Current top exhibitions in Berlin 2025/2026
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
See exciting exhibitions on the Museum Island, in the new National Gallery and in the C/O 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: until 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: until 1 February 2026
Where: Museum Barberini, Alter Markt, 14467 Potsdam
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: until 28 January 2026
Where: C/O Berlin, Amerika-Haus, Hardenbergstraße 22-24, 10623 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 25 April 2026
Where: Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin
See two extraordinary archaeological highlights:
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 and is introduced by an exciting 6-minute film.
When: until 9 November 2025
Where: James-Simon-Galerie, Bodestraße, 10178 Berlin
The Berlin sculpture find. "Degenerate art" in the bomb rubble"
The works of art made of bronze, marble and stoneware caused a sensation at the Neue Nationalgalerie back in 2010. Now they are on display again: in the new Berlin Museum of Archaeology, the PETRI. Discover archaeology. See 16 classical modernist sculptures that were confiscated under the National Socialist dictatorship, defamed as"degenerate art" and removed from German museums. The works by renowned artists, marked by abuse and destruction, which were accidentally unearthed in the bomb rubble of a Berlin cellar, are presented and documented in an outstanding way on the top floor of the PETRI.
When: Special exhibition until further notice
Where: PETRI Berlin, Kleine Getraudenstraße 8, 10178 Berlin
Experience the world premiere of a fascinating adventure that will take you on an immersive expedition to our planet‘s coldest places from December 6, 2025 to April 6, 2026 at the Arena Berlin – full of excitement, goosebumps and amazement!
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
Anticipation: These exhibitions are starting soon in Berlin
Plan your trip to Berlin: first-class solo exhibitions and next year's "French Summer" are well worth a visit!
200 sqm of immersive ceiling projection – a cinematic journey full of emotions, between overthinking and letting go. Discover the Lost Place anew: raw, mysterious, yet alive through 150 artworks and a captivating light installation.
Upcoming exhibitions 2025 in 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
Exhibitions 2026 in Berlin
The BODY WORLDS Museum Berlin presents real human exhibits and the world’s first 3D fascia plastinate. The exhibition offers fascinating insights into anatomy, health, and the wonder of the human body.
Look forward to a summer of art: FRENCH SUMMER 2026 in Berlin
Constantin Brancusi
Fresh from Paris inthe glass light hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie: in cooperation with the famous Parisian Centre Pompidou, more than 150 works by the sculptor, who is one of the most important of the 20th century, and his famous Parisian studio will be exhibited. Look forward to world-famous sculptures such as "The Kiss" or "Slumbering Muse"!
When: 20 March to 9 August 2026
Where: Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin
Cassirer and the breakthrough of Impressionism
In May, you can see around 100 of the most important and best-known Impressionist paintings on the Museum Island: the top exhibition honours Paul Cassirer, the greatest art dealer of his time, and shows not only major works by Monet, Degas, Cézanne and many more, but also treasures of classical modernism.
When: 22 May to 27 September 2026
Where: Alte Nationalgalerie, Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin
Tip: Museum Barberini will also be showing the exhibition Avantgarde: Max Liebermann and German Impressionism from February 2026
Immerse yourself in Berlin's eventful history in 2026: "Degenerate Art" under National Socialism
The "Degenerate Art" campaign at Schönhausen Palace
A dark chapter in art during National Socialism: the confiscation of numerous masterpieces by Expressionists and other modern artists as "degenerate art" by the Nazis. Did you know that Schönhausen Palace in Berlin played a key role in this? Around 3,750 works of art, removed from German museums and confiscated, were stored here for sale abroad. In 2026, you can see a great new exhibition about this, with original works and documents, at the place where it all happened, in Schönhausen Palace.
When: new permanent exhibition from spring 2026
Where: Schönhausen Palace, Tschaikowskistraße 1, 13156 Berlin
In Berlin 2025 you will find the most important highlights of the year. Take a look ahead to 2026/27:
Berlin 2026/27 - the most important events
