A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Germany

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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Berlin

Berlin - Museums and Art Galleries in Berlin, including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.

NAME LOCATION TELEPHONE & WEBSITE SUMMARY
Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik Schloßstraße 69b, 14059 Berlin Telephone: +49 303424054
abguss-sammlung-berlin.de		 Plaster casts of sculptures from Ancient Greece, Rome and the Byzantine Empire
Academy of Arts, Berlin Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 30200571000
www.adk.de		 The Academy of Arts (German: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany.
Alte Nationalgalerie Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin is a gallery showing a collection of Neoclassical, Romantic, Biedermeier, Impressionist and early Modernist artwork, part of the Berlin National Gallery, which in turn is part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. It is the original building of the National Gallery, whose holdings are now housed in several additional buildings. It is situated on Museum Island, a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site.
Altes Museum Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 The Altes Museum was originally constructed to house all of the city's collections of fine arts, including Old Master paintings, and prints and drawings. However, since 1904, the museum has solely housed the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities). Since 1998, the Collection of Classical Antiquities has displayed its Greek collection, including the treasury, on the ground floor of the Altes Museum. Special exhibitions are displayed on the second floor of the museum.
Bauhaus Archive Klingelhöferstraße 14, 10785 Berlin Telephone: +49 302540020
https://www.bauhaus.de/		 The Bauhaus Archive Museum of Design, in Berlin, collects art pieces, items, documents and literature which relate to the Bauhaus School (1919–1933), one of the most influential schools of architecture, design, and art of the 20th century and puts them on public display.
Berggruen Museum Schloßstraße 1, 14059 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 The Berggruen Museum (also known as the Berggruen Collection) is a collection of modern art classics in Berlin, which the collector and dealer Heinz Berggruen, in a "gesture of reconciliation", gave to his native city. The most notable artists on display include Pablo Picasso, Giambattista Pittoni, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Braque, Paul Klee and Henri Matisse. The Berggruen Collection is part of the National Gallery of Berlin.
Berlinische Galerie Alte Jakobstraße 124-128, 10969 Berlin Telephone: +49 3078902600
www.berlinischegalerie.de		 The collection of Berlinische Galerie differs in a fundamental way from those of other museums in the capital. This is not a collection with royal roots, but one founded by citizens of the city in 1975 and that since then has grown with great enthusiasm. In addition, the collection is unusual due to its specialization on art created in Berlin since 1870.
Bode Museum Am Kupfergraben, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 Closed for repairs since 1997, the museum was reopened on October 18, 2006 after a €156 million refurbishment.[1] True to the ethos of its founding director, Wilhelm von Bode, who believed in mixing art collections, it is now the home for a collection of sculptures, Byzantine art, and coins and medals.
Boros Collection Reinhardtstraße 20, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 3027594065
www.sammlung-boros.de		 The Boros Collection is a private collection of contemporary art. It comprises groups of works by international artists dating from 1990 to the present. Different facets of the collection are on public display in a converted bunker, with 3000 sqm exhibition space.
Bröhan Museum Schloßstraße 1a, 14059 Berlin Telephone: +49 3032690600
www.broehan-museum.de		 The collection at Bröhan-Museum includes applied arts and fine art from the end of the 19th century until the start of the Second World War. It is divided into three areas: of international significance is the collection of art nouveau, providing a truly representative overview of the art of this period.
Brücke Museum Bussardsteig 9, 14195 Berlin Telephone: +49 308312029
www.bruecke-museum.de		 The Brücke Museum in Berlin houses the world's largest collection of works by Die Brücke ("The Bridge"), an early 20th-century expressionist movement.
Cell63 artplatform (Luisa Catucci Gallery) Allerstr 38, 12049 Berlin (U8 Leinestr) Telephone: +49 17620404636
http://luisacatucci.com/		 Luisa Catucci Gallery born in January 2017 as evolution of Cell63 art platform, previous project of the Italian artist and curator Luisa Catucci. After 150 exhibitions showing over 200 emerging artists from all over the planet, the gallery owner felt was time for a fresh start with a new body of work of stunning established and emerging artists from the international contemporary art scene.
Daimler Contemporary Berlin Alte Potsdamer Str. 5, 10785 Berlin Telephone: +49 3025941420
http://art.daimler.com/		 The Daimler Art Collection started in 1977 with the acquisition of a painting by Willi Baumeister, and has since then developed a clear profile that has been built up steadily and systematically. Today the Collection represents an important spectrum of major 20th century art developments and pictorial ideas, primarily in the field of abstraction.
Dalí - Die Ausstellung am Potsdamer Platz Leipziger Pl. 7, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 70032542375
www.daliberlin.de		 With more than 450 exhibits, provided by private collectors all over the world, the museum and cultural highlight "Dalí – Die Ausstellung am Potsdamer Platz" offers for the first time ever an extensive insight into Dalí’s fascinating oeuvre, and does so right in Berlin’s lively centre
Das Verborgenes Museum Schlüterstraße 70, 10625 Berlin Telephone: +49 303133656
dasverborgenemuseum.de		 DAS VERBORGENE MUSEUM is the only existing institution world-wide whose programme focuses on the public presentation and academic appraisal of women artists from past centuries, or of those who are no longer working within the art world.
Designpanoptikum Poststraße 7, 10178 Berlin Telephone: +49 15774012991
- 		Surrealist museum of industrial objects
Deutsche Bank KunstHalle Unter den Linden 13/15, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 302020930
deutsche-bank-kunsthalle.de		 The new global unit concentrates, cross-links and develops bank’s activities and strengthens the company’s cultural diversity. In line with this motto “Art works” for more than 35 years Deutsche Bank offers employees, clients and the general public access to contemporary art – through its collection at the workplace, in international exhibitions, at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin, as well as through educational programmes.
East Side Gallery Mühlenstraße, 10243 Berlin Telephone: +49 1723918726
eastsidegallery-berlin.com		 Located at the Mühlenstraße in Berlin Friedrichshain. longest open air gallery in the world with 1,316 meters formed part of the border between East and West Berlin emerged : Feb. - Sep. 1990 - renovated : Feb. - Sep. 2009 101 large format images painted directly on the wall are for the joy of came down of the wall
Gemäldegalerie Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 It holds one of the world's leading collections of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries. Its collection includes masterpieces from such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, Hans Holbein, Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio, Giambattista Pittoni, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, and Antonio Viviani. It was first opened in 1830, and the current building was completed in 1998. It is located in the Kulturforum museum district west of Potsdamer Platz.
Georg-Kolbe-Museum Sensburger Allee 25, 14055 Berlin Telephone: +49 303042144
georg-kolbe-museum.de		 The role played by Alfred Flechtheim (1878–1937) in the history of twentieth-century European art cannot be underestimated. He dealt in his galleries with the most important artworks of his time and was a charismatic driving force for artists, museums and collectors. His publication “Querschnitt” was one of the Weimar Republic’s most intellectually stimulating avant-garde magazines.
Hamburger Bahnhof: Museum of the Present Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin Telephone: +49 3039783411
http://www.smb.museum/		 Hamburger Bahnhof is the former terminus of the Berlin–Hamburg Railway in Berlin, Germany, on Invalidenstrasse in the Moabit district opposite the Charité hospital. Today it serves as a contemporary art museum, the Museum für Gegenwart, part of the Berlin National Gallery.
Haus am Lützowplatz Lützowpl. 9, 10785 Berlin Telephone: +49 302613805
www.hal-berlin.de		 Hosts six to eight exhibitions of national and international contemporary artists in all media
Haus am Waldsee Argentinische Allee 30, 14163 Berlin Telephone: +49 308018935
hausamwaldsee.de		 Haus am Waldsee has been among the leading venues for contemporary art in Germany since it was launched as an exhibition space in 1946. Today it offers a platform for artists who live and work in Berlin and have already achieved significant international standing.
Haus der Kulturen der Welt John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin Telephone: +49 30397870
http://www.hkw.de/		 The Haus der Kulturen der Welt ("House of the World's Cultures") in Berlin is Germany's national centre for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary arts, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies. It presents art exhibitions, theater and dance performances, concerts, author readings, films and academic conferences on Visual Art and culture.
Hohenschönhausen Castle Hauptstraße 44, 13055 Berlin Telephone: +49 3097895600
http://www.schlosshsh.de/		 In 1998 the Association Hohenschönhausen Castle was founded, which bought the whole area in February 2008 and since then cares for the restoration and cultural revitalization of the manor house. The Association regularly organizes different events in the castle, such as exhibitions, readings, and concerts.
Hošek Contemporary Gormannstraße 19, 10119 Berlin Telephone: +49 17681279889
hosekcontemporary.com		 Contemporary art gallery
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Fasanenstraße 24, 10719 Berlin Telephone: +49 308825210
http://www.kaethe-kollwitz.de/		 The Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin owns one of the largest collections of works by the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945). Kollwitz lived and worked in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg for over 50 years.
Keramik-Museum Berlin Schustehrusstraße 13, 10585 Berlin Telephone: +49 303212322
keramik-museum-berlin.de		 Object of interest is the fascinating world of ceramics which includes: faience, majolica, earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Over the course of time the outstanding collection has accumulated more than 8000 objects which exhaustively represent the finest manufactures, industry designers and ceramic artists and impressively illustrate the different style epochs of historism, Jugendstil, expressionism, Bauhaus and functionalism.
Kunsthaus Dahlem Käuzchensteig 8, 14195 Berlin Telephone: +49 3083227258
kunsthaus-dahlem.de		 Kunsthaus Dahlem is an exhibition venue for postwar German modernism (East and West) supported by funds from the Berlin Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs. It is administered and operated by Atelierhaus Dahlem, a non-profit subsidiary of the Bernhard Heiliger Foundation founded in 2013.
Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Mariannenpl. 2, 10997 Berlin Telephone: +49 30902981454
www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de		 Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien is an exhibition space for contemporary art with a focus on current social and cultural issues. Central to the projects here are the meaningful contextualisation of themes and consideration for diversity, internationality, and local relevance.
Kupferstichkabinett Berlin Matthäikirchplatz, 10785 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 The Kupferstichkabinett, or Museum of Prints and Drawings, is a prints museum in Berlin, Germany. It is part of the Berlin State Museums, and is located in the Kulturforum on Potsdamer Platz. It is the largest museum of graphic art in Germany, with more than 500,000 prints and around 110,000 individual works on paper (drawings, pastels, watercolours, oil sketches).
KW Institute for Contemporary Art Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 302434590
http://www.kw-berlin.de/		 Unlike many international contemporary art institutions, KW does not have a permanent collection but understands itself "as a place for the production and presentation of contemporary art". Its philosophy is that without a permanent collection, it can be more readily responsive to artistic innovation and to creative programming.It is a center for the introduction of recent developments in national and international contemporary culture, and for further development, working together with artists and institutions, and commissioning new wo
Liebermann Villa Colomierstraße 3, 14109 Berlin Telephone: +49 3080585900
http://www.liebermann-villa.de/		 The collection at the Liebermann Villa on Lake Wannsee encompasses 154 of Liebermann's works, which have all been donated to the museum or purchased since 2002
Martin-Gropius-Bau Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin Telephone: +49 30254860
www.berlinerfestspiele.de		 Unusual insights into cultural history, often with spectacular findings and the latest research results, form the pillars in the Martin-Gropius-Bau programme alongside contemporary art and photography. Monographs of outstanding artists are as much the focus as current artistic positions.
me Collectors Room Berlin Auguststraße 68, 10117 Berlin Telephone: +49 3086008510
http://www.me-berlin.com/		 me Collectors Room Berlin / Stiftung Olbricht (Olbricht Foundation) is an exhibition space in Berlin, Germany, situated on Auguststrasse 68. Founded by art collector, endocrinologist and heir to Germany’s Wella hair-care estate Thomas Olbricht, the space opened its doors on 1 May 2010. Besides showcasing Olbricht’s own collection, the me Collectors Room Berlin also provides a platform for presenting other international private collections. The “me” in me Collectors Room Berlin stands for "moving energies".
Museum of Asian Art Lansstraße 8, 14195 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 Part of the Berlin State Museums, one of the largest museums of ancient Asian art in the world. Due to preparations for the transfer to the Humboldt Forum, the Berlin-Dahlem site of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and the Ethnologisches Museum has been closed since 9 January 2017
Neue Nationalgalerie Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 The Neue Nationalgalerie is dedicated to the art of the 20th century. It contains selections from the Nationalgalerie’s diverse collection, which is on show at five further locations: Alte Nationalgalerie, Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, Museum Berggruen, Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg and Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin.
NGBK (New Society for Fine Arts) Oranienstraße 25, 10999 Berlin Telephone: +49 306165130
http://ngbk.de/		 The New Society for Visual Arts (Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst or nGbK) is a German art association which was established in 1969. It is headquartered in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg. According to the working principles of the association, an annual general meeting determines the programme of the club. In addition to art exhibitions, nGbK also produces exhibition catalogues and theoretical writings.
Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Schloßstraße 70, 14059 Berlin Telephone: +49 30266424242
http://www.smb.museum/		 The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection is an art museum in Berlin. Its collection of paintings, graphics and sculptures, spanning the period from French Romanticism to Surrealism, is currently housed in former rooms of the Egyptian Museum in Charlottenburg on a ten-year loan. It was founded in 2008, and is part of the National Gallery of Berlin.
Zille Museum Propststraße 11, 10178 Berlin Telephone: +49 3024632500
zillemuseum-berlin.de		 Heinirich Zille (1858-1929), known as the ‘gutter artist from Berlin’ in his day was the artist and illustrator who best portrayed the everyday life of ordinary Berliners between the 1890’s and 1920s. His caricatures which are today highly considered as historical, cultural and social documents of the Weimar years show the citizens of the surging metropolis at their most popular, local and typical.