Top exhibitions in Berlin 2025
Must see: Highlights of Berlin’s museums and exhibition venues
Berlin's museums and exhibition centres are world-famous. Here is our selection of current and upcoming exhibition highlights in Berlin:
CURRENT
YOKO ONO - Music of the Mind
The world-famous Japanese artist and activist Yoko Ono is in Berlin: the Gropius Bau is dedicating a major solo exhibition to her with more than 200 exhibits, including films, photographs, music, scores and installations. Organised by Tate Modern in London, the exhibition gives you a great impression of the radicality of Ono's work in terms of language, participation and art, which continues to have an impact today.
When: until 31. August 2025
Where: Gropius Bau, Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin
Tip: See another current Berlin exhibition on the artist at the Neue Nationalgalerie
Reinhard Heydrich. Career and violence
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This great special exhibition offers you a deep insight into the time of National Socialist terror, focusing on one of the most corrupt men of power of the Hitler era: Reinhard Heydrich not only committed numerous crimes against humanity as head of the "Reich Main Security Office", but was also one of the main organisers of the Holocaust. Interesting: The exhibition also looks at the view of Heydrich right up to today's far-right scene.
When: until 10 June 2025
Where: Topography of Terror, Documentation Centre, Niederkirchnerstraße 8, 10963 Berlin
IKONO Berlin: endless fun and creativity
Explore the city’s newest immersive experience in Alexanderplatz. At IKONO, art, play and the unexpected combine to offer visitors an unforgettable adventure filled with self-discovery, interactivity, and joy throughout its 14 immersive rooms.
From Odesa to Berlin
The first-class Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa is currently under serious threat from the war in Ukraine. Of the countless works of art, 60 masterpieces of European art from the 16th to 19th centuries are now being brought out of the country and to Berlin to protect them from the destruction of war, where they will enter into dialogue with paintings from the Berlin collections in a major special exhibition. Visit this exciting, magnificent project!
When: 24 January to 22 June 2025
Where: Gemäldegalerie, Kulturforum, Matthäikirchplatz 4, 10785 Berlin
Dinosaurs! Age of the giant lizards
At eye level with predatory dinosaurs: right at the beginning you will see three spectacular original predatory dinosaur skulls, including the rare find of a young T-Rex. Experience the public's favourite Tristan, the pitch-black original skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
When: Special exhibition until further notice
Where: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin
Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society
The Neue Nationalgalerie's new collection presentation on art after 1945 documents a time of turmoil: the post-war years, the Cold War, social upheaval and the fall of the Berlin Wall. See masterful artistic positions from the Federal Republic and the GDR, from Western Europe and the USA as well as from the former socialist states.
When: until 28 September 2025
Where: Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin
Pergamon Museum. The panorama
The Pergamon Museum on Museum Island is closed. But the 360° staging by Yadegar Asisi in a unique collaboration with the Collection of Classical Antiquities allows visitors to experience the Pergamon Altar in its original form on the Acropolis: with around 80 of the most important works from Pergamon - including the largest part of the Telephos frieze from the Pergamon Altar and the "Beautiful Head", the colossal head of Heracles.
When: Permanent exhibition
Where: Temporary exhibition building, Am Kupfergraben 2, 10117 Berlin
ON VIEW
Grundstein Antike. Berlin's first museum
9. July 1825: The day on which the history of Museum Island begins! The foundation stone is laid for the Altes Museum - the beautiful Schinkel building with the columned hall, right next to the Lustgarten. This special exhibition of sculptures, bronzes and vases will immerse you in ancient times as a prelude to the numerous high-calibre anniversary exhibitions that the Museum Island will be showing over the next few years.
When: 9 July 2025 to 3 May 2026
Where: Altes Museum, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin
Raoul Hausmann. 1886 - 1971
Raoul Hausmann stands for the courageous avant-garde of classical modernism, his groundbreaking innovations had a considerable influence on subsequent generations of artists. As one of the first artists to work in multimedia, co-founder of Dada, photographer, author and poet, Hausmann is being given a comprehensive retrospective with around 200 works from national and international collections.
When: 7 November 2025 to 16 March 2026
Where: Berlinische Galerie, Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, 10969 Berlin
In Berlin 2025 you will find the most important highlights of the year.
