Current exhibitions

End of the Berlin scroll: The Paravarta monastery, detail
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Jürgen Liepe

Humboldt Forum
The Legend of Prince Vishvantara: Boundless Generosity

24.09.2025 until further notice

Wen Congjian (1574 – 1648), The boat ride to the Red Cliff, Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644), album leaf
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst

Humboldt Forum
Wen Zhengming & Co.
The Concept of jia (Family) in Painting in the Ming Dynasty

17.09.2025 to 16.03.2026

Kano Yasunobu (1613-1685) with inscription of Jitsudō Sōden (1613-1676), abbot of temple Daitokuji, Bird resting on a branch, detail, hanging scroll, ink and red colour on paper
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Klaus F. and Yoshie Naumann Collection / Jürgen Liepe

Humboldt Forum
Creating Together
Networks of Creativity in Arts of Japan

10.09.2025 to 01.12.2025

Leaf in Sanskrit, China, Xinjiang, Kizil
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Iris Papadopoulos

Humboldt Forum
Language Families

September 2025 to mid 2026

Manichäische Electae, Detail, China, Xinjiang, Kocho, 10. Jh., Seide mit Farben
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Thomas Arens

Humboldt Forum
Family and Religion

August 2025 to mid 2026

Exterior view of the cabinet prior to restoration
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Walter Borgers

Humboldt Forum
Conservation in Dialogue
A Glimpse Behind the Scene

24.05.2025 to 01.06.2026

Portrait of prince Corgiyamz‘an (wartime loss), Qing dynasty (1644 – 1911), 1776, detail, original painting: hanging scroll, reproduction from glass plate
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum

Humboldt Forum
The Ziguangge: Hall of Purple Splendor
Event Venue, Heroes’ Gallery and Theatre of War

28.08.2024 to 31.08.2026

Buddha (Pakistan, 2--3. century) in the module "Buddhist Art in South Asia. Stupas, Buddhas,
Bodhisattvas" of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in the Humboldt Forum
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Humboldt Forum
Ethnological Collections and Asian Art

Permanent exhibition