Conférences & Lectures

Lectures & Readings

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Lectures & Readings

24.05.2025

Kulapat Yantrasast: How Culture Helps Human Flourishing

Lectures & Readings

24.05.2025

As two of the world’s most iconic museums – The Met in New York and the Louvre in Paris — reimagine their galleries and evolve to meet the challenges of the future, they have both turned to the same visionary architect: Kulapat Yantrasast, the founder and…

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- International
Neue Nationalgalerie Neue Nationalgalerie

18:30 – 20:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=150114
Films

© Maxim Gorki Theater - 2025, Fotos: Syndicado Film Sales

Films

24.05.2025

Mel

Films

24.05.2025

Mel charts the dramatic journey of the once-celebrated Armenian weightlifter Mel Daluzyan who became a pariah in his own country after publicly coming-out as transgender.

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- International
- Film events in Berlin
Maxim Gorki Theater Maxim Gorki Theater

19:00 – 21:15

https://www.gorki.de/de/mel
Reading

© Promo

Reading

24.05.2025

LINA MORGENSTERN: THE STORY OF A REBEL

Reading

24.05.2025

Lina Morgenstern's achievements seem highly modern: As a Jew in Prussia, she founded the soup kitchens, initiated over 30 associations to support women in need and helped to export the Fröbel kindergarten to England. She also managed to bypass censorship and…

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- Literature
Theater im Palais Theater im Palais

19:30

Acheter les billets
Films

© Paul Venegas

Films

24.05.2025

EMPTINESS (VACIO)

Films

24.05.2025

LATIN QUARTER invites you to a new edition of BERLATIN: Premiere of EMPTINESS (VACIO), a rare insight into the experiences of Chinese migrants in Latin America, a rare glimpse into the Chinese migrant experience in Latin America.

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- Film events in Berlin
- International
Babylon Kino Babylon Kino

20:00

https://babylonberlin.eu/film/8638-berlatin-cilens-screenings-emptiness-omeu
Lecture

© Marina-Rosa-Weigl

Lecture

24.05.2025

SAINT FLESH • #5 TANZ - Gast: Jemima Rose Dean • präsentiert von Duygu Ağal und Ricarda Hillermann • Sport Studio

Lecture

24.05.2025

SAINT FLESH • #5 DANCE - Guest: Jemima Rose Dean • presented by Duygu Ağal and Ricarda Hillermann • Sport Studio

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- City of music
Volksbühne - Roter Salon Volksbühne - Roter Salon

20:00 – 22:00

https://www.volksbuehne.berlin/#/de/veranstaltungen/saint-flesh-5-praesentiert-von-duygu-agal-und-ricarda-hillermann-sport-studio

Acheter les billets
Workshop

© Anders Guggisberg und Pipilotti Rist, Leihgabe von Privatsammlung

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 1 additional date

Denk mal im Quadrat!

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 1 additional date

A search for traces of shapes, colors and figures. What makes the art of the collection presentation "Zerreißprobe" so special? Where can you find yourself?

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- Children
Neue Nationalgalerie Neue Nationalgalerie

11:00 – 13:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=147978
Lectures & Readings

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt

Lectures & Readings

25.05.2025 + 1 additional date

Entdeckungen in der Alten Nationalgalerie

Lectures & Readings

25.05.2025 + 1 additional date

Fancy spending time with your family in a museum? There is something for everyone to discover in the Old National Gallery: castles, fairy tales, emperors and princesses. The museum is explored with all the senses.

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- Children
- Teenager
Alte Nationalgalerie Alte Nationalgalerie

11:00 – 12:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=147302
Workshop

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Anika Büssemeier

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 3 additional dates

Fortuna – was ist Glück?

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 3 additional dates

Do fruits make you happy? In the Old Museum you go in search of Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck and fate.

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- Children
Altes Museum Altes Museum

11:00 – 13:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=147372
Lecture

© Sönke Schneidewind

Lecture

25.05.2025 + 31 additional dates

Livespeaking at the March Fallen Cemetery

Lecture

25.05.2025 + 31 additional dates

The Teamer:innen will be on site and happy to answer any questions you may have about the March Fallen Cemetery!

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- Free of charge
- History
Friedhof der Märzgefallenen Friedhof der Märzgefallenen

11:00 – 14:00
Lecture

© tic / Friedel Kantaut

Lecture

25.05.2025 + 14 additional dates

Sonne, Mond und Sterne (Sun, moon and stars)

Lecture

25.05.2025 + 14 additional dates

When we look at the sky, there are many different things to marvel at: during the day, it is the sun that gives us light and warmth. The moon, which looks a little different every day, we sometimes find in the sky during the day and sometimes at night. And…

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Zeiss-Großplanetarium Zeiss-Großplanetarium

11:00

https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/sonne-mond-und-sterne
Workshop

© Promo

Workshop

25.05.2025

TanzTanz Special

Workshop

25.05.2025

As part of TanzTanz Spezial, renowned and established guest educators are invited to teach a master class on one or more days. This opens up the education program to new movement languages, which it wants to test out under the best possible guidance.

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Deutsche Oper Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin

11:00

https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/spielplan/stueck-detail/stid/tanztanz-spezial/160.html#a_474
Lectures & Readings

© Sammlung Benjamin Kuntz

Lectures & Readings

25.05.2025

Bankers and cutting-edge research: the (von) Wassermann family in the Tiergarten district

Lectures & Readings

25.05.2025

In the mid-1920s, several members of the art-loving Wassermann banking family, originally from Bamberg, lived in the Tiergarten district. Max von Wassermann (Matthäikirchstraße 6) and his two cousins, Oscar and Sigmund Wassermann (Tiergartenstraße 8d), managed…

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- History
- Jewish Berlin
Kulturforum Kulturforum

11:15 – 13:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=148367
Lectures & Readings

© Günter and Ute Grass Foundation / Steidl Verlag, 2009

Lectures & Readings

25.05.2025

Alfred Döblin Prize 2025

Lectures & Readings

25.05.2025

The Alfred Döblin Prize, endowed with 15,000 Euro and donated by Günter Grass, is awarded for a longer prose manuscript in progress. The jury consists of Ekkehard Knörer, Lara Sielmann and Shirin Sojitrawalla.

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- Free of charge
Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz

11:30 – 14:30

https://adk.de/de/programm/?we_objectID=67817
Workshop

© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Carolin Sibilak

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 6 additional dates

Fabric for Change! Sustainable Sewing Hub

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 6 additional dates

In this open workshop, you can bring textiles and old clothes to repair them, rework them or create something new. Be inspired by the exhibitions, themes and exhibits in the Humboldt Forum – and get talking to each other while sewing, mending and designing…

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Humboldt Forum: Werkräume Humboldt Forum: Werkräume

12:00 – 15:00

https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/drop-in/stoff-fuer-neues-143583/
Lecture

© SPB / Foto: Natalie Toczek

Lecture

25.05.2025 + 33 additional dates

Mit Raketen zu Planeten

Lecture

25.05.2025 + 33 additional dates

Live

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- science
- Children
Zeiss-Großplanetarium Zeiss-Großplanetarium

12:15

https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/mit-raketen-zu-planeten
Workshop

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Juliane Eirich

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 5 additional dates

Magische Tierwesen

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 5 additional dates

How does a lion end up on the Museum Island, an owl in the antiquities collection and a beetle in the Egyptian Museum? In the collections on the Museum Island you will discover a wide variety of animal depictions. What stories do they have to tell?

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- Children
Haus Bastian - Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung Haus Bastian - Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung

13:00 – 16:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=149465
Workshop

© AHOJ!

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 4 additional dates

We build and launch water rockets

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 4 additional dates

"3 - 2 - 1 - Lift-off" - Bright eyes, open mouths and then great cheers when the homemade rocket lifts off the ground and lands in the grass a long way away. But how does a rocket engine actually work? What does a rocket need to rise into the air against…

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- Children
Archenhold-Sternwarte Archenhold-Sternwarte

13:30

https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/wir-bauen-und-starten-wasserraketen
Films

© Bild © Saint-Etienne Planetarium Productions

Films

25.05.2025 + 7 additional dates

Polaris and the mystery of the polar night

Films

25.05.2025 + 7 additional dates

James, a penguin from the South Pole traveling around the world, meets polar bear Vladimir in the icy world of the North Pole. Together they look at the stars, wonder about the length of polar nights, and realize they want to know more. Together they build the…

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- Children
- Film events in Berlin
Zeiss-Großplanetarium Zeiss-Großplanetarium

13:45

https://www.planetarium.berlin/veranstaltungen/polaris-und-das-raetsel-der-polarnacht
Lecture

© Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Preeyakamol Adobe Stock | 04/2025

Lecture

25.05.2025

in German only: Sunday Lecture at Charité - "Focus on the eyes: modern medicine for clear vision"

Lecture

25.05.2025

The spectrum of ophthalmology ranges from diseases of the eyelids, cornea and conjunctiva to diseases of the retina and optic nerve. Dr. Anne Rübsam and Prof. Oliver Zeitz from the Clinic for Ophthalmology talk about the most common eye conditions and modern…

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- science
Charité Berlin, Hörsaal Innere Medizin Südflügel Charité Berlin, Hörsaal Innere Medizin Südflügel

14:00 – 15:30
Workshop

© Kurt und Hannelore Mühlenhaupt Stiftung

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 17 additional dates

Open Print Workshop

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 17 additional dates

Do you want to print pictures like a real artist? Kurt Mühlenhaupt made art for the little people. In the museum you can create your own art with lots of colour, creativity and fun.

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- Free of charge
- Children
Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum

14:00 – 17:00

http://www.muehlenhaupt.de/veranstaltungen
Workshop

© Odesa Museum für Westliche und Östliche Kunst / Foto: Christoph Schmidt, Gemäldegalerie

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 2 additional dates

Пари

Workshop

25.05.2025 + 2 additional dates

Paintings from the Berlin Kunsthalle meet paintings from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art. What do they have to do with each other? What connects them? Do they tell a similar story?

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- International
Gemäldegalerie Gemäldegalerie

14:00 – 16:00

https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5Bsmart_id%5D=148040