What is behind rules? Why are they necessary and who actually makes them? In a total of eight sections, the exhibition in the former Augustinian canon monastery in Dalheim explores the real tension between freedom and control. It deals with the different types and functions of rules as well as the question of too many rules, the keyword being bureaucracy.

Around 170 exhibits from ten centuries are on display, including the hashish tin of Beatles member and free spirit John Lennon, wool from the first cloned sheep Dolly, the cell phone of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the bomb box of department store blackmailer Scrooge.

“What sounds like a cheerful cabinet of curiosities has a serious background. These exhibits show how rules are created, how diverse they are and why it is important to abide by them. But they also illustrate why it can sometimes be right to break the rules,” explains museum director Dr. Ingo Grabowsky, who has been running the museum since 2014.

 

Further information can be found on the website of the Landesmuseum.