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Next Museum Sunday on May 5, 2024

Sundays at the museum! Admission is free on the first Sunday of every month.

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The new museum is to be built on the red area.

photo: Philipp Eder

20th Century Museum


The Museum der Moderne „berlin modern“ at the Kulturforum will be completed later and will be more than twice as expensive as originally planned - but it will also be larger and greener.

SPK-News from April 2023 Article in the newspaper Tagesspiegel (December 2023)

More information on the planned new building for the "Museum of the 20th Century"

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Philharmonie Berlin

photo: Philipp Eder

Lunch concerts in the Philharmonie Berlin


Every Wednesday at 1 p.m. during the concert season (September to June) there are the popular lunchtime concerts in the foyer of the Philharmonie Berlin, which last about 40 to 50 minutes. Admission is free. Reservations are not possible. The number of people is limited for safety reasons - so it's better to be there a little earlier.

Lunch concerts-calendar

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Attic apartment near Berlin


Looking for a nice place to stay during your Berlin-trip

The apartment is in Kleinmachnow. From here you can quickly reach the cities Berlin and Potsdam or take a break for example on the terrace of the attic.

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New National Gallery in the evening

photo: Philipp Eder

New National Gallery:
Free admission every Thursday afternoon


On every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. the admission to the New National Gallery is free - as part of Volkswagen Art4All. Then the special exhibitions in the upper hall, the collection presentation in the basement and the sculpture garden are accessible without a ticket. Live speakers invite visitors to talks and short tours of the exhibitions.

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The Berlin Kulturforum


The Berlin Kulturforum with its museums, concert halls, libraries, institutes and a church, it is one of the city's cultural highlights. It defines the urban space west of Potsdamer Platz.

The exhibitions and concerts at the Kulturforum, the changing role of the location in the history of the 20th century and, last but not least, the important architecture by Mies van der Rohe, Hans Scharoun, Hilmer and Sattler that can be found here today, make the forum an important sight in Berlin.

Since the 1960s, the Kulturforum grew into an international renowned building ensemble, which includes the world-famous Philharmonie and the Chamber Music Hall, the New National Gallery and the New State Library. The new painting gallery "Gemäldegalerie" was opened in 1998 as the youngest building at the Kulturforum.


The urban design still corresponds to the ideas of the architect Hans Scharoun from the 1960s. A visit to the Kulturforum is therefore, in addition to the many attractions, also an interesting hike on the trail of history.


Also politically, the Kulturforum is an important document in post-war history. In addition to the western promotion of City West - which is famous for the grand shopping areas around the Ku'damm with Europa-Center, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, etc. - as a commercial shop window of the former West Berlin, the Kulturforum was developed as a cultural center: directly on the Berlin Wall and rather on the edge of former West Berlin, with the Kulturforum as a counterpart to the "Museumsinsel", a clear sign of a culturally lively West Berlin should be set. Since then, the most important cultural and scientific institutions have been at home here.

The buildings at the Kulturforum

Location


The institutions at the Berlin Cultural Forum are grouped around St. Matthew's Church and Matthäikirchplatz.


In the south it is bounded by the canal "Landwehrkanal" and in the north by the  park "Großer Tiergarten". In the East is located the place "Potsdamer Platz" and on the western side embassy buildings in particular are adjacent to the Kulturforum.


Information about the buildings

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Entrance to the painting gallery "Gemäldegalerie", June 2011

photo: Philipp Eder

Experience the Gemäldegalerie online!


The painting gallery "Gemäldegalerie" at the Kulturforum can now also be experienced virtually!

There are 360° panoramic shots of all exhibition rooms, in which you can turn around and zoom in on the works of art. Most of the works have audio text and when you click on it more information will display.

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In the summertime the Piazzetta turns into an open-air cinema with an inflatable screen, deck chairs and a cinema bar.

photo: Philipp Eder

Arte Sommerkino


In the summertime the Piazzetta becomes a grand open-air cinema.

Every summer from June to late August 2023 many blockbusters and  timeless film classics are shown in the evening hours.

Enjoy the wonderful, unique atmosphere watching good movies in a deck chair on mild summer evenings.

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The magic of music

The Philharmonie is open

The concert season is on.

Old Music live

Concerts in St. Matthew's Church

Church services and concerts

Highlights of the Berlin State Museums (SMB)

The Berlin State Museums (SMB) hold most of the exhibitions at the Berlin Kulturforum. This is why many people take the Piazzetta and the adjacent SMB museums for the much larger urban site "Kulturforum", which also includes the Berlin Philharmonic + Chamber Music Hall, the New State Library and the New National Gallery - also an SMB museum . Because of the many SMB exhibitions at the Berlin Kulturforum, there is a special SMB-website.

Gemäldegalerie for Kids. The Painter´s Workshop

Permanent exhibition in the Gemäldegalerie with many events for children

Das Bücherschiff am Kulturforum

Virtual exhibition of the grand library building at the Kulturforum presented by the State Library

All SMB-Events at the Kulturforum

Full information about all current SMB-exhibitions and events at the Kulturforum

www.kulturforum-berlin.info is a private information portal without direct contact to the institutions at the Berlin Kulturforum. Binding information is therefore not possible and no room inquiries can be answered or internships arranged. Please contact the respective institution(s) at the Kulturforum directly.


If you have any questions about the exhibitions of the State Museums at the Kulturforum, please contact directly the State Museums of Berlin .

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