The world's oceans are considered the origin of all life on Earth. They provide raw materials, energy, food and transport routes, and function as a climate machine. Humans have been using waterways as global highways for 4,000 years, and it seems paradoxical that we now know more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about the world's oceans, only 5% of whose depths have been explored.

Expedition to the World's Oceans focuses on three major themes: the deep sea with its mysterious habitats and fragile ecosystem, the oceans as a contested economic space and the basis of globalisation, and finally the oceans as a place of longing and a space for the transfer of people and ideas. These mysterious realms have always been a source of inspiration for imagination and creativity: in addition to original objects from nature, science and technology, historical works of art and contemporary positions highlight the threatened beauty of maritime flora and fauna and encourage reflection on the changing relationship between humans and the sea.

A collaboration between the Bundeskunsthalle and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

Location: Bundeskunsthalle
Museumsmeile Bonn
Helmut-Kohl-Allee 4
53113 Bonn

Exhibition opening: 1 October 2025, 7 p.m., free admission

Opening hours: from 2 October 2025 to 6 April 2026 
Tuesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday to Sunday and on public holidays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The exhibition is partner of Science Comes to Town.

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