Project Projects Projects Kultursommerfestival 90 days, 90 locations, 90 events: Berlin’s Kultursommerfestival will offer a diverse programme of cultural events at unusual sites – outdoors, free of charge and all over the city. Berlin Art Week The Berlin art scene’s biggest joint venture celebrates the city’s status as a hotspot of contemporary art in September each year. Get help now! Kreativ Kultur Berlin Our advisory centre for cultural funding and the creative economy is the first point of contact for freelancers and self-employed creatives in Berlin. Augmented Berlin Our innovative project known as “Augmented Berlin” breaks new ground in conveying Berlin’s eventful history in a virtual and interactive format. Creative City Berlin This community portal brings together Berlin-based artists, cultural creators and the creative industries. Museumsjournal The Museumsjournal is the leading magazine covering museums in Berlin and Potsdam. Published by Kulturprojekte Berlin on a quarterly basis, it provides exclusive information on upcoming projects. Berlin Bühnen This joint online portal brings together the performance schedules of roughly 80 Berlin theatres, opera houses and concert halls. starts in March 2023 EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography Every two years, we present Germany’s biggest photography festival as an impressive kaleidoscope of Berlin as a leading city for the art of photography. Special stipend programme launched by Berlin’s Senate Department for Culture and Europe Long Night of Museums Berlin’s Long Night of Museums is the first of its kind in the world and marks the highpoint of the summer season for museums in the capital. OPEN-AIR DRAUSSENSTADT DRAUSSENSTADT is a new platform that brings together information, events and services focussing on open-air experiences, city culture and urban practice in Berlin. OPEN BERLIN GLOBAL – The Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum BERLIN GLOBAL is a 4,000-m2 exhibition exploring the complex network of relationships between Berlin and the rest of the world. BER Airport Exhibition The exhibition inspires travellers and visitors alike to delve deeper into a controversial chapter of Berlin’s recent building-project history. Museumsportal Berlin The Museumsportal is an online platform showcasing all of Berlin’s museums, palaces and memorial sites. Museumsdienst Berlin – Museum services in Berlin Museumsdienst Berlin creates synergies for a number of Berlin museums, exhibition spaces and memorials in the realm of education and communication. Schaubude Berlin We showcase the perspective of “Dinge” (things) on the world as part of national and international guest performances, co-productions, series and festivals. OPEN-AIR Talking Statues Well-known German personalities tell the stories behind a number of Berlin memorials and works of art – via QR code and a telephone call. Kultursommerfestival 90 days, 90 locations, 90 events: Berlin’s Kultursommerfestival will offer a diverse programme of cultural events at unusual sites – outdoors, free of charge and all over the city. Long Night of Museums Berlin’s Long Night of Museums is the first of its kind in the world and marks the highpoint of the summer season for museums in the capital. Berlin Art Week The Berlin art scene’s biggest joint venture celebrates the city’s status as a hotspot of contemporary art in September each year. OPEN-AIR DRAUSSENSTADT DRAUSSENSTADT is a new platform that brings together information, events and services focussing on open-air experiences, city culture and urban practice in Berlin. Get help now! Kreativ Kultur Berlin Our advisory centre for cultural funding and the creative economy is the first point of contact for freelancers and self-employed creatives in Berlin. OPEN BERLIN GLOBAL – The Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum BERLIN GLOBAL is a 4,000-m2 exhibition exploring the complex network of relationships between Berlin and the rest of the world. Augmented Berlin Our innovative project known as “Augmented Berlin” breaks new ground in conveying Berlin’s eventful history in a virtual and interactive format. BER Airport Exhibition The exhibition inspires travellers and visitors alike to delve deeper into a controversial chapter of Berlin’s recent building-project history. Creative City Berlin This community portal brings together Berlin-based artists, cultural creators and the creative industries. Museumsportal Berlin The Museumsportal is an online platform showcasing all of Berlin’s museums, palaces and memorial sites. Museumsjournal The Museumsjournal is the leading magazine covering museums in Berlin and Potsdam. Published by Kulturprojekte Berlin on a quarterly basis, it provides exclusive information on upcoming projects. Museumsdienst Berlin – Museum services in Berlin Museumsdienst Berlin creates synergies for a number of Berlin museums, exhibition spaces and memorials in the realm of education and communication. Berlin Bühnen This joint online portal brings together the performance schedules of roughly 80 Berlin theatres, opera houses and concert halls. Schaubude Berlin We showcase the perspective of “Dinge” (things) on the world as part of national and international guest performances, co-productions, series and festivals. starts in March 2023 EMOP Berlin – European Month of Photography Every two years, we present Germany’s biggest photography festival as an impressive kaleidoscope of Berlin as a leading city for the art of photography. OPEN-AIR Talking Statues Well-known German personalities tell the stories behind a number of Berlin memorials and works of art – via QR code and a telephone call. Special stipend programme launched by Berlin’s Senate Department for Culture and Europe Archive Wissensstadt Berlin 2021 2021 will showcase Berlin as one of the most exciting locations for science and research in Europe. Berlin Sister Cities BERLIN – PARIS – WARSAW – ISTANBUL– MOSCOW – LOS ANGELES Transmediale This legendary festival for media arts and digital culture brings the world’s creative avant-garde to Berlin every year. Zerstörte Vielfalt (Diversity Destroyed). Berlin 1933-1938 Berlin’s “Theme Year 2013” commemorated the anniversaries of two key turning points in 20th century German history: the 75th anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938 and the 80th anniversary of the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. Berlin Music Week From 2010 to 2014, this week-long pop music gathering featured a sophisticated programme exploring digital trends and hands-on formats like Music Hack Day, while also offering the best parties in town. Developing diversity The Project Office for Diversity Development works to foster the structural transformation of Berlin’s cultural sector into a more diversity-oriented system. Kulturelle Bildung LONG NIGHT OF OPERA AND THEATRE Berlin has celebrated this unique joint festival four times over the years. In one jam-packed night, up to 70 opera and theatre stages showcase their work in all of its diversity. MAI ’45 – SPRINGTIME IN BERLIN The Second World War came to an end in Berlin on 2 May 1945. Seventy years later, at key spaces throughout the city, we set up several large-scale panorama photos that portrayed a destroyed urban landscape – but also the hopes of its inhabitants. BERLIN’S 775TH ANNIVERSARY For one full weekend in 2012, Berlin celebrated its 775th anniversary, took a look back at its eventful history and called for even more tolerance and openness to the world. NEXT LIBRARY® CONFERENCE BERLIN 2018 One of the most important public library conferences took place for the first time in Berlin and attracted roughly 400 participants from 38 countries. PARADISE IS EVERYWHERE – THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REFORMATION This city-wide initiative marked the anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation and explored what the promise of paradise means to us today. Based in Berlin For six weeks in the summer of 2011, this exhibition spotlighted the latest work of roughly 80 artists living and working in Berlin. Berlin 365/24 We created “BERLIN 365/24” to spotlight the full breadth of the city’s cultural diversity and creativity in all areas from mainstream to niche. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall In 2009, the yearlong celebrations marking the "20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall" attracted an audience of millions and pushed Berlin to the forefront of worldwide attention. 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Highly moving images from the key event marking the anniversary were seen by an audience of more than a million people in Germany and abroad. 30th Anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution – Fall of the Berlin Wall For seven days at seven original historical sites, Berlin remembered, celebrated and paid tribute to the Peaceful Revolution and those individuals who had the courage to resist the regime of the GDR. 50th Anniversary of the Building of the Berlin Wall We joined with the Berlin Wall Foundation to pay tribute to the victims of the Berlin Wall and the division of Germany in a very special way. 75th Anniversary of the End of WWII Berlin commemorated the end of WWII and the liberation of Europe from Nazi dictatorship with a week of theme-based digital events. 100th Anniversary of the Bauhaus in Berlin For Berliners, the city-wide week of Bauhaus-themed events under the banner “bauhauswoche berlin 2019” was the highlight of the nationwide celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the legendary art and design school. 100th Anniversary of the 1918/19 Revolution in Berlin This joint city-wide project brought the epoch-making power of the 1918/19 Revolution to the streets of Berlin. 125th Anniversary of Ku’damm Boulevard The 125th anniversary celebrations paid homage to the fashionable “showcase of the West” and brought a new shine to the Ku'damm. Day of German Unity, Berlin 2018 Over the course of three full days, Berlin joined with hundreds of thousands of people to celebrate 28 years of unity and freedom in Germany and Europe. Science Year 2010 With five of the most important science institutions marking key anniversaries, we celebrated Berlin as a capital of research and knowledge. MuseumsSommer Berlin’s museums have much to offer in the hot months of the year. The cultural highpoint of the summer in the German capital is the Long Night of the Museums in late August.
