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Art © Fotonachweis: bpk / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 Art 30/05/2025 – 16/11/2025 STRANGE! STRANGE! Art 30/05/2025 – 16/11/2025 STRANGE! Surrealism emerged in the early 1920s – but when did it end? Some say that the start of the Second World War marked the end of the movement, others cite the death of its spokesman André Breton (1896–1966), and still others are convinced that Surrealism can… Read more Location Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Time 11:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=86474 Buy tickets
Guided Tour © visumate Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 4 additional dates Suchspiel - Ägypten ganz nah – folge dem Skarabäus Scheri Suchspiel - Ägypten ganz nah – folge dem Skarabäus Scheri Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 4 additional dates Suchspiel - Ägypten ganz nah – folge dem Skarabäus Scheri Anyone who visits the Egyptian Museum from February to December on the first Sunday of the month or on a Sunday during the Berlin school holidays can make their tour particularly exciting and varied. Read more Children Teenager 200 years Museum Island Berlin Location Neues Museum Neues Museum Time 11:00 am – 15:30 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=149031
Guided Tour © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 8 additional dates Sundays at Seghers’ Sundays at Seghers’ Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 8 additional dates Sundays at Seghers’ The Anna Seghers Museum will continue to open every first Sunday of the month from 11 am to 4 pm in 2025. Read more Führung im Museum Location Anna-Seghers-Museum Anna-Seghers-Museum Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://adk.de/de/programm/?we_objectID=67480
Guided Tour © SPSG / Peter-Michael Bauers Guided Tour 05/10/2025 The shell grotto in the New Garden The shell grotto in the New Garden Guided Tour 05/10/2025 The shell grotto in the New Garden The "Chrystal and Shell Grotto" is a garden staffage in the New Garden. Large mirrors, various types of stone, colored glass and shells once adorned the three cabinets of the grotto. The remains of these decorations still give an idea of its former beauty. Read more UNESCO World Heritage Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin Palaces and Gardens Führung im Museum Location Muschelgrotte Muschelgrotte Time 11:00 am https://www.spsg.de/aktuelles/veranstaltung/die-muschelgrotte-im-neuen-garten/event/tid/13214
Art © Barbara Duisberg Art 06/09/2025 – 09/11/2025 The Presence of the Unseen The Presence of the Unseen Art 06/09/2025 – 09/11/2025 The Presence of the Unseen Throughout our lives, we keep people and experiences in our memories. We sometimes forget or repress them until they are brought back to mind by smells, sounds or music, by objects, photos and images, and other people. Read more Contemporary Art Free of charge Location Kommunale Galerie Berlin Kommunale Galerie Berlin Hohenzollerndamm 176 10713 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.kommunalegalerie-berlin.de/
Art © Bröhan Museum Art 04/07/2025 – 11/01/2026 The magic of glaze The magic of glaze Art 04/07/2025 – 11/01/2026 The magic of glaze Starting in July 2025, the Bröhan Museum will present the exhibition "The Magic of Glaze," dedicated to the important Danish ceramic artist Nils Thorsson (1898–1975) and the stoneware department of the Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory. Read more Design History Location Bröhan Museum. Jugendstil Kunst Design Bröhan Museum. Jugendstil Kunst Design Schloßstraße 1A 14059 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://www.broehan-museum.de/ausstellung/magie-der-glasur/
Art © Toyin Ojih Odutola, Genehmigung der Künstlerin und der Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Art 13/06/2025 – 04/01/2026 Toyin Ojih Odutola Toyin Ojih Odutola Art 13/06/2025 – 04/01/2026 Toyin Ojih Odutola The figurative multimedia drawings of Toyin Ojih Odutola (born 1985) are known for their detailed exploration of identity and visual storytelling. Read more Contemporary Art Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 11:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=84201 Buy tickets
Lecture © Stadtmuseum Berlin | Foto: C. Lehmann Lecture 05/10/2025 Treffpunkt Biedermeier Treffpunkt Biedermeier Lecture 05/10/2025 Treffpunkt Biedermeier This Sunday, live speakers at the Museum Knoblauchhaus will talk about the everyday life of wealthy Berliners two hundred years ago. Read more History Location Museum Knoblauchhaus Museum Knoblauchhaus Time 11:00 am – 16:00 pm https://www.stadtmuseum.de/veranstaltungen/treffpunkt-biedermeier-2
Art © Wolfgang Kunde / Klaus Mantze Art 30/08/2025 – 16/11/2025 A Tribute to Wolfgang Kunde A Tribute to Wolfgang Kunde Art 30/08/2025 – 16/11/2025 A Tribute to Wolfgang Kunde A selection of some 30 mostly untitled works from the 1960s and 1970s reveals Wolfgang Kunde's affinity with surrealism and its penchant for seemingly meaningless found objects. Read more Contemporary Art Location Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Schloßstraße 70 14059 Berlin Time 11:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=87397 Buy tickets
Art © visitBerlin, Foto Martin Gentischer Art Permanent exhibition Unendliche Ausstellung Unendliche Ausstellung Art Permanent exhibition Unendliche Ausstellung Over 15 installations, sculptures and interventions have been set up in and around the Hamburger Bahnhof since it opened in 1996. The exhibition is supplemented every year with a new production that is permanently acquired for the National Gallery's collection… Read more Contemporary Art permanent exhibition Location Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 11:00 am https://endless-exhibition.de/
Guided Tour © SPSG / Foto: Jörg Kirschstetin Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 1 additional date Walk through the Mayakovskiring Walk through the Mayakovskiring Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 1 additional date Walk through the Mayakovskiring The leading members of the GDR government such as Wilhelm Pieck, Walter Ulbricht and Otto Grotewohl lived in the immediate vicinity of Schönhausen Palace - on Mayakovskiring. From 1949 to 1960, the oval street enclosed by a board fence, colloquially known as… Read more History of the GDR Berlin's neighbourhoods Location Schloss Schönhausen Schloss Schönhausen Time 11:00 am https://www.spsg.de/aktuelles/veranstaltung/spaziergang-durch-den-majakowskiring
Guided Tour © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Christof Hannemann Guided Tour 05/10/2025 Welcome to the PETRI Berlin – Discover archaeology (in English) Welcome to the PETRI Berlin – Discover archaeology (in English) Guided Tour 05/10/2025 Welcome to the PETRI Berlin – Discover archaeology (in English) This guided tour will introduce you to know PETRI Berlin from bottom to top. Enter the excavated walls of the Latin school and learn how archaeology sheds new light on the city's medieval beginnings. The burials from St Peter's churchyard and the remains of… Read more Führung im Museum Location Petri Berlin Petri Berlin Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=153620
Art © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Graphische Gesellschaft zu Berlin / Dietmar Katz © Walter Dahn, Courtesy the artist and Sprüth Magers Art 12/09/2025 – 11/01/2026 YES TO ALL YES TO ALL Art 12/09/2025 – 11/01/2026 YES TO ALL “Yes to All” – “Yes, we’ll take everything,” was the enthusiastic and grateful response of the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) and the Graphische Gesellschaft zu Berlin – Freunde des Kupferstichkabinetts during the last two years in… Read more Location Kulturforum - Kupferstichkabinett Kulturforum - Kupferstichkabinett Johanna und Eduard Arnhold Platz (ehem. Matthäikirchplatz) 10785 Berlin Time 11:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=84085
Lectures & Readings © RT Lectures & Readings 05/10/2025 Berlin Portrait Gallery - Women's Stories Episode 1: Marieluise Fleißer Berlin Portrait Gallery - Women's Stories Episode 1: Marieluise Fleißer Lectures & Readings 05/10/2025 Berlin Portrait Gallery - Women's Stories Episode 1: Marieluise Fleißer Born in Ingolstadt in 1901, Marieluise Fleißer's work – her plays and short stories – is repeatedly determined by the tension between man and woman. Read more Literature Location Renaissance-Theater Berlin / Bruckner-Foyer Renaissance-Theater Berlin / Bruckner-Foyer Time 11:30 am https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/berliner-portraet-galerie-frauengeschichten-folge-1-marieluise-fleisser/
Performance © Associação Cultural O Mundo de Lygia Clark / Eduardo Clark, 1973 Performance 05/10/2025 #2 Anthropophagic Saliva | Life structures #2 Anthropophagic Saliva | Life structures Performance 05/10/2025 #2 Anthropophagic Saliva | Life structures Anthropophagic Slobber, 1969. A group kneels around a person lying on the floor. The individual participants have spools of thread in their mouths, from which they unroll saliva-soaked threads and cover the person lying on the floor with them. This gradually… Read more International Location Neue Nationalgalerie Neue Nationalgalerie Time 12:00 pm – 14:00 pm https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=150412
Festivals © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien Festivals 02/10/2025 – 30/11/2025 7. BERLIN HERBSTSALON 7. BERLIN HERBSTSALON Festivals 02/10/2025 – 30/11/2025 7. BERLIN HERBSTSALON The 7th Berlin Autumn Salon is entitled ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE – INVENTORIES/INTERVENTIONS/INVENTIONS. To mark the opening of her final season as artistic director of the Gorki in 2025/26, Shermin Langhoff has invited long-standing colleagues and many other… Read more International Politics & Society Location Maxim Gorki Theater Maxim Gorki Theater Time 12:00 pm https://www.gorki.de/de/ausstellung-7-berliner-herbstsalon
Guided Tour © Botanischer Garten Berlin Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 25 additional dates After breakfast in the garden After breakfast in the garden Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 25 additional dates After breakfast in the garden On this Sunday tour, you will experience the unique plants on a walk through the outdoor area - or in the greenhouses if it rains. Read more Green City Location Botanischer Garten - Eingang Königin-Luise-Straße Botanischer Garten - Eingang Königin-Luise-Straße Time 12:00 pm https://tickets.bo.berlin/#/product/event/22
Guided Tour © DHM Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 3 additional dates Autumn ’89 – Short tour and discussion Autumn ’89 – Short tour and discussion Guided Tour 05/10/2025 + 3 additional dates Autumn ’89 – Short tour and discussion Many people have personal memories of the fall of the Wall and the drastic events in the fall of '89. Where were you on November 9, 1989? How did you experience and follow that day and the weeks leading up to it? What would you like to learn from contemporary… Read more Free of charge Führung im Museum Berlin wall Location Deutsches Historisches Museum Deutsches Historisches Museum Time 12:00 pm – 13:00 pm https://www.dhm.de/veranstaltung/herbst-89-kurzfuehrung-und-gespraech/
Concerts © visitBerlin Concerts 05/10/2025 + 2 additional dates Bridges of Insurrection - Soundscapes of Pernambuco Bridges of Insurrection - Soundscapes of Pernambuco Concerts 05/10/2025 + 2 additional dates Bridges of Insurrection - Soundscapes of Pernambuco The musicians Aduni Guedes and K'boko come from Pernambuco - the region in north-eastern Brazil where one of the most important ensembles of the Oranienburg Palace Museum has its origins. Read more Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin UNESCO World Heritage Palaces and Gardens Location Schlossmuseum Oranienburg Schlossmuseum Oranienburg Time 12:00 pm https://www.spsg.de/aktuelles/veranstaltung/bridges-of-insurrection-soundscapes-of-pernambuco/event/tid/13318
History © Archiv des Stadtgeschichtlichen Museums Spandau, Kulturamt Spandau History 08/08/2025 – 08/03/2026 Bye bye bunkers. Documentation of dismantling Bye bye bunkers. Documentation of dismantling History 08/08/2025 – 08/03/2026 Bye bye bunkers. Documentation of dismantling Spandau's forgotten bunkers – An exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the war. Read more Free of charge History of National Socialism Urban development Spandau Location Gotisches Haus Gotisches Haus Breite Straße 32 13597 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.gotischeshaus.de/
Art © Cihad Caner Art 14/09/2025 – 15/05/2026 Cihad Caner. Demonst(e)rating the Untamable Monster Cihad Caner. Demonst(e)rating the Untamable Monster Art 14/09/2025 – 15/05/2026 Cihad Caner. Demonst(e)rating the Untamable Monster Cihad Caner (* 1990 in Istanbul, lives in Rotterdam) questions social mechanisms of representation and power in his artistic practice. His video work focuses on the figure of the monstrous and its layered meanings. Caner’s animated monsters sing, hum, and… Read more Contemporary Art International Berlin Art Week Location KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Kindl - Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst Am Sudhaus 3 12053 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://www.kindl-berlin.de/ausstellungen/cihad-caner
