The 1920s, golden years in dark times: an era shaped by optimism
and crisis that still fascinates us, perhaps because its contrasts feel strikingly familiar. But what did this decade look like beyond Berlin, Paris, and New York? The Simeonstift City Museum in Trier turns to the local perspective, exploring everyday life in Trier during the young republic. In the shadow of the First World War, economic turmoil, artistic avant-garde, Charleston rhythms, hardship, and joie de vivre shaped the city’s spirit. Artworks, photographs, and original objects reveal the ruptures and continuities that laid the foundations of today’s urban life.
Drawing on its own collection, fascinating loans, and personal
mementos from Trier’s citizens, the exhibition opens a vivid window onto a time that still speaks to us.