Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is a pluri-disciplinary institution in Berlin whose work centers around the practices of visual arts, performative arts, sonic/music, architecture, literature and oraliture, as well as scientific and cultural discursive formats. It is guided by the quest for strategies of how to live and better inhabit this world together. It is a house in which cultures of conviviality and hospitality are sown, nurtured to blossoming, and disseminated. It is a physical and affective space in which everyone has the possibility of breathing. To breathe and let breathe. A house in which respect for living and non-living beings is fundamental and shapes our understanding of cultures.
HKW highlights the notion of ‘Welt’ in its name. It proposes concepts of the world that embrace pluralities of cultures, epistemologies, sociopolitics, spiritualities, and ways of being in the world. This plurality of ‘worlds’ manifests itself in the deliberations on and acknowledgement of the malleability and processuality of the worlds we have historically shaped and continue to shape. The world is not a noun, but a verb: to unworld, to world, and to reworld.
Berlin is host to citizens from 170 nations from around the world, and these people and their communities are fundamental in shaping HKW, not as subjects or visitors only, but as fellow travellers and co-makers of the programme. The programme is anchored around migrant-situated knowledges and the realities of the plethora of beings and histories that constitute our worlds today. The task at hand is to make HKW a house of multiplicities and international encounters. These cultures are lived and experienced rather than othered, or merely displayed.
- Monday 12:00 - 19:00
- Tuesday closed
- Wednesday-Sunday 12:00 - 19:00
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin
+49 (30) 39 78 70
+49 (30) 394 86 79
Admission price
The admission price varies depending on the event
Exhibitions
Events
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Echoes of the brother countries
Film, Concert, Lecture, talk, Theater, performance
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A Participatory Planet / Growing
Relational Paths Towards Environmental Justice
Concert, Lecture, talk
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
A Walk Through the Exhibition with…
Guided Tour
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Conversations on Art
With Sarah Steiner
Lecture, talk
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Childcare
Family and Children
Miscellaneous
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Children’s Discoteque
Family and Children
Miscellaneous
Digital
Tickets
Services
- Museum Shop
- Restaurant
- Cafe
- Diaper changing table
Accessibility
Equal participation in and accessibility to exhibitions, cultural events, and performances is important to HKW. Here you will find detailed information on barrier-free transportation to and from HKW and the forms of accessibility within the building.
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Audioguides
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