Tickets for the large national state museum in Berlin are easily bought online with time slot reservations sensible but usually not essential except for the top museums and most popular exhibitions.
Opening hours for the Berlin state museums and national galleries are changing from mid-April 2024.
The state museums and national galleries in Berlin display some of the world’s top art and cultural collections.
Caravaggio’s Amor Victorious is the top Italian painting in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin but other top works are by Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Titian, Raphael, Canaletto, and Tiepolo.
Caravaggio’s Amor Triumphant, two paintings by Vermeer, and 16 by Rembrandt are among the top art highlights in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.
The Gemäldegalerie (Paintings Gallery) in Berlin is one of the world’s best collections of Old Master paintings — the top art museum highlight in Germany.
The Altes Museum has Germany’s most impressive collection of classical Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities.
The Museum für Fotografie (Photography) in Berlin is home to the Helmut Newton collection and temporary exhibitions of historic photos. The Museum für Fotografie (Museum of Photography) in Berlin is used for exhibitions by the Helmut Newton Foundation and the Kunstbibliothek’s Collection of Photography. The permanent exhibition is of items owned by famous fashion photographer … Read more
In 2022, Donatello, Hockney, Dante, and Dürer feature in special temporary exhibitions in the Berlin Kulturforum (Gemäldegalerie and several further museums). The museums of the Kulturforum in Berlin will arrange several temporary exhibitions in 2022 to enhance the wonderful permanent displays. The Gemäldegalerie (Paintings Gallery) will celebrate the life and work of local artist Anna … Read more
Special exhibitions in the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin in 2022 include works by Gerhard Richter, Barbara Kruger, and Monica Bonvicini. The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is mostly used to display twentieth-century art with the current main exhibition focusing on the prewar period. The special temporary exhibitions in 2022 will focus on newer works with displays by … Read more
Special exhibitions in the Museumsinsel museums in Berlin in 2022 include Gauguin, David Hockney, Schadow, and Schliemann. The various collection on Berlin’s Museumsinsel (Museums Island) will be enhanced by further temporary exhibitions in 2022. The most famous international artists are Paul Gauguin and David Hockney but local artist Johann Gottfried Schadow played a major role … Read more
The reopening of the Kleihueshalle and new acquisitions are the main temporary special contemporary art exhibitions in the Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin in 2022. Several special temporary exhibitions in The Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Berlin will be held in 2022. The reopening of the Kleihueshalle will allow many works … Read more
Helmut Newton’s Legacy and Hollywood, Candida Höfer, 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
