A socio-political museum – that would be one way of describing the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus at MQ⁴. The work of the Osnabrück painter Felix Nussbaum has a unique relevance to the project of the Museum Quarter in its role as a peace lab: they both deal with the Holocaust. Nussbaum’s paintings tackle the themes of escape, expulsion and war. They ask questions about cultural and religious identity – topics that are very much relevant to the present day and need to be addressed over and over again by society to ensure that we live in peace.

In temporary exhibitions, we focus on these topics, question Nussbaum’s work over and over again and bring it into dialogue with the work of contemporary artists. Designed by the American architect Daniel Libeskind, the building creates an intense spatial context for these discussions.

Nussbaum’s works, Libeskind’s architecture, temporary exhibitions and events such as the Yiddish music series, as well as readings and conversations with people who have lived through history, make the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus a museum with a decidedly peace-oriented attitude: standing against oppression and violence and, at the same time, advocating human dignity, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence.

Click here to see the exhibitions and events taking place at the Felix-Nussbaum-Haus.