Exhibitions in Berlin
October 2027
October at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 3 closing, and 6 more on view across the city.
Closing in October
Pewter from the Middle Ages to Art Nouveau3 Oct 2027Kunstgewerbemuseum
Some 100 pewter works at Schloss Köpenick trace the material from sacred objects to everyday items, including furniture by cabinetmaker Johann Daniel Sommer combining tortoiseshell, horn and pewter.
Unsere Münzen! Gedenkprägungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2006–2026)17 Oct 2027Bode-Museum
The Münzkabinett shows 20 years of German commemorative coins across 200+ themes and asks who decides what our money looks like. Page in German only.
Objects. History. Stories. Reviewing the Collection31 Oct 2027Deutsches Historisches Museum
Around 200 objects from the DHM's million-piece collection, some never shown before, exploring provenance, 150 years of collecting and how places have shaped history.
Also on through October
Tracing Shiva. Between Berlin and Kathmanduto 29 Nov 2027Humboldt Forum
A film and research project by Deepak Tolange on the copper-gilded Chaturmukh Shiva Linga kosh in Berlin's Asian art collection and the loss of Nepal's cultural assets.
DINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant Lizardsto 30 Nov 2027Museum 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.
Intermezzo: Revisiting Helmut Newtonto 31 Dec 2027Museum für Fotografie
An immersive four-screen film on Helmut Newton with unseen footage and interviews, plus a wall of nearly 100 exhibition posters, before a new permanent display in 2027.
Schlagerto 23 Apr 2028Jewish Museum Berlin
Album covers and stories of Jewish figures in the Schlager music scene, tracing the genre from the Weimar Republic through divided Germany.
- Ai Weiwei at the Bode-Museumto 4 Jun 2028
Bode-Museum
Ai Weiwei's existing and new works, plus pieces from his own collection, set in dialogue with 2,000+ years of art in the Bode-Museum's galleries, on exile, belonging and memory.
Time Travel in the Old Tiergarten Districtto 31 Dec 2028KulturforumFree
Free Kunstbibliothek presentation on the artistic community around Matthäikirchplatz a century ago, whose cultural life ended in 1933.
Opening in November 2027
Image credits
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- Pewter from the Middle Ages to Art Nouveau© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Photo: Fotostudio Bartsch
- Unsere Münzen! Gedenkprägungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2006–2026)© Münzkabinett
- Objects. History. Stories. Reviewing the CollectionCourtesy of Deutsches Historisches Museum
- Tracing Shiva. Between Berlin and Kathmandu© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Photo: Pierre Adenis
- DINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant LizardsPhoto: Verena Brüning
- Intermezzo: Revisiting Helmut Newton© Newton Foundation / Photo: Gerhard Kassner
- SchlagerJewish Museum Berlin, photo: Roman März
- Time Travel in the Old Tiergarten District© Bildarchiv Foto Marburg
- Art, Seen: Contemporary Photography and the Old Masters© Catherine Opie, Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London and Seoul; Thomas Dane Gallery / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Anders
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