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Berlinische Galerie, Main entrance
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Main entrance of Berlinische Galerie
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Interior view of the stair hall in the Berlinische Galerie
Forecourt of Berlinische Galerie
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Das Buchstabenfeld vor der Berlinischen Galerie © Noshe

The Berlinische Galerie - State Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture - is one of the youngest museums in the capital and collects art created in Berlin from 1870 to the present day. Outstanding areas of the collection are Dada Berlin, New Objectivity, the Eastern European avant-garde and the art of the divided Berlin and the reunited metropolis.

In 2004, the Berlinische Galerie moved into its first building. The building, which was erected in 1964 as a glass warehouse in Kreuzberg, was converted, a second storey was added and a foyer, a library, a study room and an auditorium were added. While special exhibitions are shown on the ground floor, the permanent collection is housed in a spatial structure designed by architect David Saik on the upper floor.

The special exhibitions range from classical modernism to contemporary art in Berlin. The programme covers a wide variety of themes, artistic styles and genres. It is complemented by varied programme series, cooperation projects and offers for children, young people and adults in the "Atelier Bunter Jakob".

Opening hours,

  • Monday 10:00 - 18:00
  • Tuesday closed
  • Wednesday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00

Opening Hours (15.9.23 – 22.1.24)
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 10 am – 6 pm
Thur 10 am – 8 pm
Closed on Tuesdays

  • 24. December closed
  • 31. December closed

Location,

Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, 10969 Berlin

Telephone,

+49 (30) 789 02-600

Fax,

+49 (30) 789 02-700

Website,

www.berlinischegalerie.de

Email,

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Prices,

Admission price 10,00 €

Reduced price 6,00 €

Reduced ad­mission for visitors with severe dis­abilities + Free admission for one recognized accompanying person

Upon presenting a ticket from the Jewish Museum Berlin, we will grant you an admission discount. The same offer applies in reverse to temporary exhibitions at the Jewish Museum. Its permanent exhibition can be visited free of charge.

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Exhibitions

Nasan Tur
© Foto: Roman Goebel

Nasan Tur

The dawn of modernity

Prominence from the Berlin City Museum

Felix Nussbaum, Der tolle Platz, 1931
© erloschen
Felix Nussbaum, Der tolle Platz, 1931 © erloschen

Art in Berlin 1880-1980

Collection presentation

Ewald Gnilka, Ohne Titel (Hans Uhlmann in seinem Atelier), um 1954
© Rechtsnachfolger*innen Ewald Gnilka/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023
Black and white photograph of Hans Uhlmann in his studio. The artist is surrounded by his metal sculptures in progress.

Hans Uhlmann

Experimental Forming

Kotti-Shop / SuperFuture
Collage © Stefan Endewardt
Collage: Parts of the Kotti (Kottbusser Tor) building and tiles can be seen in black and white print. The foreground shows a bright yellow adhesive roll with the inscription "Allgemeingut / Common Property".

Kotti-Shop/SuperFuture

Forms of Negotiation

MY-CO-X, MY-CO Space, 2021
© MY-CO-X, Photo: Birke Weber
Photo: View into a cave-shaped, semi-circular wooden building with a bench, a carpet and cushions. Daylight streams in from the outside through gaps.

Closer to Nature

Building with Fungi, Trees, Mud

Kader Attia, J'accuse, 2016, Ausstellungsansicht Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 2016
© Courtesy the artist and Galerie Nagel Draxler Berlin/ Köln/ München
Photo: Installation of wooden sculptures standing on pedestals made of fluted metal rods.

Kader Attia

Özlem Altın, Rise (as above), 2022 (Detail)
© Özlem Altın and The Pill, Istanbul
Artwork: Photoprint of a person on canvas with bright blue background

Özlem Altın

Hannah Höch Förderpreis 2024

Akinbode Akinbiyi, Aus der Serie: African Quarter, seit den 1990er Jahren
© Akinbode Akinbiyi
Black and white photograph: Side view of a boy on a horse under a striped canopy. Other people can be seen in the background.

Akinbode Akinbiyi

Being, Seeing, Wandering

Events

© Daniel Müller
Blick von oben auf einen Tisch, an dem vier Personen sitzen und gemeinsam basteln. Unterschiedliche Bastelmaterialien liegen auf dem Tisch verteilt.

Berlinische Galerie

Open studio - Your art workshop

Workshop

Museum Sunday
© Design: www.buerobumbum.com, © llustration: www.sany.dk
Design Museum Sunday with inscription and illustration

Berlinische Galerie

Museum Sunday

Free entry for all visitors

Miscellaneous

©Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Children's birthday party: Monster hunt

Celebrate your birthday in the Bunter Jakob studio

Bookable group offer

Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Touch guide

Offer for blind and visually impaired people to the permanent exhibition

Bookable group offer

© Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Children's birthday party: secret recipes

Celebrate birthday in the studio Bunter Jakob

Bookable group offer

© Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Bookable tours

Bookable group offer

© Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Surprise me

Project day on the permanent exhibition "Art in Berlin 1880 - 1980" for school classes (grades 3 - 13)

Bookable group offer

Anton von Werner, Enthüllung des Richard Wagner Denkmals im Tiergarten, 1908
© Urheberrechte am Werk erloschen

Berlinische Galerie

Club Global

Project day on the permanent exhibition "Art in Berlin 1880 - 1980" for school classes (grades 4 - 13)

Bookable group offer

© Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Curate

Offer for school classes (grade 7 - 13)

Bookable group offer

Christian Schad, Porträt des Schriftstellers Ludwig Bäumer, 1927
© Christian Schad Stiftung Aschaffenburg / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019

Berlinische Galerie

Theme tour: New Objectivity

Guided tour of the permanent exhibition "Art in Berlin 1880 - 1980

Bookable group offer

Foto: Besucher*in vor einem Kunstwerk, das Exponat betrachtend. © Daniel Müller

Berlinische Galerie

Overview guide

About the permanent exhibition and the special exhibitions (grades 7 - 13)

Bookable group offer

Digital

COLLECTION ONLINE

Highlights from Baselitz to Kwade

Tickets

Admission price

10,00 €

Reduced price

6,00 €

Reduced ad­mission for visitors with severe dis­abilities + Free admission for one recognized accompanying person

Upon presenting a ticket from the Jewish Museum Berlin, we will grant you an admission discount. The same offer applies in reverse to temporary exhibitions at the Jewish Museum. Its permanent exhibition can be visited free of charge.

Group ticket

Member of Museumspass Berlin

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Services

  • Museum Shop
  • Cafe
  • Library
  • Archive
  • Diaper changing table

Accessibility

Wheelchairs and step-free mobility
The Berlinische Galerie is accessible to visitors with restricted mobility. Wheelchair users can move around the museum building, all the exhibition and event spaces and Café Dix. The entrance to the museum is step-free. There is a power-assisted door about 15 metres beyond the main entrance in the glass front on the right. The ticket counter cannot be lowered but it does permit communication from a seated position. Temporary exhibitions take place on the ground floor. There is a lift to the exhibition spaces on the upper level. This lift is suitable for wheelchair users. There is a toilet with disabled access next to the cloakroom in the museum foyer. It has a push-button switch for opening the door. Most of the exhibits and explanatory texts can be seen and read from a seated position. The standard height of the display cases is 78 cm and they can be lowered. In the museum café there are tables that can be lowered.
 

Aids
Wheelchairs and folding stools can be borrowed free of charge from the cloakroom. Guide dogs are allowed into the museum. All the exhibition texts are printed large in German.
 

Inclusive audio guide and touch models
The Berlinische Galerie offers an inclusive audio guide in both an app and an online version with descriptions of 17 works in the permanent collection. The app has an automated function that triggers all the audio texts so that people with little or no sight can navigate independently around the exhibition. All the audio texts can be displayed in a written version. Seven major works can be explored by touch. The touch models are made of various materials such as felt, fabric and wood to convey a sculptural, tactile impression of the original.

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Navigation
A tactile floor guidance system indicates the way to the ticket counter, cloakroom, lift, toilets and to the permanent collection on the upper level. Guide dogs for the blind are allowed into the museum.
 

Offers in German Sign Language
The Berlinische Galerie frequently holds discussions about art and guided tours in/with German Sign Language. The speeches at exhibition openings are interpreted into German Sign Language.
 

Offers in Easy German
Information in Plain German and Easy German about the museum and the services we offer can be found here.
 

Certification of access standards
The Berlinische Galerie was evaluated in 2019 by “Reisen für Alle”, a certification project for inclusive tourism, and was awarded a label confirming that standards of disabled access had been met. This certification is valid until 2025.
 

Inclusive education programme
The Berlinische Galerie offers regular education formats tailored to the various needs of visitors with disabilities. Upcoming events and detailed information can be found in our here.

 

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Audioguides

In German, English, und für blinde und sehbehinderte Menschen.

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Haus des Papiers, 2021
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Museum für Kommunikation, Foto: Yves Sucksdorff
© Museum für Kommunikation Berlin / Yves Sucksdorff
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Eingang Dokumentationszentrum, 2010 © Stiftung Topographie des Terrors. Foto: Bildwerk
© Stiftung Topographie des Terrors. Foto: Bildwerk

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