How long will the exhibition run?

The exhibition runs from 23.05.2026 to 04.10.2026.

How much is the admission fee?

The regular museum admission is 6 euros. Reductions and special regulations apply according to the museum cash desk.

Are there guided tours for the exhibition?

Yes, there are guided tours and literary walks planned in the accompanying program. The museum provides dates and registration on its website.

Is the museum accessible for people with disabilities?

Yes, the Edwin Scharff Museum is accessible and offers additional orientation aids and information on participation.

How can I get there by public transport?

The museum is centrally located in Neu-Ulm, not far from the Neu-Ulm train station and the city center of Ulm.

Can I take photos in the exhibition?

Information will follow. Please observe the museum's notes on site.

Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love

Name: Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love
Start: 2026-05-23T02:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-05T01:59:59+02:00
Location: Edwin Scharff Museum / Kunstmuseum

Ernst Barlach: An Exhibition on the Power of Love

At the Edwin Scharff Museum in Neu-Ulm, Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love opens up a finely composed art experience that makes one of the most significant sculptors, drawers, and authors of German modernity newly interpretable. The special exhibition places love not as a sentimental motif, but as an existential human experience at the center – between yearning, maternal love, closeness, loss, and empathy.

Barlach as Observer of the Human

Ernst Barlach understood art as a condensation of inner states. His plastic works, drawings, and graphic sheets open a view onto the vulnerable and dignified aspects of humanity. The exhibition shows selected exhibits, accompanied by poetic texts, and makes visible how Barlach depicted love as a tension between intimacy and distance, ideal and reality.

Sculture, Graphics, and Poetic Space

Particularly impressive is the juxtaposition of sculptures and print graphics. Bronze, plaster, and lithography unfold different effects in the exhibition atmosphere: the sculpture gives the relationship body, weight, and space, while the graphic emphasizes inner movements, lines of sight, and emotional nuances. Thus, a contemplation of the works is created that does not explain art history, but makes it tangible.

A Dialogue with Edwin Scharff

Individual juxtapositions with works by Edwin Scharff sharpen the eye for the visual language of two contemporaries. Similarities in the perception of figures and differences in the language of form become immediately perceivable. This is precisely the didactic appeal of this exhibition: it combines art historical classification with cultural education and invites careful observation.

Tours, Workshops, and Education

The accompanying program expands the visit with art educational formats. Tours and literary walks deepen themes such as yearning, empathy, and inner authenticity, while workshops open up creative access through language and design. This makes the exhibition a place where art is not only viewed, but reflected upon and further thought.

A Visit that Resonates

Ernst Barlach. Facets of Love is an exhibition for everyone who appreciates expressionist art, sculpture, and the great question of humanity in modernity. Those who embark on this journey experience a sensitive, intelligent, and touching presentation with high museum pedagogical quality. A visit to the Edwin Scharff Museum is definitely worthwhile – best live on site, where material, light, and space unfold their full effect.