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Baroque facade of the reconstructed Berlin Palace housing the Humboldt Forum

Humboldt Forum

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The Humboldt Forum occupies the reconstructed Berlin Palace on Schlossplatz, opened in stages between 2020 and 2022. Its 2nd and 3rd floors hold the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, around 20,000 objects that range from the Sanchi Gate and the Turfan cave paintings to a Japanese tea house, presented with attention to provenance and colonial history. The 1st floor houses the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition and the free Humboldt Lab, while free displays across the building trace 800 years of the site's history, from the palace cellars to the Palace of the Republic.

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Histories of Tanzania exhibition installation at the Humboldt Forum

Histories of Tanzania

Over 10,000 Tanzanian objects from the Ethnologisches Museum shown alongside Tanzanian curators' and artists' perspectives on German and British colonial rule.

Now showing29 Nov 2024 – 7 Jun 2027€9

Manatunga: Artistic Interventions by George Nuku

Three large interventions by Māori artist George Nuku in two rooms of the Oceania galleries, made in polystyrene and Plexiglas during his Collaborative Museum fellowships.

Now showing18 May 2025 – 30 Nov€9
Conservation in Dialogue exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

Conservation in Dialogue

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.

Now showing24 May 2025 – 8 Mar 2027€9
Nlabephee Kefas Othaniel and Pa Kanawa Musa during a language recording session in Kwangkah, Nigeria

Being Related: Shared Language, Shared Knowledge?

Video installation on endangered languages and family, with community members documenting their languages, made with the Endangered Languages Archive.

Now showing3 Oct 2025 – 9 Nov€9
On Water exhibition in the Humboldt Lab

On Water: WasserWissen in Berlin

Free show in the Humboldt Lab pairing Berlin University Alliance water research with artistic takes on water and the climate crisis.

Now showing10 Oct 2025 – 27 Sept 2027Free
Dara Tûyê – The Mulberry Tree exhibition

Dara Tûyê – The Mulberry Tree

Feminist voices on war and gardens: art, photography and interviews on women's solidarity across borders and the healing power of community gardens.

Now showing29 Nov 2025 – 30 Aug 2027€9
If I Were King or Queen exhibition in BERLIN GLOBAL

If I Were King or Queen…

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.

Now showing30 Nov 2025 – 30 Aug 2027€9
Mirae kh Rhee, The Artist and Her Books, 2022, Incheon Art Platform

Mirae kh Rhee: Hand-Me-Down

Mirae kh Rhee asks how objects reached their places in collections and who collects and why, in a cabinet-of-curiosities project from a transnational feminist, decolonial view.

Now showing18 Jun – 15 Feb 2027€9

fuga: Sound Exhibition by Netta Weiser

Netta Weiser's first sound exhibition in Berlin, in the Listening Space: 1930s wax cylinder recordings from Siwa, Egypt, by Brigitte Schiffer, reworked through a queer-diasporic lens.

Now showing29 Aug – 31 Mar 2027€9
Friends for the Arts of East Asia in Berlin exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

Friends for the Arts of East Asia in Berlin

Marks 100 years of the Society for East Asian Art with museum holdings and loans, including an 18th-century Japanese Buddhist painting.

Now showing16 Sept – 8 Dec€9
Escaping the Tumultuous World on Tranquil Rivers exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

Escaping the Tumultuous World on Tranquil Rivers

Marks 120 years of the East Asian Art Collection with the fisherman motif in Chinese painting, a symbol of escape from a turbulent world.

Now showing30 Sept – 30 Mar 2027€9
Agua. The Art and Cosmologies of Water, exhibition visual

Agua. The Art and Cosmologies of Water

Twenty artworks from Brazil, Colombia and Chile show water as a source of knowledge and spirituality and as a ground of environmental conflict, made with Indigenous and traditional communities.

Upcoming28 Nov – 12 Jul 2027€9
Deepak Tolange in the depot of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin-Dahlem

Tracing Shiva. Between Berlin and Kathmandu

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.

Upcoming28 Nov – 29 Nov 2027€9

Plan Your Visit

Getting there

Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Nearest station: U Museumsinsel (U5), S Hackescher Markt and S+U Alexanderplatz

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Hours

Mon10:30–18:30
TueClosed
Wed10:30–18:30
Thu10:30–18:30
Fri10:30–18:30
SatToday10:30–18:30
Sun10:30–18:30

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How much does Humboldt Forum cost?
Standard adult admission to Humboldt Forum is €9. Prices for special exhibitions and timed-entry slots may differ.
What are the opening hours of Humboldt Forum?
Humboldt Forum is open Wednesday to Monday 10:30-18:30; closed Tuesdays. Closed 24 December 2026; modified hours 25-31 December and 1 January. Entry to the building and several exhibitions is free; BERLIN GLOBAL and the Ethnological Collections and Asian Art cost EUR 9 each (free under 19).. Holiday hours can vary, so check the museum's website before you go.
Where is Humboldt Forum?
Humboldt Forum is located at Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin, Germany, in the Mitte area of Berlin. The nearest stations are U Museumsinsel (U5), S Hackescher Markt and S+U Alexanderplatz.
What can I see at Humboldt Forum?
Berlin's rebuilt royal palace, now home to world cultures from Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, plus Berlin's global story. Current highlights include Friends for the Arts of East Asia in Berlin, Being Related: Shared Language, Shared Knowledge? and fuga: Sound Exhibition by Netta Weiser.
Do I need to book Humboldt Forum in advance?
Booking ahead is recommended, especially for weekends, school holidays, and special exhibitions. Tickets are normally on the museum's website, and a pre-booked timed slot helps you avoid queues at the entrance.
When is the best time to visit Humboldt Forum?
Weekday mornings shortly after opening are typically the quietest, especially mid-week. Late afternoons can also be calmer. Weekends, school holidays, and the lunch rush are the busiest periods.

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