When can the exhibition be seen?

The special exhibition begins on 17.10.2026 and runs until 10.01.2027.

Where does the exhibition take place?

At the Amberg City Museum, Zeughausstraße 18, 92224 Amberg.

Are there tours and educational offers?

Yes, the accompanying program includes public tours, art snack tours, offers for children, teenagers, and adults, as well as other educational formats.

How much is the admission fee?

The regular admission to the Amberg City Museum is 6 euros. Discounts and family tickets are available.

Is the museum barrier-free?

The city museum refers to inclusion offers and formats in easy language as well as sign language.

How can I get to the museum best?

Walking from the Amberg train station takes about seven minutes. For cars, the museum recommends the Schießstätteweg parking lot or the parking garage at Kurfürstenbad.

Prechtl's World of Images: Amberg Displays Heads, Times, and Stories with Depth

Name: Heads. Times. Stories - Michael Mathias Prechtl on His 100th Birthday
Start: 2026-10-17T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-01-10T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Stadtmuseum Amberg

Heads, Times, Stories: Rediscovering Prechtl in Amberg

With the special exhibition Heads. Times. Stories. Michael Mathias Prechtl on His 100th Birthday, the Amberg City Museum focuses on one of the most significant artists of the post-war period. Loans from private collections as well as works from the estate that the city of Amberg was able to acquire in autumn 2025 and that have not been publicly displayed for a long time will be shown.

An artistic experience between drawing, illustration, and intellectual precision

Michael Mathias Prechtl, born in Amberg in 1926, is regarded as a painter, draftsman, and illustrator of great stylistic independence. His works combine lightness with scholarship, precise observation with historical depth. Particularly, his visual language in the interplay of portrait, cultural history, and reception of Dürer makes him a defining voice of German graphics in the 20th century.

The exhibition as artwork contemplation

The presentation offers a dense view of Prechtl's artistic handwriting: confident line management, finely set contrasts, and the concentrated depiction of heads, scenes, and temporal references. Visitors encounter not only individual sheets but a visually narrated thought process that interweaves art history, present, and memory.

Education, tours, and accompanying program

The exhibition is accompanied by a varied accompanying program. The city museum offers public tours, art snack tours during lunchtime, programs for children, teenagers, and adults, a telephone tour, readings, creative and holiday programs as well as a family action day and a lecture series. There will also be media and participation stations, as well as formats in easy language and sign language, which visibly strengthen cultural education and participation.

Place with educational depth

The Amberg City Museum sees itself as a place of vibrant city history and cultural education. The collection and the special exhibitions connect historical contexts with contemporary mediation. This framework provides ideal conditions for a Prechtl exhibition: the contemplation of works becomes an artistic experience that brings together biographical, art-historical, and regional perspectives.

Conclusion

This exhibition promises not only an art-historically grounded view of Michael Mathias Prechtl but also an intense, sensory art experience in the museum. Those who love drawing, illustration, and the narrative power of art should definitely experience this special exhibition live in Amberg.