Exhibitions in Berlin
March 2026
March 2026 at a glance: 6 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 17 more were on view across the city.
Opened in March
Destiny in the Stars: The Beginnings of the Zodiac21 MarNeues Museum
The history of the zodiac from Babylonia to Egypt and the Greco-Roman world, from star tablets to celestial ceilings.
Scandal! Hermione von Preuschen and the “Mors Imperator”22 MarAlte Nationalgalerie
The painter, writer and traveller whose 1887 painting Mors Imperator, rejected by the Berlin Academy of Arts, made her famous overnight.
A Country in a Container – The Disposal of East German State Symbols25 MarDDR Museum
What became of the GDR's flags, emblems and medals after 1990: dumped in containers, sold at flea markets, and still shaping how Germany remembers.
The Holocaust – What Did the Germans Know?25 MarTopography of Terror · Free
Around 300 objects in three parts – propaganda, everyday clues and pieced-together knowledge – ask what ordinary Germans knew about the Holocaust.
Shilpa Gupta: What Still Holds27 MarHamburger Bahnhof
Works by Shilpa Gupta on language, borders and power, in direct dialogue with Joseph Beuys and the Marx Collection.
SuperCity 3000. Our City of the Future27 MarDeutsches Technikmuseum
An exhibition by children for children: models built by 60 young 'future curators' from four Berlin schools imagine a liveable city of tomorrow, with hands-on stations in the Ladestraße.
Was on view in March
Giulia Andreani: Sabotageto 13 SeptHamburger Bahnhof
Giulia Andreani's first institutional solo show in Germany reframes historical collections from a contemporary perspective.
Saâdane Afif: Five Preludesto 13 SeptHamburger 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 SeptBode-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.
Carbon Culture. Museum of the Fossil Fuel Ageto 27 SeptDeutsches Technikmuseum
An intervention across the museum: yellow canisters and new labels recast steam engines and other exhibits by their carbon footprint, tracing 200 years of burning coal, oil and gas.
“I am not a ceramist.” Linde Burkhardtto 18 OctBröhan-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.
DINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant Lizardsto 30 NovMuseum 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 JanAltes 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 JanDeutsches 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 MarHumboldt 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 MarNeues 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 AprNeue 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 AprNeue 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 JunMuseum 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 AugHumboldt 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 AugHumboldt 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 SeptNeues 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 SeptHumboldt 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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