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Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of Hours, exhibition view Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, 2026 — Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of Hours, exhibition view Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, 2026 © Lina Lapelytė. VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026. Photo: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / art/beats, Florian Mag

CHANEL Commission: Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of Hours

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

01.05.2026 to 10.01.2027

Ruin and Rush. Berlin 1910–1930, exhibition view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 2026 — Ruin and Rush. Berlin 1910–1930, exhibition view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 2026 Foto: Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / David von Becker

Ruin and Rush

Berlin 1910–1930

Neue Nationalgalerie

25.04.2026 to 03.01.2027

Exhibition view: “Heavy Fabric” — Exhibition view: “Heavy Fabric” © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Heavy Fabric

Women – Traditional Costume – Life Stories

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

24.04.2026 to 29.03.2027

Grit Kallin-Fischer, Self-portrait with cigarette, detail, around 1928, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin — Grit Kallin-Fischer, Self-portrait with cigarette, detail, around 1928, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin

New Woman, New Vision

Women Photographers of the Bauhaus

Museum für Fotografie

17.04.2026 to 04.10.2026

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Truth, 2022-2025 — Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Truth, 2022-2025 © Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Photo: Luca Girardini

Shilpa Gupta

What Still Holds

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

27.03.2026 to 03.01.2027

Aerial view of Karahantepe — Aerial view of Karahantepe © Karahantepe Project Archive/Yusuf Aslan

Building community

Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago

James-Simon-Galerie

06.02.2026 to 19.07.2026

Cover: Helmut Newton. One-off — Cover: Helmut Newton. One-off © Phaidon

Helmut Newton‘s One-off Album

Museum für Fotografie

05.06.2026 to 15.11.2026

Exhibition view: “Many Shades of Grès. Fashion Becomes Art” — Exhibition view: “Many Shades of Grès. Fashion Becomes Art” Photo: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / David von Becker

Many Shades of Grès

Fashion Becomes Art

Kulturforum

15.05.2026 to 11.10.2026

Cult of Mist by Fujiko Nakaya in the sculpture garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie — Cult of Mist by Fujiko Nakaya in the sculpture garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie © Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / David von Becker

Fujiko Nakaya: Fog Sculpture in the Sculpture Garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie

Neue Nationalgalerie

30.04.2026 to 25.10.2026

Ceremonial table in boulette technique from Heidelberg Castle, Johann Daniel Sommer, Heidelberg (?) 1684 — Ceremonial table in boulette technique from Heidelberg Castle, Johann Daniel Sommer, Heidelberg (?) 1684 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Photo: Fotostudio Bartsch

Pewter from the Middle Ages to Art Nouveau

Schloss Köpenick

24.04.2026 to 04.10.2026

Graphic design using: Alfred Sisley, Woman with a Parasol – Summer Scene, detail, 1883 and James Ensor, The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, detail, 1904 — Graphic design using: Alfred Sisley, Woman with a Parasol – Summer Scene, detail, 1883 and James Ensor, The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, detail, 1904 © Graphic design: Peter Dorén; photos: Sammlung Julietta Scharf / Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Dietmar Katz

Possibilities of an Island

Thinking in Images from Gerstenberg to Scharf

Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

19.12.2025 to 21.06.2026

Exhibition view “Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 12.12.2025 – 13.09.2026, Depicted: The Fountain Archives, 2008-2020 — Exhibition view “Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 12.12.2025 – 13.09.2026, Depicted: The Fountain Archives, 2008-2020 © Saâdane Afif, 2025 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy of the artist & Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin. Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Saâdane Afif

Five Preludes

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

12.12.2025 to 13.09.2026

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Berlin Beats: Free Open-Air DJ Series at Hamburger Bahnhof starting 12 June 2026

Sommerfest im Bettina Berggruen Garten mit Skulpturen „United Enemies“ (2011) von Thomas Schütte — © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026, Foto: Christo Libuda, Lichtschwärmer

Joint Summer Event Hosted by the Charlottenburg Museums on 12 June 2026

Summer Cinema at the Kulturforum — © Yorck Kinogruppe / Oliver Look

Summer Cinema at the Kulturforum Begins on 17 June 2026

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“Canvas Legends”: The Gemäldegalerie in Minute Detail and with New AI Perspectives

Event at the Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt

Academy Programme for the First Half of 2026

Workshop for families at Haus Bastian — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Marcus Glahn

Donate Online Now: Support Cultural Education for Children and Teenagers at the Museums

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09.06.2026 - 17:00 Neues Museum

A painted rendition of the circular celestial scene from Dendera on a ceiling in the Neues Museum (detail)

The Zodiac from a Curatorial Perspective
Curator tour

10.06.2026 - 16:00 James-Simon-Galerie

Stone vessels, slabs, and hammerstones found in a kitchen area in Karahantepe, 9400–8000 BC

Mit Expert*innen durch die Steinzeit
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11.06.2026 - 12:30 James-Simon-Galerie

Shaft straighteren from Göbeklitepe, 9500–7800 BC

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