

The Residenzmuseum in Neuhaus Castle will also be taking part with exciting activities: Under the title "Crime Scene Paderborn - The River is Me", there will be installations such as "PONOR", short guided tours, street food in the courtyard, urban sketching and dance performances. The sculpture garden in Sennelager invites you to enjoy a picnic in the countryside with art, accessible via a free shuttle service.

Other venues such as the Kunstverein Paderborn, the city museum, the gallery in the city center and several outdoor venues will also be participating with art in public spaces and guided tours, for example on graffiti, historical references to the city or environmental art projects along the Pader river.

The Museum Night is barrier-free, largely free of charge and combines art, history, technology and modern media in a playful way. The shuttle bus makes it easy to connect the various stations. Whether you're in the mood for something creative, historical, digital or simply an inspiring evening stroll through Paderborn's cultural landscape - Museum Night 2025 offers something for everyone.