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Reconstruction of the Atomic Café at Munich's Stadtmuseum 2023

April 8, 2023

Here Comes the Night : City Museum collects 80 years of Munich’s nightlife for a major exhibition

Spanning from the 1940s to today, this impressive exhibition tracks Munich’s nocturnal journey through the music hotspots of its night time scene, incorporating intriguing objects, atmospheric installations and photographs. Comprised in the main of items from Munich’s Stadtmuseum’s impressive archive of popular culture, the exhibition took three years to curate and runs until 7th January 2024. MAG_BTM spoke to co-curator Christoph Gürich about the factors which led to Munich becoming a European focus for musicians and the nightlife that developed around them.

  1. Under-18s membership card for PN Hit House (club), ca. 1967, private loan

  2. Volker Derlath, A night-time ride on the escalator to Karlsplatz Metro and S-Bahn Station, 1985

  3. Simon Vorhammer, Inside the Blitz Club on Museum Island, 2017 © Simon Vorhammer

  4. Marcus Zumbansen, Inside Ultraschall II (club), ca. 2000

  5. Volker Derlath, Club 4004, a nightclub with multiple floors, 2003

  6. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  7. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  8. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  9. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  10. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  11. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  12. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023

  13. Still from ‘Nacht’ exhibition: Courtesy of Munich Stadtmuseum 2023