With the opening of the Hamburger Bahnhof in 1996, the Nationalgalerie was given a permanent exhibition venue for contemporary art, which is shown on an exhibition area of around 13,000 square meters. Historic parts of the building with extraordinary room heights, modern annexes with geometrically clear floor plans and luminous ceilings provide ideal conditions for the presentation of modern art.
The holdings consist of exhibits from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and works from the private Berlin collection of Erich Marx. The Marx Collection is based on works by artists such as Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Anselm Kiefer and Joseph Beuys. In addition, the holdings include over 450 drawings by Beuys and nearly 60 sheets by Warhol. Also on display are groups of works by painters of the Italian Transavanguardia and representatives of Minimal Art.
The English artist Richard Long with his "Berlin Circle" seeks in his works the direct reference to the place. Likewise, the artists Gerhard Merz and Dan Flavin were inspired by the house. The entire ground floor in the western Ehrenhoff wing is dedicated to works by Beuys. A conscious decision was made to forego a historically defined presentation of the works and to choose an open, cross-collection concept that includes all media used by artists.
- Monday closed
- Tuesday-Wednesday 10:00 - 18:00
- Thursday 10:00 - 20:00
- Friday 10:00 - 18:00
- Saturday-Sunday 11:00 - 18:00
- 1. January 12:00 - 18:00
- 8. March 11:00 - 18:00
- 1. May 11:00 - 18:00
- 3. October 11:00 - 18:00
- 24. December closed
- 25. December 11:00 - 18:00
- 26. December 11:00 - 18:00
- 31. December closed
Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin
+49 (30) 266 42 42 42
Admission price 18,00 €
12. Berlin Biennale + Hamburger Bahnhof + special exhibitions
As part of the Volkswagen Art4All program, admission to Hamburger Bahnhof is free on the 1st Thursday of every month from 4 to 8 pm.
Reduced price 9,00 €
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.
Exhibitions
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Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Überblicksführung: Hamburger Bahnhof
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Overview tours: Hamburger Bahnhof
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Nadia Kaabi-Linke. Seeing Without Light
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Queer betrachtet
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Queer perspective
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Ausstellungsführung: Lee Ufan
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
LEISE und laut
Volkswagen Group Art4All Family Sunday
Workshop
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Exhibition tour: Lee Ufan
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Ausstellungsführung: Nadia Kaabi-Linke. Seeing Without Light
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Exhibition tour: Nadia Kaabi-Linke. Seeing Without Light
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Philosophisch betrachtet
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Philosophical perspective
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
In Conversation: Elmgreen & Dragset
A series funded by Deutsche Bank
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Volkswagen Group Art4All Family Sunday
Museumssonntag
Workshop
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Historisch betrachtet
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Historic perspective
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Beng, pling, Psssssh!
Volkswagen Group Art4All Family Sunday
Workshop
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Ausstellungsführung: Joseph Beuys. Sammlungspräsentation
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Feministisch betrachtet
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Feminist perspective
Guided Tour
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Joseph Beuys: Collection Presentation
Guided Tour
Digital
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Admission price
18,00 €
12. Berlin Biennale + Hamburger Bahnhof + special exhibitions
As part of the Volkswagen Art4All program, admission to Hamburger Bahnhof is free on the 1st Thursday of every month from 4 to 8 pm.
Reduced price
9,00 €
Children and young people up to the age of 18 are admitted free of charge.
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Services
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Audioguides
In German, English.
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