Current exhibitions

Environmental issues and sustainability are increasingly coming into public focus. Sustainability covers various factors of life: the production of animal and plant-based foods, the consumption of energy and resources, public and individual mobility as well as private consumption. This exhibit explores how we handle clothing. On display panels, the production, acquisition, care, and reuse of raw materials are presented and discussed.

The exhibit is provided by the Levi Strauss Museum in Buttenheim, organized in cooperation with the university's sustainability office as part of the 2025 sustainability festival. It can be visited free of charge in the Bamberg University's 4th library branch.

02.11.2025 to 14.12.2025

The exhibition focuses on the unique builder's manual by Nuremberg's city master builder Endres Tucher (1462–1475), a largely overlooked source on urban construction, culture, and administration. It sheds light on key topics such as sustainability, infrastructure maintenance, and urban planning in the late Middle Ages. The exhibition was developed in cooperation between the Tucher Cultural Foundation and the University of Bamberg, incorporating insights from the conference “Trees, Fountains, Bridges. 550 Years of the Baumeisterbuch of Endres Tucher”.

October 15, 2025 to May 24, 2026, in the permanent exhibition “Renaissance, Baroque, and Enlightenment” at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum