Please note: From Monday, 31 March up to and including Friday, 4 April and from Monday, 7 April up to and including Friday, 11 April 2025, the exhibition areas of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst on the 3rd floor of the Humboldt Forum will be closed due to maintenance work. The exhibition areas will be open on Saturday, 5 April and Sunday, 6 April 2025.
Film
The "Backstories" series tells remarkable object stories from the collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. For once, this instalment is not about one particular object, but about many: Over 20,000 exhibits from the Ethnologische Museum and the Museums für Asiatische Kunstin Berlin Dahlem are moving to the new Humboldt Forum in Berlin-Mitte. On the way there, they will make stops on Museum Island and in other parts of the city - this video provides an overview of all the exhibitions.
Related Links
Museum and the City: „Backstories: Auf dem Weg zum Humboldt Forum“ on the Blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Museum and the City: Posts about Backstories on the blog of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (German only)
Exhibition
Ethnological Collections and Asian Art
News
Activities Day: On the Way to the Humboldt Forum
On the way to the Humboldt Forum: Packing up Mesoamerican and North American highlights in Dahlem
On the Way to the Humboldt Forum: Removal of the large Silk Road mural and presentation of the newly established conservation laboratory
On the Way to the Humboldt Forum: The restoration of more than 40 meters of the Angkor Wat reliefs
Arrival of the Cupola of the Cave of the Ring-Bearing Doves at the Humboldt Forum
Through the Window: Large Objects from the Ethnologisches Museum Hover Into the Humboldt Forum
Museen Dahlem: Preparations for moving to the Humboldt Forum