Bloom up! The Language of Flowers

Grand Special Exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

13.06.2026–10.01.2027
A person observes an intricate tapestry featuring a blue-robed figure among detailed floral designs.

Curators

  • Christina Lehnert
  • Christiaan Veldman

Curatorial assistance

  • Emely Steiner

The exhibition is a collaboration between the Badisches Landesmuseum and the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.

Supported by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg.

With Bloom up! The Language of Flowers, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and the Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe invite visitors to a unique floral experience. The exhibition takes you on a sensuous and intellectually stimulating journey through 2,500 years of the cultural history of flowers: from the ancient Egyptian lotus, through Art Nouveau roses, to digital floral fantasies. Here, flowers tell stories of love, life, and transience, but also of resistance, memory, and poetic subversion. Historical objects meet contemporary art, creating an atmospheric “garden of the arts” that invites visitors to marvel, smell, touch, and enjoy. An experience for all the senses – a sea of flowers bridging history and the present.

© ARTIS/ Uli Deck/ Badisches Landesmuseum

Programs for Kindergartens, Schools, and After-School Groups

Interactive Tours

Guided tours through the exhibition invite visitors to experience and discover the “language of flowers” from Antiquity to Art Nouveau around 1900 and contemporary art with all their senses. The age-appropriate educational formats connect with the everyday experiences of children and young people and thus contribute to a better understanding of the artworks. Creative workshops can also be booked as an additional option.

  • Exhibition tours for children aged 5 and up, depending on age between 45–60 minutes
  • Kindergarten and school class groups grades 1–2: €30, free admission
  • Cost from grade 3: €65 plus €4 admission / student
  • Tours with workshop
  • Program for kindergartens and primary schools grades 1 and 2

Magic of the Flower Meadow

After a sensory discovery tour through the world of flowers and blossoms lasting 45 minutes, we create a colorful flower meadow using paper and colored pencils.

  • 90 min., €30 tour fee, free admission
  • Group size: kindergarten groups up to max. 15 children
  • School classes are divided from a size of 17 children.
  • Programs for primary schools grades 3 and 4 and secondary schools up to grade 6

Colorful, Floral, Sustainable: From Paper to Flower

After a 60-minute multisensory tour, participants create their own floral artwork from a colorful mix of materials.

  • 120 min., €65 tour fee, €4 admission (from age 9)
  • School classes are divided from a size of 17 children.
  • Special program for art classes and art courses

Insight Art – The Language of Flowers

This tour focuses on artworks by contemporary artists. In a dialog-based guided tour, possible interpretations, contexts, and effects of the works are explored together.

  • 60 min., with registration
  • Cost: €65 tour fee plus €4 admission per person, max. 33 people

All programs are also suitable for after-school groups, youth groups, and groups with special needs. Please contact the booking service — we will be happy to advise you.

Would you like to visit the exhibition with your group and book a program? We would be happy to advise you and look forward to your inquiry!

Booking service: service@landesmuseum.de
0721 /926 – 6520, Mon–Fri 9 am – 12 pm, Mon and Wed 2 – 3:30 pm, Tue and Thu 2 – 5 pm

Please note our new admission prices starting with Bloom up!

Single visitor 10 Euro
Reduced entry 7 Euro
School children 4 Euro
Families 18 Euro
Combined Ticket with Museum Frieder Burda
Single visitor 23 Euro
Reduced 17 Euro
Families 49 Euro