A list of exhibitions to see while you are in Berlin in December 2024.
Please feel free to submit you suggestions of upcoming exhibitions through this form. Thank you!
Capturing life. Photo albums of Jewish families in the shadow of the Holocaust
Schöneberg Museum
“At home, during sports, while traveling, in exile and even in the underground: in the midst of National Socialist terror, Jewish families photographed…“
Sprechende Bilder – Talking pictures
Photographs on the division of Berlin and political imprisonment in the GDR
Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
“The exhibition shows 16 unknown photographs, which are made accessible to blind and visually impaired people through audio descriptions. It focuses on…“
Zeitungsleser:innen. Photos by Eddy Posthuma de Boer
Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
“From a Viennese coffee house to a cab in Miami to an amusement park on a rooftop in Tokyo: Dutch photographer and photojournalist Eddy Posthuma de Boer…“
Dive into the Picture! Time Travel for Kids
Kids exhibition
Deutsches Historisches Museum
“Who hasn’t wished at some time in their life to slip into an old painting from past times, meet the people there, and find out how they lived? The…“
Dream On – Berlin, the 90s
c/o Berlin
“A group of photographers from former East Germany founded the photo agency OSTKREUZ in East Berlin during this tumultuous era, in 1990. Today, they are…“
Monet and the Impressionist Cityscape
Alte Nationalgalerie
“The Alte Nationalgalerie presents Claude Monet’s three earliest views of Paris from the year 1867. This is the first European exhibition of the series…“
Owe Me Everything – Manja Ebert
Alte Feuerwache
“Our present day impressively demonstrates how social media shapes our perception of the world around us – whether in terms of elections, news,…“
Heavy Metal in the GDR
Museum in der Kulturbrauerei
“Louder, harder, faster – heavy metal fascinates young people the world over in the 1980s. Whilst bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden conquer the…“
Berlin, Berlin – 20 Years of the Helmut Newton Foundation
Museum für Fotografie
“The group exhibition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Helmut Newton Foundation presents works by Helmut Newton, Yva, Jewgeni Chaldej, Hein…“
Profitopolis – or the Condition of the City
Museum der Dinge
“With the exhibition “Profitopolis or the Condition of the City”, the Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge promotes the city as a central topic.…“
What is Enlightenment? Questions for the Eighteenth Century
Deutsches Historisches Museum
““What is Enlightenment?” asked pastor Johann Friedrich Zöllner in 1783, writing for the Berlinische Monatsschrift. The editors of the monthly…“
FOTOGAGA. Max Ernst and Photography
A Visit from the Würth Collection
Museum für Fotografie
“Max Ernst holds a prominent position within Dada and Surrealist Art. His name stands for genre-bending works that combine dream and reality. The…“
Andrea Pichl – Values of Economy
Hamburger Bahnhof
“For the exhibition, Andrea Pichl has devised an architectural installation dealing with the economic transfer between West and East Germany and the…“
Mark Bradford – Keep Walking
Hamburger Bahnhof
“Renowned American artist Mark Bradford launches his much-anticipated first solo exhibition in Germany, marking the reopening of the historic Rieckhallen…“
Nachrichten – News
Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
“The first comprehensive exhibition on news in Germany sheds light on our relationship to news and traces the historical development of news. In doing…“
Roads not Taken. Or: Things could have turned out differently
Turning Points in German History 1989 – 1848
Deutsches Historisches Museum
“Starting from key dates in German history, the museum presents a look back(wards) at decisive historical events of the 19th and 20th centuries. It…“