Current 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 exhibition highlights in Berlin
These exhibitions are starting soon in Berlin
Current exhibition highlights in Berlin
A sensation from the mud. The bronzes from San Casciano
A true archaeological find of the century can be seen this summer on Museum Island in Berlin: In 2022 and 2024, large ancient bronze statues, small bronzes and many coins were literally recovered from the mud in an ancient sanctuary in Tuscany, dating back to the 2nd century BC - an extraordinary and extremely rare find from the Etruscan-Roman period! Highlights: the unique half-naked bronze torso of a man, a bronze replica of a windpipe, a statue of a child with a moving ball in his hand and a bronze snake about one metre long. The exhibition can only be seen once in Berlin.
When: until 12 October 2025
Where: James-Simon-Galerie, Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin
Lygia Clark. Retrospective
The Brazilian artist Lygia Clark is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. She radically renewed the concept of art by eliminating the distance between viewer, artwork and artist. Clark strived for a physical and sensual art experience for the viewer. The exhibition in the glass hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie focuses on this aspect and presents around 120 international loans, from paintings and sculptures to performative works that make interaction tangible.
When: until 12 October 2025
Where: Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin
18. Lange Nacht der Bilder - 05. September
Ob Atelierkomplex mit Geschichte, Galerie im Kiez oder versteckte Kunstoase – in keiner Nacht strahlt Lichtenbergs Kreativszene heller. Über 50 Orte laden zu Kunst, Kultur und Austausch ein. Genießen Sie Kunst, wo sie gemacht wird.
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: until 3 May 2026
Where: Altes Museum, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin
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
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
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.
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
Anticipation: These exhibitions are starting soon in Berlin
Close enough
It's been 25 years since the renowned C/O Berlin photo house opened its doors. With the legendary photo exhibition Magnum°. Reflections on the world. Now the famous photo agency Magnum is returning to C/O Berlin: the group exhibition shows the individual perspectives of 13 first-class Magnum artists, whose works deal with human closeness and vulnerability in a way that is as sensitive as it is intense. Experience the sensitive artistic attempt to get close to the reality of different people's lives.
When: 27 September 2025 to 28 January 2026
Where: C/O Berlin, Amerika-Haus, Hardenbergstraße 22-24, 10623 Berlin
The Scharf Collection: Goya - Monet - Cézanne - Bonnard - Grosse
Let us invite you on an impressive journey through French art of the 19th and 20th centuries, enriched by contemporary works. Around 200 paintings from the Scharf family's extensive and important art collection will be on display in the Alte Nationalgalerie this autumn - see masterpieces by Goya and French realism, rediscover the French impressionists and cubists. Unique: a representative selection of works from the graphic oeuvre of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
When: 24 October 2025 to 15 February 2026
Where: Alte Nationalgalerie, Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin
Einhorn. The mythical creature in art
Even children know it: Since the 2nd millennium BC. The mythical animal has played a strong symbolic role in many cultures since the second millennium BC to the present day, appearing in art, medicine and science. The Museum Barberini has created a fascinating overview of its iconography in paintings, wall hangings, prints, book illumination and sculpture: You can look forward to seeing artists such as Albrecht Dürer and Arnold Böcklin and around 100 works of art, e.g. from Vienna, Budapest, Madrid and Amsterdam, but above all from France and Germany.
When: 25. October 2025 to 1 February 2026
Where: Museum Barberini, Alter Markt, 14467 Potsdam
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.
