The collection exhibitions showcase around 2000 treasures from the museum's archives. What is collected here? How are the objects exhibited? After visiting the Collection Highlights, different forms of presentation are tried out with the hands-on object collection in the studio and objects brought along.

Collecting is a topic that offers many points of reference for children and young people: Where are things collected, organized and presented in everyday life? Are there treasure chests or "home altars"? What things interest you at home? And which ones in the museum? The workshop involves looking, thinking and discussing, and concepts for the presentation of selected items are devised and visualized in small teams. Reflecting on museological questions can sensitize students to their own living environment. At the same time, the analytical and creative approach to the historical collections and hands-on objects in the Atelier and the Swiss Design Lounge is suitable for anchoring the cultural institution "museum" more deeply as an access point to both historical and contemporary culture. In workshops with children and young people in particular, the museum gets to know the young perspective on the collections. The knowledge gained will be incorporated into future educational and exhibition projects.

Photos: Umberto Romito, Ivan Suta