Curated by Professor Liliane Weissberg, the exhibition "What is Enlightenment? Questions for the 18th Century" will be open in Deutsches Historisches Museum from October 18 to April 6. 

“What is Enlightenment?” asked the Berlin pastor Johann Friedrich Zöllner in an article for the Berlinische Monatsschrift. The magazine took up the question and passed it on to its readers. Thus began a debate about the term that was to leave its mark on the history of philosophy and to inspire Moses Mendelssohn, Immanuel Kant and other thinkers of the time to contribute responses that became famous. From October 18 to April 6 the Deutsches Historisches Museum devotes an extensive exhibition to the question of the essence of Enlightenment and poses further “Questions for the 18th Century” that have been inspired by it. 

To learn more about the upcoming exhibition, read the press release here: https://www.dhm.de/assets/DHM/Download/Pressemitteilungen/2024/240822_Pr...

To buy tickets, visit the exhibition page here: https://www.dhm.de/en/exhibitions/preview/what-is-enlightenment-question...

A press conference featuring Professor Weissberg will be held on October 16 -- stay tuned for more updates!