When can the exhibition be seen?

The exhibition starts on 25.04.2026 at 10:00 AM and is expected to be on view until the end of September 2026 at the Cottbus City Museum.

Where does the exhibition take place?

At the Cottbus City Museum, Bahnhofstraße 22, 03046 Cottbus.

Is the exhibition suitable for families and school groups?

Yes, the City Museum offers educational programs for kindergartens, school classes, and other group formats.

Are there tours or accompanying offerings?

Accompanying offerings and guided formats will be available for the exhibition through the Cottbus City Museum. Current dates will be published by the museum on its website.

What are the opening hours of the City Museum?

In the winter season, the museum is open from Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 5 PM, and on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays from 1 PM to 5 PM.

Can you take photos in the exhibition?

Information will follow. Please pay attention to the museum's guidelines on site.

An exhibition about migration, memory, and cultural entanglement in Cottbus

Name: Exhibition: Vietnam and the Lower Lusatia – Connected Worlds
Start: 2026-04-25T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-30T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Stadtmuseum Cottbus

An artistic experience between migration, memory, and regional history

At the Cottbus City Museum, the exhibition Vietnam and the Lower Lusatia – Connected Worlds opens up views into a multifaceted history of relationships between two geographically distant yet culturally intertwined living spaces. The presentation guides through narratives of work, arrival, change, and community, highlighting how migration has shaped Lower Lusatia.

Between contract labor and new beginnings

At the center is the story of Vietnamese contract workers in the GDR and the paths of many families after reunification. The exhibition retraces how labor migration became a lasting coexistence. Here, no abstract theses emerge, but rather an illustrative examination of societal processes: images of everyday life, origin, adaptation, and self-assertion combine to create an exhibition atmosphere that charges historical knowledge with personal proximity.

Region, landscape, and cultural entanglement

Particularly impressive is the curatorial connection of social history and landscape change. Lower Lusatia does not appear solely as an industrial region, but also as a space of loss, reclamation, and new identity. Thus, the exhibition becomes a cultural education experience that raises questions about home, memory culture, and coexistence in the present.

A museum as a place for dialogue

The Cottbus City Museum demonstrates with this special exhibition how lively local history can be told. The presentation is aimed at an interested audience that wishes to understand historical contexts while enjoying the aesthetic experience of a carefully curated museum visit. The exhibition invites visitors to question familiar images and to reinterpret Lower Lusatia as a place of transcultural encounters.

A visit with added value

Those interested in migration history, urban history, regional identity, and societal change will find here a calm, substantial artistic experience of high educational value. The interplay of historical research, pedagogical approach, and current relevance makes the visit especially worthwhile.

Conclusion: This exhibition connects historical depth with contemporary relevance and provides an impactful view into coexistence in Lower Lusatia. A visit to the Cottbus City Museum is worthwhile for anyone who wants to not just understand history but experience it atmospherically.