Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen

The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim – or in short, ‘rem’ – are an internationally engaged complex of museums. Exhibitions in several locations – the Zeughaus Museum in C5, the Museum of World Cultures in D5, the Musuem Bassermannhaus for Music and Art with ther gallery ZEPHYR – Room for Photography in C4, and the Museum Peter und Traudl Egelhornhaus in C4 – make the ‘rem’ an outstanding place for exhibitions. Located at the heart of the Mannheim city centre, they form a vivid museum neighbourhood. A whole world of discovery is awaiting visitors, including old civilisations, art and cultural history as well as contemporary photography. An attractive programme of temporary exhibitions and the main collection of ancient egyptian art and cultural artefacts regularly attract international attention.
With a total exhibition area of over 15,000 qm and displaying over 1.2 Mio. objects, the rem is one of the largest museum complexes in southern Germany in public ownership.

The cornerstone of this high-profile collection was laid in the 18th century by elector Carl Theodor. In past years ‘rem’ has developed into an important research centre through the addition of the Curt-Engelhorn-Centre for Archaeometry, in association with the University of Tübingen and the Klaus-Tschira-Laboratory for scientific dating, which began its work in 2009.

The close association of the rem, run as an enterprise of the city of Mannheim, and the Curt-Engelhorn-Foundation, which was established to support the rem under public law, is a unique constellation in the German museum-landscape. For example, the Foundation supports all research projects and the exhibitions of the rem.

Exhibitions and events

Egypt – Land of Immortality

Permanent exhibition

The exhibition “Egypt: Land of Immortality” opens the doors to the fascinating world of advanced civilization on the Nile. The exhibits, which are up to 6,000 years old, are the centrepiece of a...

SACHLICH NEU. Fotografien von August Sander, Albert Renger-Patzsch & Robert Häusser

Temporary exhibition until 27.04.2025

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Mannheim exhibition "Neue Sachlichkeit" in 1925, the exhibition presents the two most important main representatives of New Objectivity in photography...

Essen & Trinken – Reisen durch Körper und Zeit

Temporary exhibition until 27.07.2025

The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums are the first museum in Germany to dedicate a large-scale exhibition to the topic of food and drink from the perspective of natural science and cultural history. In the...