Landesmuseum Württemberg

Waving flags and globally shared hashtags, petitions and demonstrations with thousands of people – protest has many faces and is more topical than ever. Despite their differences, all protest movements also have things in common and a similar dynamic. But how do protests come about in the first place? What makes people angry? What motivates them to take to the streets for freedom and justice? 

The experiential exhibition "PROTEST! From Anger to Movement" examines which experiences of injustice, not being heard and deprivation lead people to network and resist. It shows how a movement develops, how protests can escalate and what effects they have.

In 1524/25, people in the south-west also struggled for a better future: in the so-called "German Peasants' War", they protested against serfdom and religious bondage. This first mass movement in history in Central Europe is interwoven into the dramaturgy of "PROTEST!" and reveals similarities and differences to the movements of the present day.

As part of the Great State Exhibition of Baden-Württemberg, the cultural-historical exhibition "UFFRUR! Utopie und Widerstand im Bauernkrieg 1524/25" will be followed in 2025 in the New Monastery in Bad Schussenried (26 April to 5 October 2025).

PROTEST! From Anger to Movement
27.10.2024 - 04.05.2025
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Altes Schloss, Schillerplatz 6, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany

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