Through October 26, 2026
KMB-Jubilare 2026
Cabinet exhibition marking milestone birthdays of ceramic artists with long-standing ties to the friends' association, including Walter Heufelder, Heidi Kippenberg and Claus Tittmann.
Keramik-Museum Berlin
Volunteer-run museum of 19th- and 20th-century German ceramics in Charlottenburg's oldest town house, with changing exhibitions.
Opening hoursAdmission from €5
Current exhibitions
Through February 1, 2027
Spritzdekore vor 1950 (2)
Around 100 ceramics with geometric spray-painted decoration, a decorative technique popular in the Weimar era – half of them from a private collection donated in 2026, along with cake plates, vases and everyday tableware from the museum's holdings.
Through May 16, 2027
Stile und Trends im 20. Jahrhundert
Exhibition featuring the Michael Kossow collection, tracing stylistic currents in 20th-century ceramics.
About the museum
The Keramik-Museum Berlin was founded in 1990 by a friends' association. The driving force was the collector, gallery owner and ceramics researcher Heinz-Joachim Theis, who has directed the museum ever since. The core of the collection was a large donation from the collector Karlheinz Fetzer; further donations and purchases expanded the holdings to many thousands of objects, complemented by an extensive archive and a specialist library.
The museum collects ceramics from the German cultural sphere in their full range – vessels, figures, architectural and stove ceramics made of faience, earthenware, stoneware or porcelain. Important manufactories, designers and ceramic artists are represented, from Historicism through Art Nouveau and Expressionism to the Bauhaus and Functionalism.
Since January 2004 the museum has been housed in the oldest surviving town house in Charlottenburg, a building erected in 1712 near Richard-Wagner-Platz. After an illegal demolition attempt in 1983, it was rebuilt using historical techniques and given a Neoclassical facade in the process. Instead of a permanent exhibition, the museum shows its holdings in changing presentations: in two rooms of the old house, in the small "Kabinett" in the first courtyard and in a larger hall behind the arcaded wall of a former ballroom. The museum is run largely by volunteers; lectures, guided tours and an annual ceramics flea market in the courtyards round out the program.
Highlights
- German ceramics from Historicism to Functionalism
- Oldest surviving town house in Charlottenburg (1712)
- Romantic courtyards with the ruined wall of a former ballroom
- Several changing exhibitions per year
- Annual ceramics flea market on the second weekend in September
- Founded
- 1990
- Operated by
- Förderverein Keramik-Museum Berlin (KMB)
- Director
- Heinz-Joachim Theis
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €3 |
During the ceramics flea market (second weekend in September), reduced admission of €2 for the exhibitions.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The small exhibition room "Kabinett" in the first courtyard can only be reached via a few steps; no further information on accessibility is available.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Richard-Wagner-Platz
U7 Richard-Wagner-Platz; bus M45 to Eosanderstraße, bus 109 to Haubachstraße.
Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
Small museum shop with specialist literature on ceramics and the museum's own publications. The museum's specialist library.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
|---|---|
| Good to know | Guided tours by arrangement, including tours by the museum director. The museum is staffed by volunteers; the friends' association regularly offers lectures, workshops and excursions. |
