Current exhibitions

Gan Ku (1749/1756-1838), Tiger, detail, 1822, right screen of a pair with 6 panels each, ink and colours on paper
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Klaus F. and Yoshie Naumann Collection / Jörg von Bruchhausen

Humboldt Forum
Beastly Good!
Animals, Birds, and Plants in Arts of Japan

10.06.2026 to 07.09.2026

Scene from the “Tale of Genji”, The Royal Outing (Miyuki), detail
Photo credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Jürgen Liepe CC BY-SA 4.0

Forschungscampus Dahlem
The Stuff of Narrative
New Perspectives on Literature

16.04.2026 to 03.09.2026

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

Humboldt Forum
Ghostbuster: Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller
Here to Protect the Family

18.03.2026 to 28.09.2026

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

Humboldt Forum
Nothing As Our Ground

28.11.2025 to 03.08.2026

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

Humboldt Forum
Making Kin

28.11.2025 to 03.08.2026

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

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

Humboldt Forum
Language Families

September 2025 to late 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 late 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