Visiting the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial and museums in Oranienburg on a day trip is easy by train, bus, or guided tour from Berlin. KZ Sachsenhausen is the closest major former Nazi concentration camp to Berlin. It is an interesting day trip from Berlin to Oranienburg to see this notorious site. The memorial site is … Read more
The Museum fΓΌr Naturkunde (Natural History) in Berlin has the tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton in the world, a primeval bird fossil, and polar bear Knut as top attractions in addition to many fascinating displays. As part of the Humboldt University, many of the items in the Museum of Natural History in Berlin are for studying … Read more
Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for a free exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie. The brick neo-gothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin provides a spectacular setting for the Ideal and Form permanent exhibition of 19th-century sculptures by artists associated with the Berliner Bildhauerschule (Berlin school of sculptors). Around 50 works are … Read more
Visit Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin to learn more about the life of the famous diarist in a small museum / documentation center. The Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin is a small documentation center and museum dedicated to the life of Anne Frank, as well as an education center to increase understanding and tolerance. The … Read more
Helmut Newtonβs Legacy and Hollywood, Candida HΓΆfer, and photos for children are the main exhibitions in the Museum of Photography in Berlin in 2022. In 2022, the Museum of Photography (Museum for Fotografie) in Berlin will present a retrospective of the legacy of Helmut Newton in celebration of his centenary. It will be followed by … Read more
In 2021, the Berlin State Museums will host special temporary art exhibitions in addition to the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Humboldt Forum. The cultural highlights in Berlin in 2021 are the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its vast collection of twentieth-century art and the opening of the Ethnological and Asian Art … Read more
The museums and exhibitions in the Humboldt Forum in the reconstructed Berlin Schloss opened in December 2020 with all museums open by the end of 2022. The Humboldt Forum in the rebuilt Berlin Palace finally opened to visitors on 17 December 2020. However, museums and exhibitions will open in phases with the Ethnological and Asian … Read more
In 2020, the state museums in Berlin will arrange several special exhibitions to enhance its vast permanent art, historical and cultural collections. The top temporary cultural exhibitions in Berlin in 2020 will include a fresh look at the Germanic tribes in the Rhine region and an examination of the influence of the Late Gothic on … Read more
Raphaelβs Madonnas and the Late Gothic are the top exhibitions in the GemΓ€ldegalerie in 2020 but several prints and drawings collections will also draw visitors to Berlinβs Kulturforum. The two top temporary art exhibitions in Berlinβs GemΓ€ldegalerie in 2020 feature six Madonnas by Raphael and the role of Late Gothic in the birth of modernity. … Read more
A critical look at Germanic tribes is the most-interesting temporary exhibition on Berlinβs Museum Island in 2020, although the opening of the Humboldt Forum will be the cultural highlight of the year. The opening of the Humboldt Forum with museums from the Asian Art and Ethnological collection is the main cultural event on Berlinβs Museum … Read more