Saturday Museum Tours
Extend your ERC 2026 experience with a free museum tour on Saturday. Selected museums and cultural institutions in Berlin and nearby Potsdam will welcome participants for guided visits, exhibition tours, and special behind-the-scenes insights.
The program offers a closer look at areas that visitors do not usually get to see. Explore collections and conservation workshops, learn about current restoration projects, or join a guided tour through one of the featured exhibitions. Browse the selection below and choose the tour that interests you most.
Kindly note that all tours will be held in English.
The tours are free of charge and available exclusively to registered ERC 2026 participants. Advance booking is required. Registered participants will receive a separate email with a personal booking link mid-September.
In case of questions, please do not hesitate to contact delegates-ger@wearemci.com.
Museum Barberini Potsdam
Address: Humboldtstraße 5, 14467 Potsdam
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Guided tour of the exhibition “The Impressionists: Monet, Morisot, Renoir, and Their Network”
Start: 12:00
Akademie der Künste
Address: Hanseatenweg 10, 10115 Berlin
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Guided tour of the exhibition “Metaxy: Between Destruction and Reconstruction”
Start: 13:30
Duration: 1,5 h
Guided Tour of the Visible storage of architectural models
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1 h
Humboldt Forum
Schlossplatz, 10178 Berlin
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Guided Tour „Behind the Scenes“
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1,5 h
Bröhan Museum
Schloßstr. 1A, 14059 Berlin
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Guided tour of the exhibition “Cesar Klein. Image Space Stage”
Start: 15:00
Duration: 1 h
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 6-8; 10117 Berlin
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A glimpse into the diverse conservation workshops of the dhm
Start: 10:30
Duration: 1,5 h
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
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Behind-the-scenes-tour in the paleontological collection of the MfN
Start: 10:00
When a spider will see the world – how collection management fits together with customs? A short insight in the spider collection of the MfN and some inspiration about how to deal with loans worldwide when political situation changes faster than a spider’s skin.
Start: 10:00
Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Tränenpalast
Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, Reichstagsufer 17, 10117 Berlin
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The guided tour of the exhibition “Site of German Division” takes visitors to the historic site to explain how the two German states came into being and how the Berlin Wall was built, as well as how customs and passport controls at the Tränenpalast and surveillance at the Friedrichstraße border crossing operated.
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1,5 h
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Orangerieschloss, An der Orangerie 3-5, 14469 Potsdam
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Guided tour of the currently closed “Orangery Palace“, and a presentation of the ongoing restoration work
Start: 10:30
Duration: 1,5 h
Berlin Museum
Ephraim Palast, Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin
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Guided tour through the permanent exhibition „BerlinZEIT – The city makes history“ in the Ephraim-Palais
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1,5 h
Berlin Museum
Humboldt Forum, Schlossplatz, 10178 Berlin
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Guided tour through the exhibition „BERLIN GLOBAL The Berlin exhibition“ in the Humboldt Forum
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1,5 h
Palais Populaire
Unter den Linden 5, 10117 Berlin
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Guided tour through the exhibition Lucia Tallová: Moving Clouds. Deutsche Bank “Artist of the Year” 2026
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1 h
Hamburger Bahnhof- Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Invalidenstrasse 50, 10557 Berlin
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Guided tour through new curated permanent collection, ´Tausendmal Berlin´ global dialogue of Berlin artscene from 1989 until today
Start: 11:00
Duration: 1 h
Guided Tour through Rieckhallen on show: „Ryuichi Sakamoto: seeing sound, hearing time“ and „Next Door: Tacita Dean & Bruce Nauman, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Henrik Hakansson, Tomas Saraceno“
Start: 13:30
Duration: 1 h