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Mark Twain Center front view (Foto: MTC/Stadt Heidelberg)

Commemoration, research and culture

With its three pillars of commemoration, research and culture and the combination of local history and discussion of issues of importance for the future of transatlantic relations, the Mark Twain Center is in a unique position.

Discovering the exhibition with the tablet (photo: Christian Buck)

Join the Story - Permanent exhibition

The permanent multimedia exhibition "Join the Story" brings history to life on 900 square meters. Using Heidelberg as an example, it shows how the historically close ties between Germans and Americans have developed over the past 200 years.

A painting shows 19th century researchers excavating the skull of a dinosaur. A dinosaur rises up in the background.

SEEING TRUTH -
Special exhibition

How do we find truths? And how do art, science and museums work together to produce truths?

Fri, 20.9.2024 - Sun,16.2.2025

Vehicle inspection by MP (Source: Stadtarchiv Heidelberg, Nachlass Stefan Kresin)

History Harvest is back!

On october 26 at 7.30pm, Brigadier General Thomas C. Jones, former head of the U.S. military police of the U.S. Army Europe, will be our guest at the Mark Twain Center.

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