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Exhibitions © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Stephan Klonk Exhibitions 02/02/2024 – 26/05/2024 Past Intelligence Past Intelligence Exhibitions 02/02/2024 – 26/05/2024 Past Intelligence The starting point of the exhibition is a dress by Hubert de Givenchy as interpreted by Uli Richter from 1989. Read more Design Location Kulturforum - Kunstgewerbemuseum Kulturforum - Kunstgewerbemuseum Matthäikirchplatz 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
History © COLD WAR MUSEUM Berlin History Permanent exhibition Permanent Exhibition at COLD WAR MUSEUM Permanent Exhibition at COLD WAR MUSEUM History Permanent exhibition Permanent Exhibition at COLD WAR MUSEUM The first museum on the history of the Cold War in Germany is located between the Brandenburg Gate and the Museum Island. The exhibition presents topics and events from 1945 to 1991 not only through interesting exhibits but also through innovative media… Read more permanent exhibition Berlin wall History Events on the Cold War Location Cold War Museum Berlin Cold War Museum Berlin Unter den Linden 14 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://coldwarmuseum.de/
Photography © Matthias Müller Photography 24/02/2024 – 30/04/2024 photo exhibition by Matthias “Mulinarius” Müller Yellow & Blue against Forgetting photo exhibition by Matthias “Mulinarius” Müller Yellow & Blue against Forgetting Photography 24/02/2024 – 30/04/2024 photo exhibition by Matthias “Mulinarius” Müller Yellow & Blue against Forgetting The Russian Federation has been waging a full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine for two years now. Over 17,000 civilians fell victim to the bombing of Ukrainian cities, which violated international law. Millions of people are on the run. Since the… Read more Free of charge Politics & Society Location Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22) Ehemalige Stasi-Zentrale (Haus 22) Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de/ueber-uns/stasi-zentrale-campus-fuer-dem…
Exhibitions © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Zentralarchiv Exhibitions Permanent exhibition Plain Talk. About the History of the Bode-Museum Plain Talk. About the History of the Bode-Museum Exhibitions Permanent exhibition Plain Talk. About the History of the Bode-Museum For the first time, the Bode Museum itself is the focus of an exhibition. The history and present of the tradition-rich museum are closely interwoven with Berlin: The major events of contemporary history - the two world wars, National Socialism, German… Read more History Location Bode-Museum Bode-Museum Am Kupfergraben 1 10178 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
Art © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Art 13/02/2024 – 28/04/2024 Prelude. From Odessa to Berlin Prelude. From Odessa to Berlin Art 13/02/2024 – 28/04/2024 Prelude. From Odessa to Berlin The picture gallery shows twelve paintings from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art. The presentation provides an outlook on a large special exhibition that will bring around 60 paintings from Odessa into dialogue with works from the Berlin… Read more Location Gemäldegalerie Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz 4 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
Top Event Art © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Jörg P. Anders, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023 Top Event Art 02/02/2024 – 21/04/2024 Rescued Modernism Rescued Modernism Top Event Art 02/02/2024 – 21/04/2024 Rescued Modernism In 1937, as everywhere else in Germany, works of classical modernism were removed from the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett on a large scale as part of the National Socialist "Degenerate Art" campaign. The curator at the time, Willy Kurth (1881-1963), bravely saved… Read more Bauhaus & Modernism History of National Socialism Location Kulturforum - Kupferstichkabinett Kulturforum - Kupferstichkabinett Matthäikirchplatz 8 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%…
History © DHM History 09/12/2022 – 11/01/2026 Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können History 09/12/2022 – 11/01/2026 Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können Starting from key dates in German history, the museum presents a look back(wards) at decisive historical events of the 19th and 20th centuries. Read more History Accessible Events Berlin wall Location Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau Hinter dem Gießhaus 3 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.dhm.de/ Buy tickets
Achaeology © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Claudia Klein Achaeology Permanent exhibition Schätze aus dem Rhein (Treasures from the Rhine) Schätze aus dem Rhein (Treasures from the Rhine) Achaeology Permanent exhibition Schätze aus dem Rhein (Treasures from the Rhine) In the bacchial hall of the Neues Museum, the Xanten boy, a Roman bronze statue, was discovered in the Rhine in Xanten by fishermen in 1858. Read more permanent exhibition Location Neues Museum Neues Museum Bodestraße 1 10178 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
Top Event Art © Courtesy of the Estate of Semiha Berksoy and GALERIST Top Event Art 06/12/2024 – 11/05/2025 Semiha Berksoy Semiha Berksoy Top Event Art 06/12/2024 – 11/05/2025 Semiha Berksoy Turkish painter and opera singer Semiha Berksoy (1910–2004), a leading Soprano in 1930’s Berlin, was forced to return to Istanbul after the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Read more History Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
Gallery © Johny Goerend Gallery 03/02/2024 – 29/05/2024 sometimes i hold onto the air - часам я трымаюся за паветра sometimes i hold onto the air - часам я трымаюся за паветра Gallery 03/02/2024 – 29/05/2024 sometimes i hold onto the air - часам я трымаюся за паветра In 2020, massive civil protests erupted in Belarus, a country between Russia and Poland that was barely on the radar for the West at the time. Directed against the rigged elections and repressive policies of the corrupt head of state, the protests became a cry… Read more Contemporary Art Free of charge Location Galerie im Körnerpark Galerie im Körnerpark Time 10:00 am https://galerie-im-koernerpark.de/de/ausstellungen/manchmal-halte-ich-mich-an-d…
Architecture & Design © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Achim Kleuker Architecture & Design Permanent exhibition A Space for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design A Space for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design Architecture & Design Permanent exhibition A Space for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design Many parts of the building, designed in 1996 by Rolf Gutbrod in the spirit of post-war modernism, have been remodelled by the architectural firm of Kuehn Malvezzi. Read more Fashion and Design Bauhaus & Modernism Location Kulturforum - Kunstgewerbemuseum Kulturforum - Kunstgewerbemuseum Matthäikirchplatz 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
History © Stasi-Museum / ASTAK, Foto: John Steer History Permanent exhibition Stasimuseum Berlin Stasimuseum Berlin History Permanent exhibition Stasimuseum Berlin After World War II, under the direction of the Soviets, German communists began establishing a dictatorial regime in the Soviet occupation zone in Germany. In 1946, also under Soviet pressure, the German Communist Party (KPD) and German Social Democratic Party… Read more permanent exhibition Accessible Events History of the GDR Location Stasi-Museum Berlin Stasi-Museum Berlin Ruschestraße 103 10365 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.stasimuseum.de/ausstellung.htm
Achaeology © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Claudia Plamp Achaeology 16/03/2021 – 30/12/2025 Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age Achaeology 16/03/2021 – 30/12/2025 Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age Nearly five years after the spectacular opening of the Neues Museum, its permanent exhibition is now complete. On the upper floor, the 'Museum of Prehistory and Early History' takes visitors on a tour through the oldest eras of human history. Read more permanent exhibition Finally live Location Neues Museum Neues Museum Bodestraße 1 10178 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
Art © Jean Dubuffet / Kurt Schwitters / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg / Thomas Bruns Art Permanent exhibition Surreal Worlds Surreal Worlds Art Permanent exhibition Surreal Worlds Under the title ‘Surreal Worlds’, rotating exhibitions highlight works from the permanent collection. Surrealism in its broadest sense takes centre stage here, with important predecessors and successors presented alongside the main proponents of the movement… Read more permanent exhibition Location Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Schloßstraße 70 14059 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
History © Alamy Stock Foto History 15/09/2023 – 12/05/2024 Survival art – everyday life during the airlift Survival art – everyday life during the airlift History 15/09/2023 – 12/05/2024 Survival art – everyday life during the airlift Eleven months of rarely electric light, just two hours a day of cooking electricity and only a few briquettes - how did the people in West Berlin manage that? Read more Free of charge Events on the Cold War History Location Tempelhof Museum Tempelhof Museum Alt-Mariendorf 43 12107 Berlin Time 13:00 pm https://www.museen-tempelhof-schoeneberg.de/sonderausstellung.html
Photography © Stabi Kulturwerk Photography 01/03/2024 – 02/06/2024 "The photo album of the Kafka family" "The photo album of the Kafka family" Photography 01/03/2024 – 02/06/2024 "The photo album of the Kafka family" To mark the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka's death, the Stabi Kulturwerk is showing an extensive exhibition of around 130 original photographs of Kafka's family. Many of the photographs were previously unpublished and can be seen for the first time in this… Read more History Literature Location Stabi Kulturwerk Stabi Kulturwerk Unter den Linden 8 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://stabi-kulturwerk.de/portfolio-item/kafka/
Science & Technology © Futurium.de, Fotografen: Schnepp Renou Science & Technology Permanent exhibition The Exhibition at Futurium The Exhibition at Futurium Science & Technology Permanent exhibition The Exhibition at Futurium With the Futurium, Berlin has gained an interdisciplinary house of the future in the heart of the city. Visitors of all ages are invited to explore different conceptions of the future - futures. Read more Free of charge science Location Futurium Futurium Time 10:00 am https://futurium.de/de/ausstellung Buy tickets
Architecture & Design © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Ute Franz-Scarcigalia; CC NC-BY-SA Architecture & Design Permanent exhibition The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains Architecture & Design Permanent exhibition The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains One highlight in the new permanent exhibition at the newly reopened Museum of European Cultures is the mechanical 'Weihnachtsberg', a giant nativity scene set in a hillside town that originates from the Erzgebirge, near the border of Germany and the Czech… Read more permanent exhibition Berlin's neighbourhoods Events in Berlin at Christmas Location Museum Europäischer Kulturen Museum Europäischer Kulturen Arnimallee 25 14195 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%… Buy tickets
History © Deutschlandmuseum Berlin History Permanent exhibition The immersive history exhibition at the Deutschlandmuseum The immersive history exhibition at the Deutschlandmuseum History Permanent exhibition The immersive history exhibition at the Deutschlandmuseum In the new permanent exhibition, excerpts from 2,000 years of German history are presented as an immersive experience, from the uprising of Germanic tribes in 9 AD to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the summer fairytale of 2006. Read more History permanent exhibition Berlin wall Location Deutschlandmuseum Deutschlandmuseum Time 10:00 am Buy tickets
Photography © Cheryl Dunn Photography 08/03/2024 – 09/06/2024 The Fury The Fury Photography 08/03/2024 – 09/06/2024 The Fury On the occasion of International Women's DayFotografiska Berlin presents The Fury, the latest exhibition by acclaimed Iranian artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat. Focused on the nuanced complexities surrounding the sexual exploitation of female political… Read more Contemporary Art Location Fotografiska Berlin – Das zeitgenössische Museum für Fotografie, Kunst und Kultur Fotografiska Berlin – Das zeitgenössische Museum für Fotografie, Kunst und Kultur Oranienburger Str. 60 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://berlin.fotografiska.com/en/exhibitions/shirin-neshat
Art © PICASSOS AUGEN 2016, Pallasstraße 28, Berlin-Schöneberg, Foto: Cornelia Beitl Art 21/02/2024 – 21/04/2024 The Painted City The Painted City Art 21/02/2024 – 21/04/2024 The Painted City As early as 1976, Gert Neuhaus began designing and implementing house-high murals on house facades in Berlin's urban space. The city's numerous remaining fire walls served as the basis for his illusionistic paintings, which suggested three-dimensionality… Read more Free of charge Urban Art Contemporary Art Location Kommunale Galerie Berlin Kommunale Galerie Berlin Hohenzollerndamm 176 10713 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.kommunalegalerie-berlin.de/ausstellungen/gert-neuhaus