Climate in Lower Franconia
District exhibition "Geht Grad° so?" opens
Climate change concerns us all. The panel guests at the exhibition opening on March 25 agreed on this.
District President Stefan Funk asked provocatively: "Is climate change already a case for the museum?" However, he immediately answered in the negative. And yet the topic is in good hands at the Museum für Franken. The traveling exhibition "Is Grad° possible? Climate in Lower Franconia will be on display from March 26 to November 15 and sheds light on how the climate has changed in the past and present - and what this means for our future. The aim is to make complex interrelationships understandable and motivate people to take action. "The traveling exhibition of the Lower Franconian Cultural Foundation of the District of Lower Franconia was created in cooperation with the Museum für Franken - Staatliches Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte in Würzburg.
Museum director Richard Loibl emphasized the historical dimension of the topic, while Würzburg's second mayor Sandra Vorlová called on the guests to take away concrete ideas for their own everyday lives.
The exhibition impressively demonstrates that climate change does not have to remain abstract: interactive stations, experiments and regional examples make it clear how much global developments also affect Lower Franconia. "We don't just want to show what is happening, but also make it tangible what it has to do with us," explained Anne Kraft, Head of Museums at the district of Lower Franconia.
This can also happen on your own doorstep: Curator and archaeologist Benjamin Spies contributed a pair of rubber boots as exhibits. "I used them during the 2023 storm in Tiefenthal", his neighboring village, he said. The mud crust still bears witness to their use. The boots are an example of the increasing number of extreme weather events. Nevertheless, Benjamin Spies need not have wet feet in future, as Anne Kraft presented him with a new, clean pair of rubber boots on stage.
Actors and actresses from the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg gave a foretaste of the premiere on April 9 with a staged reading from the play "Das Klima - no pressure". They framed a short panel discussion moderated by Veronika Genslein, Deputy Director of the Museum für Franken.
Pupils from the Friedrich-List-Gymnasium in Gemünden also took part in the exhibition. Thomas Ludewig, volunteer at the district of Lower Franconia, supported the participants of a W-seminar in investigating climate myths and editing them into short videos. The finished contributions can be seen at the media station.
After the presentations, visitors had the opportunity to view the exhibition and round off the evening with drinks and snacks.
