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Dancing Zhong Kui, detail, China, Yangliuqing, first half 20th c., woodblock print — Dancing Zhong Kui, detail, China, Yangliuqing, first half 20th c., woodblock print © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst

Ghostbuster: Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller

Here to Protect the Family

Humboldt Forum

18.03.2026 to 28.09.2026

Attributed to Workshop of Kano Jinnojō (n.d., active 1st h. 17th c.), Landscape with figures. Screen with 6 panels, ink, colours and gold on paper — Attributed to Workshop of Kano Jinnojō (n.d., active 1st h. 17th c.), Landscape with figures. Screen with 6 panels, ink, colours and gold on paper © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Klaus F. and Yoshie Naumann Collection / Jörg von Bruchhausen

A Thousand Brushes With a Single Style! (Part 2)

The House of Kano and Painting as Family Business

Humboldt Forum

11.03.2026 to 01.06.2026

He Chongyue, A Billion To One, 2007, Private Collection Zhang, Berlin — He Chongyue, A Billion To One, 2007, Private Collection Zhang, Berlin Photo: Tzulia Angos

All Under Heaven

Harmony in Family and State

Humboldt Forum

28.11.2025 to 25.05.2026

Leonard Suryajaya, Mom's Heaven, detail, 2025 — Leonard Suryajaya, Mom's Heaven, detail, 2025 © Leonard Suryajaya

Nothing As Our Ground

Humboldt Forum

28.11.2025 to 03.08.2026

Meryl McMaster, Time's Gravity, detail — Meryl McMaster, Time's Gravity, detail © Meryl McMaster, Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Bulger Gallery and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain

Making Kin

Humboldt Forum

28.11.2025 to 03.08.2026

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

The Legend of Prince Vishvantara: Boundless Generosity

Humboldt Forum

24.09.2025 until further notice

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

Language Families

Humboldt Forum

September 2025 to mid 2026

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

Family and Religion

Humboldt Forum

August 2025 to mid 2026

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

Conservation in Dialogue

A Glimpse Behind the Scene

Humboldt Forum

24.05.2025 to 01.06.2026

George Nuku in the Oceania exhibition of the Ethnologisches Museum at the Humboldt Forum — George Nuku in the Oceania exhibition of the Ethnologisches Museum at the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum / Pierre Adenis

Manatunga – Artistic Interventions by George Nuku

Humboldt Forum

18.05.2025 to 31.05.2026

News

Henrietta Lidchi – New director of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst — © Peter Elzey

Henrietta Lidchi to Become New Director of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst

Ethnologisches Museum

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

The Collection and its History

Museum für Asiatische Kunst

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

The Collection and its History

Collections Online

The Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Collections Online — The Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Collections Online © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Explore the collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst online

Collections Online

The Ethnologische Museum in Collections Online — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Explore the collection of the Ethnologisches Museum online

Provenance Research

Research Partners at the Depot in Berlin — Research Partners at the Depot in Berlin © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Moritz Fehr

Postcolonial Provenance Research at the Humboldt Forum