Exhibitions in Berlin

January 2026

January 2026 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 14 more were on view across the city.

Key visual for the Linde Burkhardt exhibition, featuring a piece from her Tempietti (Little Temples) series

Exhibition view of Saâdane Afif, Five Preludes

Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici, 1478

T. rex skeleton in the DINOSAURS! special exhibition

View of the dome inside the rotunda of the Altes Museum

Opened in January

“I am not a ceramist.” Linde Burkhardt30 Jan
Bröhan-Museum
Artist and designer Linde Burkhardt (b. 1937): paintings, carpets, ceramics and her metal-and-ceramic objects for Alessi. Most works then pass to the museum as a gift.

Was on view in January

Saâdane Afif: Five Preludesto 13 Sept
Hamburger Bahnhof
Saâdane Afif's Fountain Archives, gifted to the Nationalgalerie in 2023, shown alongside other works by the artist.
The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence and Art in Renaissance-Era Florenceto 20 Sept
Bode-Museum
The 1478 attack on Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici in Florence Cathedral, told through medals, sculpted portraits and Botticelli's posthumous portrait of Giuliano.
DINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant Lizardsto 30 Nov
Museum für Naturkunde
Original fossils from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous, from early Plateosaurus to the superbly preserved T. rex Tristan Otto, with an Allosaurus skull.
Founded on Antiquity: Berlin's First Museumto 10 Jan
Altes Museum
The upper-floor show revisits the museum's 1830 beginnings, reuniting antiquities from its first display around a large model of Schinkel's original building.
Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Powerto 17 Jan
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Eight centuries of how Germans defined and politicised 'nature', from medieval faith through Nazi ideas of natural law to 20th-century environmental and anti-nuclear movements.
Conservation in Dialogueto 8 Mar
Humboldt Forum
A look at the hidden work of museum conservators, through restored objects such as Canadian crest poles, a Qing lacquer cabinet and a Mongolian shrine.
Dioscuri – The Given Dayto 14 Mar
Neues Museum
Artist Michael Müller reworks the myth of the twins Castor and Polydeuces in the staircase hall, a meditation on time and mortality.
Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society (1945–2000)to 4 Apr
Neue Nationalgalerie
The Nationalgalerie's post-war collection from East and West, 1945–2000, including Barnett Newman's Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV.
Christoph Schlingensief. Deutschlandsuche ’99to 25 Apr
Neue Nationalgalerie
A room devoted to Christoph Schlingensief, centred on Deutschland versenken (1999), his action of 'sinking Germany' in New York.
ZUGvögel – Collection in Motionto 30 Jun
Museum für Naturkunde
Around 11,500 historic mounted birds, moved out of the Historic Bird Hall during its restoration, tell stories of bird diversity, war, research and conservation.
If I Were King or Queen…to 30 Aug
Humboldt Forum
Young Visions from Neukölln: eleven young people on today's injustices and a fairer future. Visitors can take a seat on the throne. In BERLIN GLOBAL.
Dara Tûyê – The Mulberry Treeto 30 Aug
Humboldt Forum
Feminist voices on war and gardens: art, photography and interviews on women's solidarity across borders and the healing power of community gardens.
The Crown of Kerch: Treasures from the Dawn of European Historyto 22 Sept
Neues Museum
Migration-period gold and garnet jewellery from the Diergardt collection, on loan from Cologne, led by a noblewoman's diadem from Crimea.
On Water: WasserWissen in Berlinto 27 Sept
Humboldt Forum · Free
Free show in the Humboldt Lab pairing Berlin University Alliance water research with artistic takes on water and the climate crisis.

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