Exhibitions in Berlin
November 2025
November 2025 at a glance: 3 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 10 more were on view across the city.
Opened in November
Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Power14 NovDeutsches 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.
Dara Tûyê – The Mulberry Tree29 NovHumboldt Forum
Feminist voices on war and gardens: art, photography and interviews on women's solidarity across borders and the healing power of community gardens.
If I Were King or Queen…30 NovHumboldt 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.
Was on view in November
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.
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.
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.
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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