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Located in Potsdam’s historic center, the Museum Barberini is an art museum that was initiated by Hasso Plattner, the founder of the German software company SAP and a patron of the arts. Since its opening in 2017, the Barberini has established itself as one of the most popular museums in Germany with international exhibitions and an extraordinary collection of Impressionist paintings.

Visit the current and future exhibitions at the Museum Barberini Potsdam:

✔ 14.06.25 - 28.09.25 The Honest Eye: The Impressionist Pissarro
✔ 25.10.25 - 01.02.26 Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art
✔ Permanent exhibition: Impressionism - Masterpieces from the Hasso Plattner Collection

Exhibition: The Honest Eye: The Impressionist Pissarro

He is considered the founding figure of the Impressionist movement in France: the Impressionist Camille Pissarro. Pissarro's motifs are often simple, their tone quiet. At second glance, the details, carefully coordinated harmonies and the artist's idealistic attitude are revealed. His works, consisting of landscapes and gardens, family portraits, scenes of rural life or urban motifs such as the harbours of Normandy or the bustling streets of Paris, reflect his oeuvre.

Discover more than 100 works by Camille Pissarro

The exhibition With an Open Eye. The Impressionist Pissarro presents an in-depth overview of Pissarro's entire oeuvre with over 100 works from 50 international collections and at the same time shows the social utopian ideas of his art. The exhibition and his works are on display at the Museum Barberini until 28 September 2025.

Permanent exhibition: Impressionism: The Hasso Plattner Collection

Beginning on September 5, 2020, the Museum Barberini in Potsdam will present a permanent display of the extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from the collection of the museum’s founder, Hasso Plattner, including masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, and Signac. With thirty-four paintings by Monet, there is no venue in Europe outside of Paris where visitors can see more works by this painter.

Masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, and Signac

The holdings of paintings by Caillebotte, Pissarro, Signac, Sisley, and Vlaminck are also unique in Germany. In addition to its temporary exhibitions, the Museum Barberini now showcases a permanent collection that is unparalleled in Germany. This makes Potsdam one of the most important international centers of Impressionist landscape painting.