The names of Berlin’s vast State Museums hardly hint at what can be seen in the different buildings on Museumsinsel, Kulturforum, and beyond. Collections are better named but often spread through different museums. Bode Museum on Museum Island in Berlin © visitBerlin | Scholvien The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State or national museums) in Berlin have some of the … [Read more...]
Opening Hours of the Berlin State Museums
The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are mostly open Tuesday to Sunday, a few open on Monday, many stay open Thursday evenings and most museums open on public holidays. Berlin Kulturforum at Night © visitBerlin | Koch The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (national museums and galleries) are generally open Tuesday to Sunday from around 10 am to 6 pm. Some of the major museums and … [Read more...]
Tickets for the Berlin State Museums and Galleries
Tickets for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin are reasonably cheap with good combination deals. Buy museum tickets and reserve online to save even more. Altes Museum on Museumsinsel in Berlin © visitBerlin | Scholvien Tickets for the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (State Museums) are very reasonably priced for the quality and quantity of artworks and cultural objects on … [Read more...]
Save with the Cheap Museum Pass Berlin on Sightseeing Tickets
The Berlin Museum Pass is a fantastic savings deal giving access to over 30 exhibitions and galleries for three days for only €29. Culture and art lovers visiting Berlin may save big with the cheap Museum Pass Berlin. This savings pass gives free admission to over 30 of Berlin’s top museums, galleries and exhibitions on three consecutive days for only €29. Almost all of … [Read more...]
Top Temporary Exhibitions in Berlin’s State Museums in 2020
In 2020, the state museums in Berlin will arrange several special exhibitions to enhance its vast permanent art, historical and cultural collections. © SMB, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Anders 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...]
Top Temporary Exhibitions on Berlin’s Museum Island in 2020
A critical look at Germanic tribes is the most-interesting temporary exhibition on Berlin’s Museum Island in 2020, although the opening of the Humboldt Forum will be the cultural highlight of the year. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte The opening of the Humboldt Forum with museums from the Asian Art and Ethnological collection is … [Read more...]
Top Art Exhibitions in Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof in 2020
Special exhibitions in Berlin’s Contemporary Art Museum include artists Katharina Grosse, Michael Schmidt and Pauline Curnier Jardin in addition to the museum's own extensive collection. © SMB, Nationalgalerie / Thomas Bruns © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019 In 2020, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin will host a variety of temporary exhibitions of contemporary … [Read more...]
Special Temporary Art Exhibition in Smaller Berlin Museums in 2020
Welcome to the BRD is an exhibition in Berlin in 2020 on how guest workers from Greece and Italy and finally citizens from the former East Germany were received and perceived in West Germany. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / hc-krass.de Some of the lesser-known national museums in Berlin have excellent collections that are enhanced by special temporary exhibitions making … [Read more...]
List of Top Ten Best Christmas Markets in Germany
Visit the Best German Weihnachtsmärkte / Christkindlesmarkt The list of the top ten best Christmas markets in Germany include Nuremberg, Dresden, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Lübeck, Leipzig, Rothenburg, Cologne, and Dortmund. A selection of the top ten best Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) to visit in Germany is not easy. Every town in Germany seems to have a … [Read more...]
Visit the Best Christmas Markets in Berlin
The best Christmas markets in Berlin, Germany are at Gendarmenmarkt, Opernpalais, Rotes Rathaus, and the Gedächtniskirche. Many are open on Christmas day and a few continue into early January. Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) are very popular in Berlin – the capital city of Germany has at least fifty large Christmas markets. The best Christmas markets for visitors to … [Read more...]
Visit the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp in Oranienburg near Berlin
Visiting the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial and museums in Oranienburg on a day trip is easy by train, bus or 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 open daily but the museums are closed on Mondays … [Read more...]
Visit the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin to See 19th Century Art
The Alte Nationalgalerie on Berlin's Museum Island is filled with art from neoclassical and the romantics to the impressionists - the full spectrum of 19th-century paintings and sculptures. The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in the shape of an antique Greek temple is one of the smaller museums on Berlin's Museum Island. It is home to Berlin's collection of … [Read more...]