How long does the exhibition run?

The special exhibition runs from May 7 to November 1, 2026.

Where is the exhibition taking place?

At the Museum of Sepulchral Culture at Weinbergstraße 25-27 in Kassel.

What is the entrance fee?

The regular entrance fee for adults is 8 euros. Discounts are possible.

Are there guided tours?

The museum offers public tours and educational offerings; current times are available on the museum's website.

Is the exhibition suitable for a spontaneous visit?

Yes, the exhibition is well-suited for an individual museum visit and for anyone interested in memory culture.

Can I contribute my own thoughts?

Yes, the exhibition invites visitors to participate with their own thoughts.

Kassel's quietest exhibition about farewell, closeness, and animal companionship

Name: Where to put the dog? – in between 4.0
Start: 2026-05-17T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-11-01T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Museum für Sepulkralkultur

Where to put the dog? at the Museum of Sepulchral Culture: An exhibition about connection, farewell, and memory

With “Where to put the dog?”, the Museum of Sepulchral Culture in Kassel opens a new special exhibition that addresses one of life's quietly pressing questions: How do we deal with animal companions when the end approaches, when farewell becomes inevitable and memory remains? The presentation is part of in between 4.0 and runs from May 7 to November 1, 2026.

An artistic experience between empathy and cultural reflection

The exhibition connects museum education with a sensitive examination of human-animal relationships, grief culture, and finitude. Multimedia elements offer an aesthetic experience that goes beyond classical exhibition situations: It invites pause, reflection, and empathy. At the center is not only death but also the question of how closeness, care, and loss shape our understanding of dignity.

From everyday life to farewell in the museum

The Museum of Sepulchral Culture has been a place for years where dying, burial, mourning, and remembrance are discussed from a scientific and societal perspective. The new special exhibition ties into this profile and expands it with a contemporary, emotionally relatable perspective on animals as companions, family members, and biographical reference points. It is precisely this connection of everyday culture, ethics, and museum education that makes the visit particularly impressive.

Thinking along, feeling along, co-creating

Visitors receive multimedia insights and can contribute their own thoughts. This makes the exhibition a participatory space where cultural education is not didactic but dialogical. Those interested in the exhibition atmosphere, memory culture, and the quiet power of well-curated thematic spaces will find an exhibit with unusual depth here.

The house and its special direction

The Museum of Sepulchral Culture is considered a unique institution in Germany that deals with the entire spectrum of the so-called last things. The collection and permanent exhibition address the development of grave marker culture from the Middle Ages to the present and make visible how societal ideas about death and remembrance change. This also places the special exhibition “Where to put the dog?” in a larger art and cultural historical context.

Conclusion: “Where to put the dog?” is not an ordinary exhibition but a quiet, touching, and cleverly staged artistic experience about connection, loss, and memory. Those who engage with this exhibition discover a museum that poses questions of great sensitivity that move many people. A visit is definitely worthwhile in person in Kassel.