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Art © Foto: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katz Art To 13/09/2026 Dorothy Iannone: The Berlin Beauties. In conversation with Alejandra Pombo Su Art To 13/09/2026 The special exhibition brings together works by Dorothy Iannone (1933–2022) and Alejandra Pombo Su (born 1979). Read more Contemporary Art Location Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz 4-6 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=89709 Buy tickets
Exhibitions © Linn Schröder/OSTKREUZ Exhibitions To 17/01/2027 Eastern Territories / Ziemie Zachodnie. A German-Polish search for traces Exhibitions To 17/01/2027 To mark the 35th anniversary of the German-Polish Neighborhood Treaty, the special exhibition “Ostgebiete / Ziemie Zachodnie” brings together renowned photographers from both countries in a visual dialogue on memory, identity, and transformation. Read more History Location Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Stresemannstraße 90 10963 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 19:00 pm https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/de/news/ostgebiete-ziemie-zachodnie-eine-deutsch-polnische-spurensuche
Art © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jacopo La Forgia / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023 Art To 16/06/2030 Endless Exhibition Art To 16/06/2030 The “Infinite Exhibition” now comprises 22 works of art from the Hamburger Bahnhof collection, displayed both inside and outside the museum. A microsite and booklet guide visitors through the museum, the garden, and adjacent areas, connecting the collection… Read more Contemporary Art Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart Berlin Invalidenstraße 50-51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/unendliche-ausstellung/ Buy tickets
History & Archaeology © Stadtmuseum Berlin | Foto: C. Lehmann History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Everyday Life in Biedermeier Berlin History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Welcome to the Biedermeier era! The Knoblauchhaus Museum, one of the few surviving Berlin houses from this period, offers a glimpse into the lifestyle of the Biedermeier era through the reconstructed living quarters of the Knoblauch family. Read more History Location Museum Knoblauchhaus | Stadtmuseum Berlin Poststraße 23 10178 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.stadtmuseum.de/ausstellung/berliner-leben-im-biedermeier Buy tickets
Top Event Art © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jens Ziehe, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2022 Top Event Art To 22/04/2027 Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society Top Event Art To 22/04/2027 Hardly any other era was so marked by division, rupture and transformation as the time after the Second World War. In light of this, the Neue Nationalgalerie is very deliberately showing its new collection display of post-1945 art under the title Extreme… Read more Events on the Cold War Contemporary Art Location Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/neue-nationalgalerie-zeitfenster-ticket#/experience/BTM00020101169779100 Buy tickets
History & Archaeology © Stiftung Garnisonkirche Foto: Cornelius Corbach History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition ‘Faith, power and the military’ exhibition History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Potsdam's newly opened attraction, the rebuilt tower of the Garrison Church, is hosting an exhibition on the history of the site. The exhibition ‘Faith, Power and the Military’ provides a critical examination of the history of the Garrison Church in the… Read more History Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin Politics & Society Location Garnisonkirche in Potsdam Breite Straße 7 14467 Potsdam Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://garnisonkirche-potsdam.de/
History & Archaeology © Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit, Foto Andreas Schölzel History & Archaeology To 25/10/2026 Forced to Work - Willing to Survive History & Archaeology To 25/10/2026 Read more Free of charge Location Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit Britzer Straße 5 12439 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.ns-zwangsarbeit.de/ausstellungen/kommende-ausstellung
Exhibitions © Nationalgalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Jacopo La Forgia Exhibitions To 16/06/2030 Forum Hamburger Bahnhof Exhibitions To 16/06/2030 As a microcosm of Berlin, the buildings of the Hamburger Bahnhof tell many stories. The “Forum Hamburger Bahnhof,” located between the bookstore and the collection exhibition in the west wing, presents objects and archival materials that explore these stories… Read more Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart Berlin Invalidenstraße 50-51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=79144
Art © Frauke Wilken, VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn 2026 Art To 22/08/2026 Frauke Wilken - Cocooning Art To 22/08/2026 The Small Orangery at Charlottenburg Palace will open Frauke Wilken’s solo exhibition “cocooning” on Friday, June 19, 2026, at 6 p.m. Read more Contemporary Art Location Orangerie Charlottenburg Spandauer Damm 22 14059 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm
History & Archaeology © tic / Carmen Hinojosa History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition “Gegenentwürfe” (Alternative concepts) History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition The Prenzlauer Berg before, during, and after the fall of the wall. Distributed on an area of about 100m2 the continuities and discontinuities in East Germany compared to before and after the reunification are evident in concrete examples in the seven… Read more History of the GDR Free of charge Location Museum Pankow Prenzlauer Allee Prenzlauer Allee 227/228 10405 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/museum-pankow/aktuelles/ausstellungen/artikel.338956.php
Top Event Art © Giulia Andreani, Max Hetzler, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Charles Duprat Top Event Art To 13/09/2026 Giulia Andreani Top Event Art To 13/09/2026 Giulia Andreani’s new paintings, created for her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, will be shown alongside works from the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities), the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts), the Museum… Read more Contemporary Art Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=87683 Buy tickets
History & Archaeology © dznsza History & Archaeology To 06/09/2026 Hélène Fauriat - From the Resistance to forced labor in Schönefeld History & Archaeology To 06/09/2026 The exhibition focuses on the biography of Hélène Fauriat (1918–1999), a member of the French Resistance. In June 1944, she was arrested by the Gestapo for her resistance against the German occupation and deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. After… Read more Free of charge History of National Socialism Location Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit Berlin-Schöneweide Britzer Straße 5 12439 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.ns-zwangsarbeit.de/ausstellungen/interventionen#c4260
History & Archaeology © Museum Pankow, 2021, Foto: Kristin Witte History & Archaeology To 08/11/2026 History(s) on site. History & Archaeology To 08/11/2026 For 25 years, the Museum Pankow has been preserving, researching, and sharing the history and stories of a district as diverse as its neighborhoods. Read more History History of the GDR Location Museum Pankow Prenzlauer Allee Prenzlauer Allee 227/228 10405 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/museum-pankow/aktuelles/ausstellungen/sonderausstellungen/artikel.1659162.php
Art © SFVV, Bild: Ines Doleschal Art To 30/08/2026 "Home, elsewhere." Collages and texts by Ines Doleschal Art To 30/08/2026 In her work, Ines Doleschal explores the history of her family from Hohenelbe in northern Bohemia. Her starting point is photographs of her ancestors as well as memories of their expulsion from Czechoslovakia and their new beginning in West Germany after 1945. Read more Free of charge Contemporary Art Location Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Stresemannstraße 90 10963 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/de/veranstaltung/zuhause-woanders-collagen-und-texte-von-ines-doleschal
Exhibitions © visitBerlin Exhibitions To 02/05/2027 Horizontal Exhibitions To 02/05/2027 Nothing is as closely associated with illness as lying in bed. The special exhibition “Horizontal – The Sickbed and the World from a Reclining Perspective” explores how perception and our relationship to the world change when the bed becomes the center of our… Read more History Accessible Events Contemporary Art Location Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité Charitéplatz 1 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 19:00 pm https://bmm-charite.de/ausstellungen/horizontal
History & Archaeology © Pierre Ardenis History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Information Centre - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition The exhibition at the Information Centre documents the persecution and extermination of European Jews as well as the historic sites of the crimes. It was designed by Dagmar von Wilcken. Read more History Accessible Events Free of charge History of National Socialism Location Denkmal für die ermorderdeten Juden Europas - Ort der Information Cora-Berliner-Straße 1 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.stiftung-denkmal.de/ausstellung/ort-der-information-unter-dem-stelenfeld/
Top Event History & Archaeology © Foto: fot. Piotr Ligier / Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie Top Event History & Archaeology To 10/01/2027 InterNationalgalerie#1 Top Event History & Archaeology To 10/01/2027 To kick off a new cabinet series at the Old National Gallery, the National Museum Warsaw is visiting Museum Island. Read more History Location Alte Nationalgalerie Bodestraße 1 10178 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/alte-nationalgalerie-berlin-ticket-fuer-alle-ausstellungen#/ Buy tickets
Exhibitions © Mona Schäfer Exhibitions To 25/07/2026 Lisa Glauer and Sabine Schneider Exhibitions To 25/07/2026 For the third exhibition, the jury would like to combine two submissions that complement each other through geographical elements. Lisa Glauer will use a wind sign machine in Bernau to create special city maps that can be interpreted by residents and visitors. Read more Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin Location Galerie Bernau Bürgermeisterstraße 4 16321 Bernau bei Berlin Time 10:00 am
Art © Lady Pink Art To 30/05/2027 Love Letters to the City Art To 30/05/2027 LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY, curated by Michelle Houston, is a tribute to urban spaces and encourages reflection on the role of art in shaping our collective urban experiences. The exhibition examines the transformative potential of public art and explores the… Read more Accessible Events Free of charge Teenager Urban Art Location Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art Bülowstraße 7 10783 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://urban-nation.com/de/love-letters-to-the-city/
History & Archaeology © Sammlung Jürgen Luh History & Archaeology To 01/11/2026 Monster meets parrot History & Archaeology To 01/11/2026 in 1806, Prussia had lost the war against France, against the "monster" Napoleon, at Jena and Auerstedt. The royal family then fled to East Prussia and took refuge in Russia, as did the rest of the Prussian army. The pursuing French troops forced the Russians… Read more Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin Palaces and Gardens UNESCO World Heritage Location Schloss Paretz Parkring 1 14669 Ketzin Time 10:00 am https://www.spsg.de/aktuelles/ausstellung/ungeheuer-trifft-papagei
Art © © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Art To 01/08/2028 Paintings from the 13th to 18th Century Art To 01/08/2028 The Gemäldegalerie houses one of the world’s most significant collections of European painting from the 13th to the 18th century, which has been systematically built up and expanded since the museum’s founding in 1830. Read more Location Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz 4-6 10785 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=17479 Buy tickets
