Agora
SPECIAL EXHIBITION
May 1st to July 26th, 2026
ADDRESS
MUT | Museum Ancient Cultures
Burgsteige 11 | 72070 Tübingen
OPENING HOURS
Wed to Sun from 10am to 5pm
Thurs from 10am to 7pm
GUIDED TOURS
with curator Nadja Mozdzen
May/June/July 17th, 4 p.m.
as well as on request
CONTACT
sekretariat[at]museum.uni-tuebingen.de | +49 7071 29 76437
Monuments of Democracy
The Agora, or marketplace, was the political center of Athenian democracy.
Between the monuments, administrative buildings and council chambers, draft laws were postet, public expenditure was discussed and justice was administered. The monuments of the Agora belonged to democratic institutions and honoured citizens who were considered to be exemplary. The exhibition uses objects, replicas and models to bring orators, lotteries and voting in Athens to life. It poses three questions that are still relevant today:
How do you finance democracy? Who has a say? And how can it be defended?
A folder accompanies the exhibition, providing a pocket-sized overview of Athenian democracy and the people who upheld it through civic engagement.
Download Folder (pdf) (PDF; 1,9MB)
