Events in Münster

On the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, numerous art exhibitions are taking place around the world. This is also the case at the Picasso Museum in Münster.

On around 1,000 square metres, visitors can travel into the past, present and future. The public experiences the climate system of our earth and explores the climatic past of Westphalia and the entire planet. Guests immerse themselves in the world of climate research, discover themselves as researchers:in what information different climate archives such as ice cores or stalactites contain about past climate. Visitors learn how climate models work and what they say about our future.

The nude is a timeless art motif that fascinates, outrages, excites and inspires through its diversity and possibilities of representation. In the exhibition, ways of interpreting the nude and its art-historical development from the 19th to the 21st century are illuminated. Themes such as the male gaze on the female body and the question of gender and identity are addressed. The works from Tate London are presented in groups, ranging from historical depictions of the nude to politically charged and fragile representations. They are complemented by works by artists such as Edvard Munch and August Macke from the Münster collection.

Münster's most beautiful time - when Prinzipalmarkt glows golden, the arcades are decorated with Advent wreaths and the scent of fir greenery wafts through the streets, Advent begins. Six individual Christmas markets, around 250 stalls in total: the Christmas markets around the Historic Town Hall, Aegidiimarkt, Am Kiepenkerl and at Harsewinkelplatz take place from 27 November to 23 December. At Überwasserkirchplatz and Lambertikirchplatz they end 1 day earlier, on 22 December 2022.

The markets open Sundays to Thursdays from 11 am to 8 pm, Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am to 9 pm.

The Westphalian Main Licensing is one of the breeding highlights in Münster Handorf. From 03 to 06 December, the successors of the breeding at the Westfälisches Pferdestammbuch will be licensed. The first two days are dedicated to the dressage horses, on 5 and 6 December the stallions with jumping talent will be presented, and the grand finale will be a large live auction.

A market is held every Thursday on Idenbrockplatz in Münster's Kinderhaus district. The market vendors are happy to offer local and regional products and are happy to help with any questions.

The Edelfundus is an initiative of around 40 people who are largely volunteers and offer high-quality second-hand goods for sale. The proceeds are donated to the cancer counselling centre to support people suffering from cancer and their relatives.

We have a rich fund of fashionable clothing, jewellery, antiques, fine junk, electrical and household goods as well as thousands of books, toys, records and much more. - You are cordially invited to browse through our collection.

When Israel and Germany officially established diplomatic relations in 1965, many contemporaries were aware of the great challenges that arose in view of the Holocaust, the Cold War and the Middle East conflict after the Second World War. Nevertheless, two men were instrumental in bringing about this cooperation: Konrad Adenauer and David Ben-Gurion, who were personally connected in what was actually an "impossible friendship". Rolf Vogel, a journalist from Bonn who was formerly persecuted under the Nazis, accompanied the meetings of these leaders in words and pictures. Stefan Querl will talk about the interviews and photos on Thursday, 7 December, at 7 pm. The event will take place on site and via Zoom.

The event takes place in cooperation with: Evangelisches Forum Münster e.V., Against Forgetting - For Democracy Regional Working Group Münsterland e.V., Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Münster e.V.

The Sternfreunde Münster invite you to take a look at the starry sky as it will appear over Münsterland in the course of the year 2024.

Star friend Jürgen Stockel will explain the constellations emerging over the four seasons - from Orion to Leo and Swan to Andromeda. Hidden in these constellations are wonderful deep-sky objects: gas nebulae, galaxies, star clusters and remnants of stellar explosions. Using a few selected examples, these types of objects are presented in huge photographs that fill the planetarium dome.

Where can eclipses and occultations be seen in 2024? Will there be close encounters of planets? Will the newly discovered comet C/2023 A3 be the astronomical highlight in 2024? There will also be answers to these questions.

-Admission to the Planetarium is free for all visitors to the Sternfreunde event!

A market is held every Thursday on Idenbrockplatz in Münster's Kinderhaus district. The market vendors are happy to offer local and regional products and are happy to help with any questions.