Center for Art and Media (ZKM)

The most frequented museum in Karlsruhe by visitors from all over the world is the ZKM, the center for art and media. Until 2016, it was still called the center for art and media technology. The cultural institution was founded in 1989 and is located since 1997 in a listed industrial building, a former munitions factory. It organizes special exhibitions and thematic events, researches and produces on the effects of mediatization, digitization and globalization and offers both public and individual educational programs. The founding director Heinrich Klotz formulated the central idea of the ZKM as follows: "The task of the ZKM is to explore the creative possibilities of a connection between traditional arts and media technology in order to gain predictive results. An enrichment of the arts, not their technical amputation is the goal. That's why traditional arts and media arts have to compete. Be

The ZKM is unique in Europe!

The ZKM is always worth a visit, and directly opposite is the largest cinema in the city.