MUTEC is the international trade fair for museum and exhibition technology: showcases, lighting, media installations, storage and security systems, exhibition design and museum retail. Your customers are museums, archives, libraries and science centres. We photograph glass, light and screens so curators and administrative directors recognise quality — on two days that come around every two years.
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| Dates | Thursday 5 to Friday 6 November 2026 |
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| Venue | Leipziger Messe, Messe-Allee 1, 04356 Leipzig |
| Frequency | Every two years in even years, two days, alongside denkmal |
| Profile | International trade fair for museum and exhibition technology: building management, storage, security, exhibition design, visitor services, museum retail, media presentation, museum and archive management, lighting, production and publishing — in 2024 around 120 exhibitors from 21 countries |
| Audience | 13,400 visitors in 2024 together with denkmal; stand space for 2026 fully booked according to the organiser; visitors are museums, science centres, depositories, archives, libraries, theatres and stages |
| Our travel time | About 4 hours from Essen — travel and overnight stay are stated separately and transparently |
The core product at MUTEC is the showcase — and a showcase is photographically the hardest thing a stand can show: anti-reflective glass that still catches every hall light, frames in black or stainless steel, and an interior that is often darker than its surroundings. We work with a polariser, choose our position against the hall lighting and, where needed, add a small continuous light inside. The result shows the showcase with contents, climate control and locking — not the reflection of the neighbouring stands.
Museum luminaires we photograph switched on over a sample surface, exposed for the beam, so colour rendering and beam angle stay readable. Storage systems, mobile shelving and transport crates we show open and closed.
Media stations, projections and interactive tables are what distinguishes a museum from a showcase today — and in photos often just a dark screen. We match the shutter speed to the refresh rate, photograph the interaction with a hand or a visitor in the frame and film the installation in motion: a 30-second clip that shows your customer on the cultural committee what they are getting.
Exhibition designers and scenographers get their stand photographed as a space — perspectives, materials, lighting mood — plus portraits of the team that will later work with the museum.
MUTEC has only two days. Thursday is opening day and brings the most professional visitors from museums and institutions, often combined with the opening of denkmal. We recommend a four-hour or full-day package on Thursday: the hour before opening for showcases and luminaires, then conversations, media installation and interviews. Friday is quieter and suits team portraits.
Since the next MUTEC is not until 2028, this material is your current show documentation for two years. Images are delivered within 24 hours, the clip on the evening of the shoot.
Polariser, position against the hall light and an additional light inside — glass without reflection.
Luminaires switched on over a sample surface, exposed for the beam — colour rendering readable.
Screens without banding, interaction with a hand in frame, the installation in motion on video.
The stand as a space before opening on Thursday, with no visitors in frame.
30 seconds of showcase, light and media in motion, for website and tender documents.
Statements from product management, designers and museum customers, in German or English.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: by invoice or online by credit card, details in the quote. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Tell us the date, your stand and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We bring our own equipment, follow an agreed shot list and work discreetly, without interrupting conversations or demos. A first selection is ready while the show day is still running.
Finished photos and video for LinkedIn, PR, your website and social media via a private download link, at the latest 24 hours after the event ends. Two revision rounds included.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Leipzig and any overnight stay are stated separately and transparently.
Yes. We work with a polariser, choose our position against the hall lighting and add light inside where needed. If necessary we set up a mobile flag against the neighbouring stands.
For showcases, luminaires and stand overviews, yes. If you also want conversations, media installation and interviews, book four hours on Thursday.
Yes. Both shows take place at the same time on the same grounds. Exhibitors present at both shows are covered on the same day without surcharge.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your hall, stand number and the showcases or installations you want to feature. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
