Berlin 2023 – the biggest events
New openings, exhibits, events
When were you last in Berlin? The German capital has developed dynamically this year: exciting cultural projects, new museums. Our review "New openings in 2022" brings you up to date.
The year 2023 will also be eventful! We present the highlights of the next year and update continuously.
Welcome to Berlin – get inspired!
- New openings in 2022
- Berlin 2023: News from the city
- From special exhibits to the Berlin Marathon: the most important events in 2023
New openings in 2022
Japan lovers have been able to dive into the exciting world of the samurai in the heart of Berlin. The new Samurai Museum Berlin presents over 1000 original masterworks of Japanese weaponry, making it the largest collection outside of Japan.
The Computer Games Museum near Alexanderplatz inspires with its new Wall of Hardware. Visitors can learn about 35 years of video game history.
The Stabi Kulturwerk, the first library museum of the Staatsbibliothek, recently opened on the boulevard Unter den Linden. From folios to globes and scores, precious artefacts from 600 years of library history are on display.
The new East Wing of the Humboldt Forum, across from Museum Island, and its approximately 10,000 square metres of space was inaugurated. The collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Asian Art Museum are supplemented with many works of art from North, Central, and South America, as well as exhibits on Islam and the historical Kingdom of Benin.
The new Museum Ephraim-Palais finally opened after years of renovation. Here you can learn about Berlin’s history and urban culture in a magnificent, historic Rococo corner structure.
Charlottenburg Palace has also been updating its inventory of art. The Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum moved into the theatre building, presenting drawings, graphic art, and sculptures by the artist in freshly renovated exhibition spaces.
Tristan is back!
And don't forget: Tristan has been back on display at the Museum für Naturkunde: The original skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is a spectacular find, and drew around three million visitors to Berlin in 2015.
What else is happening in the heart of the German capital and which new spectacular openings we can expect in the next few years can be found on our infographic on the new cultural centre.
Berlin 2023: News from the city
Learn here what will be happening, as we provide continuous updates.
Full steam ahead at the German Museum of Technology
Spring 2023
The German Museum of Technology is renovating and modernising its large permanent railway exhibit with the locomotive shed: As of spring it will be an airy, interactive, family-friendly space.
Tower THF – 360° Berlin: exciting views at Tempelhof Airport
Summer 2023
The former Tempelhof Airport is being converted into a place of art and culture, creativity and events.
Starting in may, the airport tower with exhibition floor and rooftop terrace will be open to visitors.
Charité Museum of Medical History: reopening after expansion and modernisation
Summer 2023
Around 10,000 pathological and anatomical specimens are contained with the special collection of the Charité Museum of Medical History on the grounds of the Charité. They tell 300 years of medical history and can be viewed once more following the renovation and expansion of the exhibition space.
Cultural highlight in autumn 2023: Two major exhibitions show the works of Edvard Munch
from 15 September 2023 and 18 October 2023
Two exhibitions in Berlin and Potsdam will be dedicated to the world-famous artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) in autumn 2023: The Berlinische Galerie and the Museum Barberini will present numerous paintings, photographs and prints.
Opening of the Swedish photography museum Fotografiska
in the course of the year 2023
The Fotografiska Berlin will be the fourth branch of the renowned Fotomuseum, along with Stockholm, New York and Tallinn. It will move into the former Berlin Kunsthaus Tacheles and show several exhibitions at the same time on an area of around 5,500 square metres.
Inauguration of the Freedom and Unity Memorial at the Humboldt Forum
in the course of the year 2023
A giant, walkable steel bowl will be mounted in a large plinth to commemorate the peaceful revolution and fall of the Wall in 1989. When more than twenty people gather in one half of the bowl, it tilts slightly.
From special exhibits to the Berlin Marathon: the most important events in 2023
Forced cooperation: The prisoner work crews of Hohenschönhausen
A new permanent exhibit sheds new light on the daily lives of prisoners of the former GDR state security apparatus, and will open actual working and living spaces of the work crews for the first time.
End of 2022
Berlin – Hoheschönhausen Memorial
Promise of progress: Industrial photography in a divided Germany
More consumption, better products, higher quality of living: This exhibit takes a look at how imagery in both Germanys made promises of the future.
German Historical Museum
10 February to 29 May 2023
10th European Photography Month 2023
Germany’s largest photography festival celebrates its anniversary in Berlin with more than 100 exhibits and over 500 international photographers.
Museums, galleries, institutions, project spaces, and photography schools in Berlin and Potsdam
2 March to 31 March 2023
Hugo van der Goes. Between pain and bliss
Highlight at the Kulturforum: The first ever special exhibit dedicated to the most important Dutch artist of the second half of the 15th century.
Gemäldegalerie
31 March to 16 July 2023
in_finite. Living with Death
An exhibition as an interactive drama: visitors enter different stages and encounter a variety of ideas about death and scenes of death.
Humboldt Forum
1 April to 26 October 2023
Gerhard Richter. 100 works for Berlin
The Neue Nationalgalerie has received on long-term loan 100 works by the currently most important German artist, Gerhard Richter, the most important of which is the "Birkenau Cycle".
New National Gallery
from 1 April
Festival Days at the State Opera 2023
Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and a piano recital with works by Bach and Beethoven
Philharmonie Berlin
2 April to 10 April 2023
Another type of police custody: The house prison of the Secret Police Office in Berlin 1933-1945
90 years after the founding of the Gestapo, the Secret State Police in Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, this special exhibit addresses the countless crimes committed by them.
Topographie des Terrors
26 April to autumn 2023
Berlin Europe Weeks 2023
Throughout Germany and also in Berlin, numerous events and information sessions will take place to inform people about the European Union and the cultures of other countries, and to discuss the future path of the EU.
Various locations throughout Berlin
30 April to 31 May 2023
Archaeological Treasures from Uzbekistan: From Alexander the Great to the Kushan Empire
The Museum of Prehistory and Early History is showing a unique compilation of art treasures from Uzbekistan. It brings to life the flourishing culture of the region between the 4th century BC and the 4th century AD.
James Simon Gallery
4 May to 5 November 2023
Carnival of Cultures 2023
Highlight of Pentecost Weekend: Visitors from around the world celebrate a four-day street festival with multicultural parades through the city.
Streets of Berlin - Kreuzberg
26 to 29 May 2023
Berlin Summer Festival of Culture 2023
Concerts in the lido, readings in the zoo, state ballet on the ship or theatre productions on the streets: During the summer months, the Kultursommerfestival invites you to events all over Berlin, across districts and neighbourhoods.
Various locations throughout Berlin
June until September 2023
Long Night of Science 2023
Otherwise inaccessible archives, laboratories, and a range of renowned scientific institutions open up their doors for events and tours.
17 June 2023
various museums and scientific institutions in Berlin and Potsdam
Special Olympics World Games 2023
Thousands of athletes with disabilities representing 26 sports arrive in Germany for the first time to compete at the largest international inclusive sporting event.
Olympiastadion Berlin
17 to 25 June 2023
Palaces. Prussia. Colonial. Focus on biographies and collections
Whether colorful glass beads or paintings depicting slaves: The centuries-long colonial past of the palaces and gardens in Berlin is reflected in the collections, which have been reworked in this regard.
Charlottenburg Palace, New Wing
4 July to 31 October 2023
State Opera for All 2023
Opera-Air-Concert of the Staatskapelle Berlin
Bebelplatz
9 July 2023
45th CSD Berlin | Berlin Pride
The LGBTQIA+ community and its allies celebrate tolerance and diversity all throughout Berlin every year. The highlight of the massive street parade against discrimination and hate is the Pride Festival Finale.
Streets of Berlin
22 July 2023
World Championship and Olympic Qualifications in archery 2023
Get ready, archery fans: Berlin is hosting the Archery World Championships, the world’s largest archery event, for the second time in 2023.
Berlin
28 July to 6 August 2023
Long Night of the Museums Berlin
Live events, workshops, open museum doors
Museums in Berlin
26 August 2023
Music Festival Berlin 2023
The festival programme presents the artistic work of the major orchestras and ensembles ranging from classical to modern. The 19th Musikfest Berlin will be opened by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Iván Fischer.
Philharmonie Berlin and other venues
26 August - 19 September 2023
IFA 2023
the world's most important trade fair for consumer electronics and home appliances
Berlin Trade Fair
1 - 5 September 2023
Magic of the North. Edvard Munch in Berlin.
Two major exhibitions at the Berlinische Galerie and the Museum Barberini will present the world-famous artist Edvard Munch in autumn 2023: the Munch Museet in Oslo and many other international partners are generously supporting the exhibitions in Berlin and Potsdam with loans.
Berlin Gallery
15 September 2023 to 22 January 2024
49th BMW Berlin Marathon 2023
One of the world’s largest runs is held in Berlin in September every year: Around 40,000 participants run the popular route past the historic sights.
Streets downtown
24 September 2023
Cirque du Soleil: OVO
Cirque du Soleil is a world-famous attraction that has fascinated more than 180 million spectators in around sixty countries. Imagination, emotion and all the senses are inspired by first-class artistic presentations.
Mercedes-Benz Arena
5 - 8 October 2023
Edvard Munch: Transforming Nature
Two major exhibitions at the Berlinische Galerie and the Museum Barberini will present the world-famous artist Edvard Munch in autumn 2023: the Munch Museet in Oslo and many other international partners are generously supporting the exhibitions in Berlin and Potsdam with loans.
Museum Barberini
18 October 2023 to 1 April 2024
Andrea Bocelli: The World’s Most Beloved Tenor
The Italian singer offers a musical mix of classical, musical theatre, and film. He is accompanied by a large symphony orchestra, a choir, and international guest stars.
Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin
19 October 2023
Climate change and the Polarstern expedition (Working title)
The German Museum of Technology and the Alfred-Wegener-Institut are partnering together to host a special exhibit on climate change.
German Museum of Technology
Starting autumn 2023
You can find the whole wide range of events in 2022/2023 in the capital's most beautiful calendar of events - at visitBerlin.de .