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Destiny in the Stars. The Beginnings of the Zodiac (21 March 2026 until 10 January 2027, Neues Museum)
Destiny in the Stars. The Beginnings of the Zodiac (21 March 2026 until 10 January 2027, Neues Museum) Painting of the circular sky image from Dendera on a ceiling in the Neues Museum (detail) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Sandra Steiß

Museumsinsel Berlin | Special exhibitions 2026

01.01.2026

From Genghis Khan to Paul Cassirer, from the discovery of community around 12,000 years ago to the beginnings of the signs of the zodiac—this is the spectrum of exhibition highlights that visitors will be able to experience on Museumsinsel Berlin in 2026. 

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Destiny in the Stars. The Beginnings of the Zodiac (21 March 2026 until 10 January 2027, Neues Museum)
Painting of the circular sky image from Dendera on a ceiling in the Neues Museum (detail) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Sandra Steiß

Cassirer and the Breakthrough of Impressionism (22 May until 27 September 2026, Alte Nationalgalerie)
Edgar Degas, The orchestra musicians, 1872 © Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

About Times. Gursky, Lucas, Miró, Warhol and the Art of the Long 19th Century (October 22, 2026, to February 28, 2027, Alte Nationalgalerie)
Anna Dorothea Therbusch, self-portrait, 1780 (Alte Nationalgalerie) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger

About Times. Gursky, Lucas, Miró, Warhol and the Art of the Long 19th Century (October 22, 2026, to February 28, 2027, Alte Nationalgalerie)
Renée Sintenis, self-portrait, 1933 (Neue Nationalgalerie) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Bernd Sinterhauf / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Genghis Khan – The World of the Mongols (early October 2026 to late April 2027, James-Simon-Galerie)
Bracelet with phoenix © Ghenggis Khaan National Museum

Sound Bodies – Variations on a Theme of Art. A musical intervention at the Bode-Museum (24 November 2026 to 7 March 2027, Bode-Museum)
Violin, F. Krolikowski, Foggia (Italy), 1946, plexiglass. Crafted by an enthusiast while in captivity as a prisoner of war © SIMPK/Barnes Ziegler

Built community. Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler, and life 12,000 years ago (6 February until 19. July 2026, James-Simon-Galerie)
Aerial view of Karahantepe (Şanlıurfa Province, Türkiye) © Karahantepe Project Archive/Yusuf Aslan

Cassirer and the Breakthrough of Impressionism (22 May until 27 September 2026, Alte Nationalgalerie)
Claude Monet, Summer, 1874 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders

About Times. Gursky, Lucas, Miró, Warhol and the Art of the Long 19th Century (October 22, 2026, to February 28, 2027, Alte Nationalgalerie)
Bernhard Heisig, Persistence of forgetting, 1977 (Neue Natinalgalerie) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jens Ziehe / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2025

Genghis Khan – The World of the Mongols (early October 2026 to late April 2027, James-Simon-Galerie)
Modern monumental statue of Genghis Khan © Ghenggis Khaan National Museum

Sound Bodies – Variations on a Theme of Art. A musical intervention at the Bode-Museum (24 November 2026 to 7 March 2027, Bode-Museum)
Bagpiper, Nuremberg, around 1530/40 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt

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