Museums in Berlin

Great exhibitions and cultural highlights

The Berlin museums will be allowed to open again from 4 May. An overview of the openings is compiled on our website.

Many museums offer digital guided tours and special offers, an overview can be found in our blog.

We hope to welcome you back to Berlin soon and to inspire you for your next Berlin trip.

Discover the latest exhibitions and highlights in Berlin’s museums. The five museums on the famous Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, form the world’s largest museum ensemble. The city has many other top exhibitions to enjoy!

Museum Island

Statue with no face at Pergamon Museum — © visitBerlin, Foto: Günter Steffen

Top exhibitions in Berlin 2020

Acclaimed art from all over the world

Berlinische Galerie — © visitberlin, Foto: Philip Koschel

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Kabelwerk Oberspree — © visitBerlin, Foto: Steve Simon

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Berlin has around 170 museums – so you’d need to stay quite a while to see them all! We help you narrow down the field and find your favourite museums. Berlin has major exhibitions with art works from across the ages – starting with masterpieces from the classical and modern world on Museum Island, including the legendary bust of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in the spectacularly restored Neues Museum (New Museum).

The world-famous Museum Island comprises five museums presenting a panorama of art and history, from ancient cultures to nineteenth-century painting. Across the city, you can look forward to a wealth of stunning museum collections, modern and contemporary art, spoken word and cutting-edge theatre, three opera houses and music from classic to experimental.

In the Gemäldegalerie, you can enjoy one of the world’s leading collections of European paintings from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century. For a collection of cutting edge modern and contemporary art, head for the Hamburger Bahnhof museum.

To discover more about Berlin’s history and Germany’s chequered past, visit the GDR Museum, the German Historical Museum, the Märkisches Museum, the Ephraim-Palais or the Jewish Museum.

For a different take on the city’s culture and history, don’t miss the Berlin Dungeon, dedicated to the creepy events of Berlin's history. For the sweeter things in life, check out the Sugar Museum in the German Museum of Technology – just one of the city’s many unusual museums with unusual exhibits! For night owls, the Long Night of Museums is a perfect start to an evening in Berlin, with the city’s museums open until midnight. And with the Berlin Welcome Card, you can enjoy great savings on many of the city’s museums – including the world-famous Museum Island!

Berlin’s museums at a glance

In our overview of Berlin’s many museums, it’s easy to find the ones that appeal to you! Here, you can find information and tickets for Berlin’s top museums, from Museum Island with its fascinating archaeological and art collections to the Jewish Museum or the GDR Museum – as well as the unusual and quirky, and the best museums for children!

We have compiled the opening hours of the museums on public holidays in a PDF file for download.

Außenansicht des Jüdischen Museum Berlin — © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien

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11 top museums in Berlin

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Pergamon Museum

Berlin's most frequently visited museum has an incredible collection of exquisite classical treasures such as the striking reconstructions of archaeological buildings – the Pergamon Altar of Zeus, Roman market gate of Milet and Ishtar Gate with the Processional Way of Babylon and the Mshatta façade.

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Neues Museum (New Museum)

Take a journey through the history of mankind and see the world famous Nefertiti limestone bust along with artefacts from the Stone Age to Medieval times.

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Altes Museum (Old Museum)

One of the most striking buildings in Berlin, the Altes Museum houses a vast range of ancient artefacts from the Greek, Roman and Etruscan eras.

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Old National Gallery in Berlin: Karl-Friedrich-Schinkel-Saal

Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery)

Caspar David Friedrich, Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir — these are the famous names you will meet in the Alte Nationalgalerie. The museum is part of the Museumsinsel (Museum Island) and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the gallery, you …

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Jüdisches Museum (Jewish Museum Berlin)

Berlin's Jewish Museum brings you closer to German-Jewish history. Its extraordinary architecture reflects this compelling subject matter.

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Gropius Bau

Contemporary art behind a Renaissance facade: experience temporary exhibitions of international significance at the Gropius Bau.

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Dinosaur skeleton in the Museum of Natural History Berlin

Museum für Naturkunde (Museum of Natural History)

At the Museum of Natural History, you and your family can dive into the world of the dinosaurs. Discover over a million years' worth of zoological exhibits.

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Deutsches Technikmuseum

The Deutsches Technikmuseum takes you on a journey through time: visitors will be amazed by historic aircrafts, ships and trains.

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Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum of Contemporary Art

The Hamburger Bahnhof museum is the centre of Berlin's contemporary art scene. See iconic works by artists such as Andy Warhol or Joseph Beuys.

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Berlinische Galerie

The Berlinische Galerie houses one of Berlin's most important modern art collections, sitting by the former Berlin Wall between chic Mitte and cool Kreuzberg.

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Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings)

From Botticelli via Rembrandt and on to Dürer: visit the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin to see masterpieces of European painting.

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Museums our visitors love

Take a journey back in time in the GDR Museum, explore the shadowy world of espionage in the German Spy Museum, or discover Berlin’s iconic snack in the interactive Currywurst Museum. Marvel at “Tristan”, the amazing TRex in Berlin’s Natural History Museum – or meet Lara Croft in the Computer Games Museum.

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Top Exhibitions

What are the major exhibitions in Berlin? Which upcoming highlights can you look forward to? We have put together a small selection of special exhibitions for you - from the Harry Potter world to the abstract works of Gerhard Richter.

More tips for your museums' visit

Which Berlin museums are free? How does the Museum Pass help me save money? Which museums are open on Mondays? Our overviews give you the essentials on Berlin’s museums. Ideal to help plan your visit perfectly in advance! And to help you save money – the Museum Pass Berlin gives you free entry on three consecutive opening days to over 30 of Berlin’s magnificent museums!

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