Lëtzebuerg City Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary

The Lëtzebuerg City Museum in Luxembourg-Ville is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year; to mark the occasion, a small documentary exhibition has been set up near the museum's reception.

Inaugurated in its historic buildings on 22 June 1996 under the name "Musée d’Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg" (Museum of History of the City of Luxembourg), the museum's mission is to document and tell the history of the capital and its inhabitants.

However, its field of interest goes far beyond just urban history: its temporary exhibitions address current social issues, offering a place of information, reflection and debate for today's public. The past is linked to the present and allows us to better understand it.

The museum preserves and transmits the historical heritage of the City of Luxembourg, which has been undergoing rapid change for several decades. At the time of the creation of the museum, its collections were limited to a few objects. But over the years, a large number of artifacts and documents have been placed in its storerooms. To make historical objects speak, the museum combines texts with multimedia, the most important of which is scenography. Its exhibitions combine objects with film archives, audio testimonials, artistic interventions and digital media.

The Lëtzebuerg City Museum sees itself as an inclusive and participatory place that engages its audience and forges social ties. To date, the museum has organised 79 temporary exhibitions and three permanent exhibitions and received almost 889,000 visitors.

As part of this anniversary exhibition, a new video was produced by drone. The video shows the different spaces of the museum and can be viewed on site and on social media.