Hamburger Bahnhof was one of Berlin’s major 19th-century terminus stations – a site of arrival, departure, and transition. To this day, this history continues to shape the museum for contemporary art at the heart of Berlin. The building bears witness to pivotal moments in German history: from industrialization to wartime destruction, from division and the Wall to the reunified capital. Like Berlin itself, Hamburger Bahnhof is layered, fractured, and shaped by change as its only constant.

Today, art and society meet here. Art, as an expression of human experience, opens new perspectives on the present and invites critical engagement. It creates spaces for dialogue and exchange – everyone brings something of their own, and together a polyphonic space emerges. As a collecting museum for contemporary art, Hamburger Bahnhof collects with the future in mind and sends impulses into both local and international communities.

Hamburger Bahnhof is an open invitation to the city and its visitors. As an accessible institution with free programming and participatory formats, the museum speaks to people from diverse backgrounds and global histories. It listens, it exhibits, and it invites co-creation.

Hamburger Bahnhof protects this space. It stands for belonging, respect, and responsibility – and takes a firm stand against all forms of discrimination, hatred, and exclusion.

The Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart presides over a comprehensive collection of contemporary art, which it presents in a variety of exhibitions. It is the largest among the buildings housing the Nationalgalerie’s extensive holdings, the remainder of which are divided into the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Neue Nationalgalerie, the Museum Berggruen, and the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg.