Visit the Best State Museums and National Galleries in Berlin
The state museums and national galleries in Berlin display some of the world’s top art and cultural collections.
The state museums and national galleries in Berlin display some of the world’s top art and cultural collections.
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 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.
In 2024, the Berlin state museums and national galleries will stage several temporary exhibitions to complement the astonishingly good permanent collections.
Landscape with Arched Bridge (“Landschaft mit Bogenbrücke”) is a rediscovered Rembrandt van Rijn painting on display in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin that now claims 20 works by the Dutch master. The painting Landscape with Arched Bridge in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin was considered for the last three decades to be a work by Govert Flinck. … Read more
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
The Three Trees near Thixendale painted by David Hockney in four seasons and a rediscovered Rembrandt are the core of the Landscapes in Dialogue special exhibition in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin from 9 April to 10 July 2022. The Three Trees near Thixendale painted by David Hockney in a cycle of four large paintings, each … 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