Textiles are everywhere in our daily lives. We wear them on our bodies, they are a symbol of belonging, but also of luxury and extravagance. Human society is and was globally interconnected through fabrics. Debates about sustainability, extravagance and waste, fair working conditions and product quality are timeless.
In our special exhibition »Good Stuff« we take a look back to the Hanse era, when the Hanse merchants traded fabrics throughout northern Europe. The textiles they bought and sold were high-quality products that brought prosperity to entire regions. We show the profound and wide-ranging ways in which textiles affected society at the time of the Hanse.
Our exhibition also takes a look at the present and future of the textile industry. How is it possible to reconcile a fair and healthy world with our needs and desires for fabrics? Is globalisation a danger for human beings and the natural world or can it also be part of the solution to our current problems?
We examine these questions in the exhibition and show that the Hanse has more in common with the world of today and tomorrow that you might have thought.
The exhibition is under the auspices of Dr. Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.