Museums in Berlin

Discover current exhibitions and the highlights of the collections! Berlin's Museum Island with its five museums is the largest museum ensemble in the world and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Other museums and top exhibitions throughout Berlin await your visit.

Admission is free on the first Sunday of the month!

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In 2022, first-class new museums open their doors in Berlin. 

The new Samurai Museum in Auguststraße opened in May 2022. And from 14 July 2022, also in the heart of Berlin, we can expect a first library museum, the Stabi Kulturwerk. All other planned openings and reopenings can be found on our web site Berlin 2022. An overview of all the news and the major cultural projects of the next few years can be found in our new infographic.

Since 2021, the interactive children's museum ANOHA has been welcoming guests young and old. After five years of renovation, the Neue Nationalgalerie also invites visitors back. In autumn 2021, two large museums opened their doors on the upper floors of the Humboldt Forum: the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art. Moving for visitors from all over the world and all generations: the new Documentation Centre Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation directly at the Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Around 170 museums in Berlin invite you to visit them. To make it easier for you to choose, we have compiled them clearly for you.

Here you will find Berlin's top museums, such as the DDR Museum and the Jewish Museum, Museum Island with its fascinating collections of archaeology and art, as well as museums for children, art museums and unusual museums with all the key info and tickets.

Which special exhibitions are currently on in Berlin? And what upcoming highlights can you look forward to? Let us inspire you with our recommendations.

Go on a journey through time at the DDR Museum or in the German Spy Museum and see exciting exhibitions on politics and society at the German Historical Museum. Visit the German Cinematheque and dive deep into the film city of Berlin.
Would you like to take a look at the world of virtual reality? Then the Museum of Computer Games with more than 300 exhibits from around 60 years of gaming culture awaits you.

Here you can conveniently book tickets for your visit to the museum. Your benefits: get the right ticket in just three minutes and skip the queue to enter the exhibition!

Would you like to visit the newly opened Neue Nationalgalerie or Hamburger Bahnhof? On the same page you will also find all tickets for the Berlin State Museums.

Where is admission free? And what discounts does the Museum Pass offer? We have compiled an overview of all the practical information for you.
With the Berlin Museum Pass you get free admission to more than 30 museums in Berlin on three consecutive days!