Museum of modern and contemporary sculpture in Georg Kolbe's listed studio house in Berlin-Westend, with a sculpture garden and café.
August 8, 2026 – November 29, 2026
Group exhibition based on Olivia Laing's book “Everybody,” in which contemporary artists present the body as a site of social negotiation, vulnerability, and freedom – including Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz and EVA & ADELE.
Through October 18, 2026
Steel sculpture in the museum garden, created for the exhibition on the Constructivist Marlow Moss; part of the garden's annually changing art intervention.
December 12, 2026 – February 28, 2027
More than 100 drawings and prints from the collection, including works by Liebermann, Rodin, Renoir, and Sintenis; Kolbe's former studio becomes an open drawing room for visitors.
April 10, 2027 – September 12, 2027
Major solo exhibition of the Berlin object artist with three large-scale installations, often made from objects found in the city.
In 1928/29, the sculptor Georg Kolbe (1877–1947) had a house and studio built on Sensburger Allee in Westend, close to the Friedhof Heerstraße cemetery, where his wife Benjamine, who died in 1927, is buried. The cubic brick buildings with large studio windows were designed by the architect Ernst Rentsch, with Kolbe himself heavily involved in the planning; in 1932 a clay studio by the Bauhaus student Paul Linder was added, and later a sculpture courtyard in the garden.
Kolbe had stipulated in his will that his house should pass to a foundation after his death. The Georg Kolbe Museum opened there in 1950 – by its own account the first museum newly founded after the war. The neighboring house, originally built for Kolbe's daughter, was added in the 1970s and today houses Café Benjamine. In 1995, the museum received an extension in place of the clay studio, with additional exhibition rooms, a storage facility, and an elevator. Between 2016 and 2021, the listed ensemble was thoroughly renovated according to historical plans.
The collection comprises sculptures, drawings, and prints by Kolbe, his written and photographic estate, as well as works and estates of other artists of classical modernism, such as Renée Sintenis, Milly Steger, and Emy Roeder. Today the museum combines exhibitions on modernism – with a focus on women sculptors, dance, and photography – with contemporary art. Following its own provenance research, in 2026 the museum returned Kolbe's Tänzerinnen-Brunnen (Dancers' Fountain), cultural property seized as a result of Nazi persecution, to the heirs of its original owner, Heinrich Stahl. The art critics' association AICA named it Museum of the Year 2025.
| Adults | €10 |
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| Reduced | €6School students, university students, people with severe disabilities, artcard holders, members of TheaterGemeinde, Kulturvolk, and Jugend im Museum, as well as city tour guides |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 18 · Free admission for children and young people “up to 18 years.” |
| Visitors with disabilities | €6companion free · Reduced admission for people with severe disabilities. |
| Students & apprentices | €6Berlin art students get free admission. |
| Groups (10+ people) | €6 per personFor booked group tours, each person in groups of 10 or more pays reduced admission, plus a tour fee: weekdays in German €110, weekends/public holidays or in a foreign language €135, Tuesdays or 18:00–20:00 €200. Tours led by your own guide €30 per group plus admission; book at least 2 weeks in advance. |
| Annual pass | €45Valid for 12 months from purchase, personalized. |
| Public guided tour (surcharge) | €4In addition to admission. |
| Museumspass Berlin (3 days) | €32Reduced €16; valid at more than 30 Berlin museums, available at the museum. |
Free admission also with the Berechtigungsnachweis (formerly Berlinpass, for low-income residents), the Berlin-Brandenburg volunteer card (Ehrenamtskarte), for press, members of the friends' association, and various professional associations (including ICOM, DMB, BBK).
According to the museum, accessible to wheelchair users; the 1995 extension provides step-free access by elevator. Since its founding, the museum has regularly offered tactile tours for blind and visually impaired people, as well as tours with German Sign Language interpretation and workshops for people with experience of psychiatric care.
Great for kids & families
| Kids’ admission | free up to age 18 |
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Family workshops related to the exhibitions for children ages 4 and up, accompanied by an adult; during school holidays, workshop weeks in cooperation with Jugend im Museum e. V.
Bahnhof Heerstraße · 5-min walk
S3, S9, and bus M49, X49, X34, 349, and 218 to Bahnhof Heerstraße, then about a 5-minute walk.
Café Benjamine in the neighboring house (organic cuisine with breakfast, cake, and lunch specials, terrace facing the garden), Wed–Mon 10:00–18:00. Museum shop.
Private parties at Café Benjamine can be booked directly with the café (tel. 030 23592503).
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Public guided tours on selected Sundays at 14:00. Group tours in German, English, French, Italian, Russian, and Polish on request at least two weeks in advance. Workshops for daycare centers and school classes in cooperation with Jugend im Museum e. V.; teacher training for each exhibition. The exhibition rooms are under video surveillance. |
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