Current Exhibitions

Throughout the year we show exhibitions in the USB but also in other cultural centers in Cologne in cooperation with different faculties of the university, special research areas, students and artists. We take you on research journeys, show treasures from our collections and present works of art, photographs and much more.

For all those interested in art and film, we are showing original cinema posters from the GDR of Western imported films in this exhibition.

The exhibition tells stories from the former library of the Cologne Jesuit College. The exhibition location is the Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln. (in German)

Get fascinating insights into the world of aging research and microscopy with our exhibition

A small photo journey through Cologne from the point of view of the ARFO exhibition in the showcases in front of the coffee bar.

A photo exhibition with pictures from the 70s and 80s by Cologne's best-known press photographers

The rescue of a scholar's library - an exhibition with the most diverse restoration examples

100 Years University and City Library of Cologne. We take you on a pictorial journey through history.

Calligraphy Intuitive - An exhibition on the art and inspiration of beautiful writing >>