Opening of the exhibition “Typical Christmas! Christmas Traditions in Liechtenstein”

Andrea Kauer Loens, museum director, will welcome guests. Jasmin Collini Heidegger, president of the Liechtenstein National Museum Foundation, will deliver the opening remarks. Chiara Jehle, curator of the Christmas exhibition, will introduce the theme.

Children’s Opening
The opening of the Christmas exhibition is a children’s opening reception. All children are invited to make Christmas decorations in the studio.

Admission is free; no registration is required.

Followed by an Advent reception at the Liechtenstein National Museum.

The opening can be viewed via live stream. For details, visit:www.landesmuseum.li

It is Christmas Eve, sometime around 1950. The candles on the Christmas tree have already burnt down, the presents have been unwrapped. A few leftovers remain from the festive meal. All has fallen quiet.

Although this Christmas Eve lies more than 70 years in the past, much of it seems very familiar to us. Typical of Christmas, after all. Just as it has always been. Or is it?

Many of the customs we observe at Christmas are not as old as one might think. The exhibition traces the surprising stories behind our familiar Christmas traditions. Where do they come from? When did they become part of our Christmas celebrations? And what actually makes Christmas “typical”?