Berlin's state museum for art created in Berlin from 1870 to the present – painting, prints, photography and architecture in a former glass warehouse in Kreuzberg.
August 28, 2026 – February 1, 2027
First retrospective of the GDR architect Josef Kaiser, who designed the Kino International on Karl-Marx-Allee among other buildings – with drawings, models, photos and films as well as contemporary positions.
September 11, 2026 – April 5, 2027
The prizewinner presents her first institutional solo exhibition in Berlin; at its center are traces of time and transience in inconspicuous materials such as sand.
September 9, 2026 – October 26, 2026
Film trilogy in the IBB video room about water, desert and silicon as the material foundations of chips, data centers and artificial intelligence.
October 9, 2026 – January 25, 2027
Major show on Corinth's career after his move from Munich to Berlin in 1900 and on his influence on the city's art scene.
October 30, 2026 – November 30, 2026
Video program of the 3hd festival with four works about images, power and the blurring of reality and fiction.
February 26, 2027 – September 13, 2027
Around 160 photographs from the estate of Rolf von Bergmann on queer subculture and the art, fashion and club scenes between West Berlin and New York in the 1970s and 1980s.
March 19, 2027 – August 2, 2027
First comprehensive presentation of the Norwegian painter in Germany, with around 40 paintings and prints from 1930 to 1970 – from early illustrations to abstract landscapes with metal leaf.
The Berlinische Galerie was founded in 1975 as an association by citizens interested in art. Its founding director was the art historian Eberhard Roters. The young collection moved several times: after stints in Charlottenburg, it was shown at the Martin-Gropius-Bau from 1986; with that building's renovation in 1998 came years without permanent exhibition space.
Since November 1994 the museum has been a foundation under public law and thus Berlin's state museum for modern art, photography and architecture. Its mission is unusually narrow and at the same time broad: it collects, researches and shows art created in Berlin – from around 1870 to the present and across painting, prints, sculpture, photography, architecture and artists' archives.
In 2004 the Berlinische Galerie moved into a former glass warehouse in Kreuzberg. The roughly eleven-meter-high hall from the 1960s had been built by the West Berlin Senate near the Wall as a storage depot for window glass. Architect Jörg Fricke converted it into a museum with about 4,000 square meters of exhibition space; a crossed staircase leads to the upper floor with the collection display, while the ground floor is used for temporary exhibitions.
In front of the entrance lies a bright yellow square bearing the names of 160 artists from the collection, designed by the firm Kühn Malvezzi. The holdings include thousands of paintings, sculptures and prints, tens of thousands of photographs and hundreds of thousands of architectural plans; focal points include Dada Berlin with Hannah Höch's archive and the Eastern European avant-garde. Thomas Köhler has headed the museum since 2010.
| Adults | €12 |
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| Reduced | €7School students, university students, apprentices and trainees, people doing voluntary service, volunteer card (Ehrenamtskarte) holders, people with severe disabilities, recipients of social benefits, groups of 10 or more, Berlin Welcome Card, Berlin City Tour Card, Familien-Pass (parents), ticket from the Jüdisches Museum Berlin, and members of various artists' and professional associations |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission up to age 18. |
| Seniors | –No senior discount listed. |
| Visitors with disabilities | €7companion free · Reduced with a severe disability ID (Schwerbehindertenausweis); one recognized companion free. |
| Students & apprentices | €7Reduced with proof (also for school students and apprentices). |
| Groups (10+ people) | €7 per personGroups of 10 or more pay the reduced price; book a timed ticket online in advance (max. 35 people per time slot). School classes free. Group tours via the Museumsdienst Berlin: €60/€85/€110 for 60/90/120 minutes plus reduced admission, max. 20 people. |
| Families | –No family ticket; children under 18 free, parents with a Familien-Pass get the reduced price. |
| Happy Wednesday (every 1st Wednesday of the month) | €7Reduced admission for everyone. |
| Museumspass Berlin (3 days) | €32Reduced €16; since January 1, 2026, available only online in the ticket shop of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. |
| Ticket partnership with the Jüdisches Museum Berlin | €7Reduced admission on presentation of a JMB ticket; in return, also valid for JMB special exhibitions. |
Free admission also for refugees, members of the friends' association, press, ICOM/Museumsbund and other groups listed in the FAQ (book a free ticket in advance). Public guided tours are included in admission.
Step-free entrance with a power-assisted door, wheelchair-accessible elevator to the 1st floor, accessible restroom in the foyer, display cases with knee clearance. Wheelchairs and folding stools free of charge at the coat check. Tactile floor guidance system, tactile models of seven major works, media guide with inductive neck loops. Regular tours in German Sign Language (DGS) as well as audio-described and touch tours. Seven accessible parking spaces behind the museum. Certified “Reisen für Alle” (Travel for All).
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 17 |
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Family tours (“Family Tour”, “Kunstsonntag”), weekend and holiday courses, and on Wednesdays the “Offenes Atelier” (Open Studio) for 6- to 13-year-olds in the Atelier Bunter Jakob; children's birthday parties with a museum tour and a studio session. Online material with activities for children aged 6 and up, also usable during a museum visit. Strollers are allowed in the exhibition rooms only for pushing a small child.
U1/U6 Hallesches Tor, U6 Kochstraße, U8 Moritzplatz; bus M29 (Waldeckpark) and 248 (Jüdisches Museum), each about a 400 m walk.
Parking available · 100 m to the entrance
Visitor parking lot behind the museum with seven spaces reserved for people with severe disabilities (approx. 100 m to the entrance). The parking spaces opposite the main entrance are private and may not be used.
Café Dix by BARK Berlin with terrace (Wed–Mon; the website gives 10:00–18:00 in one place and 11:00–18:00 in another). Museum shop with catalogs and art books. Coat check and lockers free of charge.
The rooms of Café Dix (approx. 150 m², with terrace) can be rented for events and parties through the operator BARK Berlin; rental of museum spaces is not listed on the website.
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Audio guide | yes (DE, EN) |
| School programs | yes |
| Photography | Allowed for private purposes without flash or tripod; exceptions possible in special exhibitions. Commercial and press photography only with written permission. |
| Good to know | Free media guide covering 17 works in the permanent exhibition (loan device or browser). Public guided tours included in admission, sign up on site; meeting point at the information desk in the foyer. Bags larger than 30 × 30 × 30 cm and jackets must be left at the coat check or in a locker. Group tours last 60, 90 or 120 minutes, as preferred. |
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