In the exhibition we designed for the “Five Continents Museum” in Munich, umbrellas feature as the recurring symbol that accompanies visitors on their walk around the rooms of the museum. The tour is designed to be a journey through twelve fascinating rooms, each on a different theme. It begins at the central marketplace in one of Myanmar’s major cities and takes visitors via Buddhist monasteries, river scenes and lake landscapes through to the remote mountainous regions of the country. In each room, visitors meet typical representatives of each region, who are off to the market themselves to sell the goods they produce. The representatives are dressed in the traditional garments of their particular region, including the longyi skirt. The museum has its former director, Lucian Scherman, who undertook an extensive research trip through Myanmar in 1911, to thank for such garments. The scenography of the exhibition is an effective blend of real photography, three-dimensional objects and abstract illustrations, which creates a unique impression of each region and an equally impressive backdrop for the authentic exhibits. For instance, the room showcasing the landscape of Lake “Inle” is steeped in deep turquoise blue and features an original rowing boat typically used by the famous one-leg rowers of the Lake Inle, set against a wall of photographs. The replica façade of a pole house completes the picture and also gives visitors some insight into other handcrafting traditions of the region – silk weaving and cigar making. At the end of the tour, visitors find themselves back where they started from, at the noisy marketplace, where they can now associate the various goods of the country with the relevant people and regions they have just met on their journey through the country.