YELLOW ROOM

A new third space at the heart of the museum

Right in the middle of our permanent exhibition from 2010, a new third space is taking shape – a space for co-creation, critical questions, collective learning, exchange, and coming together. A third space is a social place beyond home and work – open, participatory, and vibrant.
The Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum is undergoing a transformation. Several sections of the permanent exhibition have already been reworked in collaboration with communities, artists, and initiatives – but this process is ongoing. Our aim is to create a museum that is inclusive, relevant, and alive.
Following „Die Baustelle“ (2019-2021)) and „The Kitchen“ (2023), this new space continues our commitment to rethinking what a museum can be – through talks, workshops, readings, film nights, book presentations, and more. Every 1st and 2nd Thursday of the month we invite you to join us – often in collaboration with Cologne’s diverse communities. 

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Together with you, we want to shape a more inclusive, accessible, and plural museum.

What stories and perspectives do you want to bring into the museum?

CURRENT PROJECT: ‘Indigenous Images’

Until 15 March, we are showing thirteen short films in the YELLOW ROOM. ‘Indigenous Images’ stands for the right to self-representation: Who tells the story? Who films? Who decides on perspective, rhythm, sound, proximity and distance? The films make a conscious shift away from observation and attribution towards self-determination and sovereignty over one's own images. Others do not speak about them – they speak for themselves.

Curated by Paula Morgado and André Lopes.