Summer studio in the garden

The summer studio invites people of all ages to be creative together, exchange ideas and develop new perspectives on art, urban space and community.


Open formats and workshops facilitate encounters across age and experience boundaries. From interactive postcard studios to electronic sound experiments, the programme offers a variety of approaches for children, young people and adults – as spontaneous drop-in activities or in-depth workshops.

The current exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof provide impetus and inspiration for the summer holiday programme: they are the starting point for artistic exploration in the museum garden and combine creative activity with the museum's thematic context. The summer studio in the garden invites visitors to create, experiment and rediscover urban space together.

Summer Studio for Everyone

Greetings from Hamburger Bahnhof
You can design your own postcards at our interactive writing and drawing station. Each card becomes a small work of art that captures your thoughts and the atmosphere of the museum. Send them to friends and family or leave them at the museum for others to reply to. This creates a creative dialogue between visitors. Come by, get creative and send a special message out into the world!
Tue 5 August – Fri 8 August
Drop-in, no registration required


Experimental Portraits and Body Images
Whether drawn, painted in watercolours or as a text collage – here you can experiment creatively and explore the theme of portraiture. A portrait can be many things: an abstract self-image, a drawn object or a free interpretation of the body. You can find inspiration on site or in the museum's exhibitions.
Tue 19 August – Fri 22 August
Drop-in, no registration required


Summer studio for young people
Error Music – Electronic music in the museum
The Berlin project ERROR MUSIC x Hamburger Bahnhof invites you to make, build and code electronic music with music producers and discover the museum's world of sound.
Four-day workshop for young people aged 12–17 who identify as girls*, trans*, inter* or non-binary
Tue 12 August – Fri 15 August
Participation is free of charge, but places are limited.
Registration required


Experimental portraits and body images
Whether drawn, painted in watercolours or as a text collage – here you can experiment creatively and explore the theme of portraiture. A portrait can be many things: an abstract self-image, a drawn object or a free interpretation of the body. You can find inspiration on site or in the museum's exhibitions.
Tue 19 August – Fri 22 August
Drop-in, no registration required


Summer studio for families
Museum trail
This workshop invites you to explore the museum with your own senses and through movement. Individual body perceptions and experiences give rise to a shared exchange about art and space. Open to everyone – regardless of age, fitness or physical condition.
Tue 2 Sept – Fri 5 Sept
Registration required

Admission to the museums is free for children and young people up to the age of 18. Adults must have a valid admission ticket and families must have a family ticket to participate. Participation in the programmes is free of charge.

The entire summer programme at a glance: https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungsreihe/sommeratelier-2025-workshops-im-hamburger-bahnhof/

Information and booking:
https://www.museumsdienst.berlin/kontakt
museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin
+49 (0)30 247 49 888 (Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Saturday + Sunday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.)


Volkswagen Group Art4All Family Sunday: Family Sundays during the summer holidays

During the summer months, the Family Sundays programme moves outdoors: join in with the concrete workshop in July and create your own shapes. Experiment with printing techniques in water in August and create summery prints in the pool. The MuseumXpeditions also take place outdoors: explore how you can move around in and around the museum with Museum Parkour. In July, explore the exhibitions together with the youth committee ‘Schattenmuseum’ (Shadow Museum) and in August, use paper and cardboard to build a museum landscape in the sand, for which you first collect interesting and cool shapes inside the exhibition. The free Family Sundays programme is accessible without registration and with a museum ticket at a reduced family price on Sundays from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Participation including admission to all exhibitions: £10 per family (2 people, including 1 person under 18), £15 per family (3 or more people, including 1 person under 18).



Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art
Invalidenstraße 50, 10557 Berlin
Tues, Wed, Fri 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Thurs 10 a.m. – 8 p.m., Sat + Sun 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.