Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Hands-On Station "Interweaving Messages" — Hands-On Station "Interweaving Messages" © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / David von Becker

ALL HANDS ON: Basketry

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

24.05.2022 to 24.05.2026

The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains. — The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Ute Franz-Scarcigalia; CC NC-BY-SA

The Giant Mechanical Nativity Scene from the Ore Mountains

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Permanent exhibition

View of the permanent exhibition "Cultural Contacts. Living in Europe" — View of the permanent exhibition "Cultural Contacts. Living in Europe" © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Cultural Contacts. Living in Europe

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Permanent exhibition

Hand of Fatima — Hand of Fatima © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Muslim InVisibilities: Creating Relationships

Intervention

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Permanent exhibition

The everyday clothes of farmer's daughter Elisabeth Märcz, sewn by her mother from blue printed fabrics, Murga/Murgau (Hungary) around 1942. — The everyday clothes of farmer's daughter Elisabeth Märcz, sewn by her mother from blue printed fabrics, Murga/Murgau (Hungary) around 1942. © Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum (DZM) / Oleg Kuchar

Heavy Fabric

Women – Traditional Costume – Life Stories

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

24.04.2026 to 29.03.2027

Tyrolean postcards from the MEK collection — Tyrolean postcards from the MEK collection © Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

The Mountains of Tyrol

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

29.07.2026 to 25.04.2027

Next Event

Festive girls' clothing with "peasant brocade" by Katharina Just in Kéty/Giek (Hungary) around 1943. — © Donauschwäbisches Zentralmuseum (DZM) / Oleg Kuchar

Eröffnung der Ausstellung „Schwerer Stoff“

For Adults

Miner with compressed air control during transport work, Walsum mine, Duisburg © Ergun Çağatay/Fotoarchiv Ruhr Museum/Stadtmuseum Berlin/Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg — Miner with compressed air control during transport work, Walsum mine, Duisburg © Ergun Çağatay/Fotoarchiv Ruhr Museum/Stadtmuseum Berlin/Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg

Living environments in Europe

Offers for Children & Families

Event for pupils — Event for pupils Event for pupils

Cultural contacts – overcoming boundaries

News

Motion Detector No. 28: From the streets to the museum. Objects from a year of protests in Serbia — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Motion Detector No. 28: From the Streets to the Museum. Objects from a Year of Protests in Serbia

Conference

Tagung, What’s in a Name? Standortbestimmung und Perspektiven alltagskultureller Museen — Tagung, What’s in a Name? Standortbestimmung und Perspektiven alltagskultureller Museen © Museum Europäischer Kulturen

4 to 5 June 2026: What’s in a Name?

Blog

Museum and the City - Blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin — Museum and the City - Blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Stories from the Museum Europäischer Kulturen (German only)

Facebook

Join the Museum Europäischer Kulturen on Facebook! — Join the Museum Europäischer Kulturen on Facebook!

Join the Museum Europäischer Kulturen on Facebook!

Instagram

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Follow the Museum Europäischer Kulturen on Instagram!

Collections Online

The Museum Europäischer Kulturen in Collections Online — The Museum Europäischer Kulturen in Collections Online © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Explore the collection of the MEK online

Annual Tickets

Jan Brueghel d. J.: Das Paradies, detail, um 1650 — Jan Brueghel d. J.: Das Paradies, detail, um 1650 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Anders

Enjoy art and culture as often as you like!

Staff

Collage with photos of the staff of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin — Staff of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Who works at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen?

Film

Museum Europäischer Kulturen, exterior view — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Dahlem - The German Oxford: Das Museum Europäischer Kulturen