The Humboldt Forum in the historic center of Berlin is a new place for culture and science, a place of diversity and polyphony. Bringing together outstanding collections and a diverse program of exhibitions, events, cultural education and digital offerings, the visit inspires new insights into the world of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
The Humboldt Forum is inspired by its namesakes, Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt, and their joy in exploring the world with open eyes and understanding it as an intertwined system of nature and culture. The Humboldt Forum is a new building and thrives on its contrasts - both architecturally and programmatically.
The large entrance hall functions as a connecting element. The polyphony of the Humboldt Forum is reflected in the institutional interaction of four players. These are the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation with the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art of the National Museums in Berlin, the Kulturprojekte Berlin and the Stadtmuseum Berlin, the Humboldt University in Berlin and the Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berlin Palace.
- Monday 10:30 - 18:30
- Tuesday closed
- Wednesday-Sunday 10:30 - 18:30
Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin
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+49 (30) 992118989
Admission price
Admission & Tickets
The Humboldt Forum is an open house and many exhibitions and events are free of charge. Please check the programme section for information on the respective admission options. There are currently no reductions for guided tours and group offers.
Please book a timed ticket online in advance to visit the following exhibitions: Berlin Global, After Nature.
Exhibitions
Events
Humboldt Forum
Experience views of Berlin's landmarks with a visit to the roof terrace of the Humboldt Forum
Miscellaneous
Humboldt Forum
BERLIN GLOBAL in 60 minutes in German language
Public guided tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
HUMBOLDT FORUM for the curious - Guided tour for adults in English
Overview guide
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Global Ramblings at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst
Exhibition talks for families
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
HUMBOLDT LABORATORY - After Nature - Overview tour in German language
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
All facade? Auditory and tactile tour of architecture
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
One Hour Museum für Asiatische Kunst. Public tour in German
Public tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
One Hour Ethnologisches Museum. Public tour in English
Public Tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Colorful palaces. Drop-In
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
In German Sign Language through BERLIN GLOBAL. Guided Tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
One Hour Ethnologisches Museum. Public tour in German
Public tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Tea and the spy in the dragon’s room
Talk
Lecture, talk
Humboldt Forum
HUMBOLDT FORUM for the curious - guided tour for adults in German language
Overview guide
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Colonial Presence. Public Guided Tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
BERLIN GLOBAL in 60 minutes in English language
Public guided tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Fabric for Change! – Drop-In
Sustainable Sewing Hub
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
HUMBOLDT LABOR. After Nature - Overview tour in English
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
A Collector Between Two Worlds. Francis La Flesche and his collection - Guided Tour in English
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Forum or palace? Family guided tour in German
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
A Collector Between Two Worlds. Francis La Flesche and his collection in german language
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
TRANSFORMERS Build your own convertible mask!
Drop-In
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
One Hour Museum für Asiatische Kunst. Public tour in English
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
The Benin Bronzes. Restitution and what next?
Public guided tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Global Cultural Assembly 2025
From Declaration to Action
Miscellaneous
Humboldt Forum
Aspects of Islam. Public guided tour in German
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Geschichte(n) Tansanias - Führung in deutscher Sprache
Einblicke und Ausblicke
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
In the footsteps of history. Guided tour of the history of the place
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Beyond the Norm? A queer look at gender and sexuality in the ethnological collection
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
#Logoskop thirty-four. Poetry and Science with Birdy and Paul Bokowski
Lecture, talk, Theater, performance
Humboldt Forum
Interwoven Memory(s)
Traces of the Shoah and colonialism in the Berlin Palace and the Ethnological Collections
Lecture, talk
Humboldt Forum
BERLIN GLOBAL. ElternzeitKultur
Taking your baby to the museum - Drop-in
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
In a frenzy. From ectasy to enlightment. Guided tour in German
Tandem tour. The path for two is half the distance
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Sharp as a Story
Objects Talk Back
Lecture, talk
Humboldt Forum
All facade? Architectural tour for adults in English
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
All facade? Architecture tour for adults in German language
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Wisdom and Compassion
Public guided tour in German
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
BERLIN GLOBAL Stories of Berlin and the World - Family Tour in German Language
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Make it and take it!
Tinkering and designing with laser cutters, 3D printers & co
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
HUMBOLDT LABOR. Discovering humans and nature. Drop-In of the Humboldt Lab
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Resident Music Collective
Closing Concert of the Global Cultural Assembly
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Conservation in dialogue with the Umóⁿhoⁿ
With Wynema Morris and Vanessa Hamilton (Members of the Omaha Nation, Nebraska) and the rest of the curatorial team.
Lecture, talk
Humboldt Forum
Tea gathering - Get an insight into traditional Japanese tea gatherings
Miscellaneous
Humboldt Forum
History(s) of Tanzania: Insights and Outlooks - Guided Tour by Curators
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Global Ramblings at the Ethnologisches Museum
Exhibition talks for families
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Las Americas. Indigenous diversity
Public guided tour in German
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Mediating colonialism. Training for educators
Workshop
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Baroque. Modern. Sustainable
Colloquium on the completion of the Humboldt Forum
Miscellaneous
Humboldt Forum
All facade? Buildings and history in simple language
We are part of it! At the cultural programme for the Special Olympics World Games 2023
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Where the roof has been blown away. Contemporary art from Asia. Guided Tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Sense. Form. Controversy. Talks about a controversial urban quarter
Lecture, talk
Humboldt Forum
Without Impairment: Hearing and tactile guidance for adults with and without visual impairment
Museum for Asean Art
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
BERLIN GLOBAL The Weltstudio invites you - Cards in a different way
Drop-In
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Sound, sun, sandstone. DJ Set
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Treasure box. Drop-In for children and families
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Naganess. Perceptions of the self and the other - Themed tour in English
Guided Tour in English
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Naganess. Perceptions of the self and the other - Themed tour in German
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Making Meets Museum
Skill enhancement for teachers and facilitators
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Hanging scrolls, folded books and the art of telling stories
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Humbolting! Nightwalks with Teenagers
A school research project
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Acoustic and haptic through BERLIN GLOBAL - Public guided tour for blind, visually impaired and sighted people
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
In a frenzy. From ecstasy to enlightment. Guided tour in Spanish
Guided Tour
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Opening of the Festival Durchlüften with Logan February
DURCHLÜFTEN - 2025 Live concerts & DJ acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DURCHLÜFTEN - Open Air in the Schlüterhof
Live concerts in the Schlüterhof - free and open air
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - MESTIZX
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Minyo Crusaders
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Radio Hobo
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Toshín
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Florence Adooni
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Ben Olayinka
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Jeano Elong & Not OK Jazz
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Kasiva Mutua
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Jumoke Adeyanju aka mokeyanju
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Eagle, Lion, Crown - Holiday workshop for families
Sculpture Workshop
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Sera Kalo’s eX.II
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Natalie Greffel
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Femdelic
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
In simple language by BERLIN GLOBAL. Public tour in simple language
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Lollise
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Mourning [A] BLKstar
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ KILLA
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
All facade? Guided tour in German Sign Language (DGS)
Guided Tour
Humboldt Forum
Otis Mensah
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Kabeaushé
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
In Living Color
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Forest in Protest! Holiday Workshop for Families
Holiday Workshop for Families
Workshop
Humboldt Forum
Sophye Soliveau
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Sebcat (Rebel Up)
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Café Chocolat Evening with Batila & The DreamBus & Guests
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Mystical dimensions - On the trail of famous Sufis
Literature, Reading
Lecture, talk
Humboldt Forum
Jaliya
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Sorvina
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ ASA Collect
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Charif Megarbane
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Etran de L'AÏr
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Booty Carrell
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Ekowmania & The Rhythmers
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
ODD OKODDO with Ogoya Nengo
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ CHI aka Robert Machiri
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Gotopo
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Son Rompe Pera
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
DJ Selektor Bony
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2025 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
MADANII
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2024 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Emel
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2024 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Booty Carrell DJ Set
DURCHLÜFTEN – 2024 Live Concerts & DJ Acts
Concert
Humboldt Forum
Limited Freedom: Perspectives of a Kimono with Yuko Matsuyama, Artist
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
still LIFE Coming closer to cultures through drawing. Bookable group offer for adults
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
One Hour Ethnologisches Museum. Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
BERLIN GLOBAL in 60 minutes. Bookable group tour for adults
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
In-visible hands. Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
The Benin Bronzes Restitution and what next? Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Humboldt Forum for Newbies. Group and overview tour for adults
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Just a facade? Buildings and history in simple language. Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Just a facade? Auditory and tactile tour of architecture. Bookable group offer
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Just a facade? Architectural tour in German Sign Language. Bookable group offer
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
The forest protests! Workshop - Group offer
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Humboldt Forum for the particularly curious - Group offer
Overview tours
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
What is Hinduism? Guided tour for school classes
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
What is Buddhism? Guided tour for school classes
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Where the roof has been blown away. Contemporary art from Asia. Group offer
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Naganess - Group guided tour
Perceptions of the self and the other
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
A cabinet of curiosties? Draw and collage your own collection. A special offer for groups
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
In a frenzy. From ecstasy to enlightment. Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Decorate yourself! Body and jewelry worldwide. Workshop bookable for groups
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
"After nature" - overview tour. Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
"After nature" in the Humboldt Lab. Overview tour for pupils in grades 8 to 13
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Adored or avoided: the Palace of the Republic - Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
A Collector Between Two Worlds. Francis La Flesche and his collection - Guided group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
On the traces of history. Guided Grouptour of the history of the place
Führung zur Geschichte des Ortes
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Scene of domination and upheaval - Group offer
Guided tour on the history of the site for pupils
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Unhindered - Ethnological Collections. Auditory and tactile tour for adults with and without visual impairment. Group offer
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Living archive. Exploring the sound archive and its history for pupils in grades 8-13 - group offer
Workshop
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Colonial present - Bookable group tour
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
Daily Life in the Castle Cellar. Workshop Primary school classes in German
Bookable group offer
Humboldt Forum
(World)Images. Reading Colonial Photography - Group offer for school classes
Bookable group offer
Digital
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Accessibility
In all exhibition areas, there will be stations that invite visitors to touch, see, hear, smell and taste. The Visitor Guide also offers audio descriptions, videos in German sign language and audios in plain language.
The Humboldt Forum will feature accessible and inclusive event and educational offerings.
You can reach the Humboldt Forum by bus 100, 300 and N5, bus stop Lustgarten. The nearest subway station, Museumsinsel, is barrier-free.
Handicapped parking spaces are available from the opening and assistance dogs are welcome in the building.
Audioguides
In German, English.
For people with learning difficulties.
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