[en] A brief survey is made of the present status of kaon experiments and their theoretical interpretation. Also some possible future directions for hypernuclear physics are indicated. Included are: the exploitation of the higher resolution capability to separate the dominant lambda particle - neutron hole configurations in the analog region, thereby yielding important information on the lambda - nucleus effective interaction in the nucleus; the study of hypernuclear states involving core excitation, for example ¹¹C + Λ; the search for collective strangeness analog resonances in heavier nuclei; the production of double hypernuclei via the (K^-, K⁺) reaction. Likewise considered are the virtues of the K⁺ as a nuclear probe. 24 references