Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school, designed the elegant white building that now houses this absorbing design museum. The permanent exhibition...
Klingelhöferstrasse 13-14This quiet, private museum is made up of three well-laid-out levels of international art nouveau and art deco pieces that businessman Karl Bröhan began...
Schlossstrasse 1A
This small museum is dedicated to the work of Die Brücke ('The Bridge'), a group of Expressionist painters that was founded in Dresden in 1905 before later...
Bussardsteig 9Daimler's art collection is serious stuff, sticking to the 20th century, and covering abstract, conceptual and minimal art; its collection includes around...
Alte Potsdamer Strasse 5
The Picture Gallery's first-rate early European collection features a healthy selection of the biggest names in Western art. There are around 20 Rembrandts,...
KulturforumGeorg Kolbe's former studio has been transformed into a showcase for his work. The Berlin sculptor, regarded as Germany's best in the 1920s, mainly focused...
Sensburger Allee 25With a mission to promote art from developing countries, the 'House of World Cultures' mounts spectacular large-scale exhibitions on subjects such as...
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10Käthe Kollwitz's powerful, deeply empathetic work embraces the full spectrum of life, from the joy of motherhood to the pain of death (with rather more...
Fasanenstrasse 24The Museum of Decorative Art contains a frustrating collection of European arts and crafts, stretching from the Middle Ages through Renaissance, baroque and...
KulturforumHeinz Berggruen was an early dealer in Picassos in Paris, and the subtitle of this museum, Picasso und seine Zeit (Picasso and his Time), sums up this...
Westlicher Stülerbau
Shortly before his death in 2004, Berlin-born Helmut Newton donated over 1,000 of his nude and fashion photographs to the city and provided funds towards...
Jebenstrasse 2
Designed in the 1960s by Mies van der Rohe, the New National Gallery houses German and international paintings from the 20th century. It's strong on...
Potsdamer Strasse 50One of the world's major archaeological museums, the Pergamon should not be missed. Its treasures, comprising some of the Antikensammlung (Collection of...
Am Kupfergraben
This is Erika and Rolf Hoffmann's private collection of international contemporary art, including a charming floor installation work by Swiss video artist...
Sophienstrasse 21The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, currently on a ten-year loan to the city, occupies the building used by the Egyptian Museum before it moved back to...
Schlossstrasse 70