What Does Democracy Weigh?

Description

Different stations in the museum lead to pressing questions about the current debate on democracy. What do a radio, the wolf, or the Alps have to do with democracy? The Museum Luzern thematizes democratic rights in society and nature using selected collection objects and puts them on the scales. Different stations in the museum lead to pressing questions in the current democracy debate. For example, the increasing importance of nature and environmental protection and the introduction of rights for animals and the environment. Do these new rights conflict with our personal rights, our own happiness? There is rarely a clear "yes" or "no," but there is opinion formation and lively debate – democracy indeed. The exhibition was developed as an upcycling project in collaboration with Happy Museums, an initiative to promote sustainability in the museum sector. Elements from a previous exhibition by the development organization Helvetas were rebuilt and reused. The upcycling project is supported by the Mercator Foundation Switzerland.

Highlights

• Interactive exhibition on democracy and nature
• Upcycling project in collaboration with Happy Museums
• Thematization of rights for animals and the environment

General Information

The exhibition "What Does Democracy Weigh?" at the Historical Museum Luzern highlights the connection between democratic rights and nature. It encourages engagement with current questions about democracy and shows how environmental protection and personal rights relate to each other.

Location

Pfistergasse 24, 6003 Luzern, Switzerland

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