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News Overview

15/10/2025 MUTEC and its success stories: From new contacts to successful collaborations MUTEC is not only a meeting place for the big players in the museum world, but also for smaller institutions with a regional focus. For DroidSolutions—manufacturer of the KULDIG AppCreator, which is widely known in the museum world—the trade fair has become a place where a wide variety of contacts are made. KULDIG turns these encounters into concrete success stories. Continue reading

25/09/2025 MUTEC and its success stories: Giant Monkey on the importance of its trade fair appearance As the only remaining museum trade fair in the German-speaking world, MUTEC is a fixed date in the calendars of numerous companies that support museums and cultural institutions with innovative solutions. MUTEC has also been of central importance for Giant Monkey GmbH, a company specializing in software for museums, for many years. Continue reading

21/05/2025 Chemnitz 2025: New beginnings, the heritage and European visions Four months after the launch of the Capital of Culture Chemnitz, Mayor of Culture Dagmar Ruscheinsky draws a positive interim balance . Full events, growing self-confidence and great expectations for the future are bringing a new dynamic to Chemnitz. Continue reading

14/05/2025 C the Unseen – Garage Yards full of life Socio-cultural places, creative niches, archives and workshops - garages can be all of these things. There are around 30,000 of them in Chemnitz. Reason enough for the people of Chemnitz to shine a spotlight on these everyday, supposedly inconspicuous places during the Capital of Culture year: #3000Garagen will showcase a very special form of everyday culture in Chemnitz in 2025 - with innovative approaches. Continue reading

12/03/2025 From Museum Restoration to Witch Hunts - The Work of Friederike Koch-Heinrichs She has been chairwoman of the Saxon Museum Association since last year and has been director of the Museum der Westlausitz in Kamenz for 24 years. A conversation with Friederike Koch-Heinrichs about the challenges facing museums in rural areas, realized visions and pitfalls in the renovation of museum buildings, cultural funding in times of tight budgets and educational gaps in the history of witch-hunting. Of course, MUTEC was also a topic of conversation - a trade fair that Ms. Koch-Heinrichs has been attending for a long time. After all, MUTEC has traditionally worked closely with museum associations. Continue reading

09/11/2024 denkmal & MUTEC 2024: Large number of visitors at anniversary The leading European trade fair denkmal, together with the parallel MUTEC, has once again proven itself to be the central international platform for the preservation and communication of cultural heritage. With 13,400 visitors, the trade fair duo continued its strong development and experienced noticeable growth - this was also evident in the two exhibition halls. 499 exhibitors from 26 countries met numerous interested, enthusiastic and innovation-hungry visitors. Continue reading