The museum collects and researches the works of the expressionist artists' association "Brücke". It is the only museum in the world with this focus. The collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and handicraft works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein and other members of the "Brücke" or artist friends.

In changing thematic exhibitions, the focus is on a multi-perspective view of the collection, including previously neglected narratives. In this sense, contemporary positions are also presented.

The Brücke Museum was founded on the initiative of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. In 1967, the museum building on the edge of the Grunewald was completed and opened according to designs by the Berlin architect Werner Düttmann. The interplay of nature, art and architecture makes the Brücke Museum an extraordinary place to experience art.