Long Night of Museums 2023
During the Long Night of Museums, the Humboldt Forum invites you on an individual journey through space and time with atmospheric lighting and a DJ set.
This year the Humboldt Forum is part of the Berlin Long Night of Museums and looks forward to your visit from 6pm onwards.
After dusk you will enter the Schlüter Courtyard through portals illuminated in rainbow colours, which as always invites you to linger. You will be able to see a concert of light shooting its beams far into the Berlin night sky from afar. The air-conditioned Foyer invites you to dance or chill to the rhythms of DJ Jeff during this long night. Enjoy a digital sea of colours played out for you by our Cosmograph.
Get to know the entire house in one long night: All four actors will open their doors for you. In the Humboldt Forum you can expect a programme from the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin with the Ethnological Collcetions and the Museum of Asian Art as well as the Stadtmuseum Berlin and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
You are interested in the museums and would like to get a glimpse behind the scenes: Then you are welcome to join one or more circles of friends. They present themselves in the staircase hall and are available to answer questions.
You will find all information about the group meeting points and other programme points on site!
Tickets for the Long Night of Museums will be available from 31 July 2023 on the LNDM website and at the Tourist Infos of visitBerlin.
Advance booking:
- Savings tickets: 31 July to 13 August: 12 euros, reduced rate 10 euros.
- Regular prices: 14 to 26 August: 18 euros, reduced 12 euros
- Children up to 12 years free
For those who make up their minds at the last minute: tickets are available at the Humboldt Forum from 6 pm on 26 August.
The tickets entitle the holder to visit all participating museums and the bus shuttles set up especially for the Long Night of the Museums.
From 6 pm, access to the Humboldt Forum via Portal 3 and the revolving doors in the Passage is only possible with a Long Night Ticket.
The Sculpture Hall (access Portal 6 or Schlüter Courtyard) and the Video Panorama (access Schlüter Courtyard or Passage) are accessible without an LNDM ticket until 10 pm.
The roof terrace can be visited until 8 pm.
Programme
16:00–18:00
As a prelude to the opening of the Long Night of Museums, the Kultursommer will present itself with a Marching Band and Beating the Drum at the Humboldt Forum. Follow the sounds of the Marching Band from Portal 1 of the Humboldt Forum across the Spree Terraces to Portal 4 and beat the drum there yourself.
18:00–23:00
Get to know the different Friends of the Humboldt Forum. Find out how you can support the work of the different institutions and get an insight into the work behind the scenes. The Friends present themselves and their work near the respective exhibitions.
18:00–0:00
Mediators will be on hand from 18:00–0:00 to provide information on the background and significance of this unique exhibition.
18:00–2:00
Experience BERLIN GLOBAL together: Live speakers* will be available for spontaneous mini tours in the area of the Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum. Come and talk to the live speakers about the city of Berlin, its history, current issues and the city’s connections to the world.
18:00–2:30
The Cosmograf is unmissable in the foyer of the Humboldt Forum. In addition to practical announcements about exhibitions and events in the building, it is the 360° canvas for media art. Experience all the artworks that have appeared so far during the Long Night of the Museums.
19:00–23:30
How are climate change, working conditions in a textile factory in Bangladesh and the extinction of insects in the Uckermark region connected? The exhibition “After Nature” in the Humboldt Lab focuses on crises of ecological and social systems and links objects from historical collections with contemporary debates and research. Short guided tours will give an overview of the exhibition.
19:00-19:30
20:00-20:30
21:00-21:30
22:00-22:30
23:00-23:30
19:00–0:00
Want to take a trip through Berlin in a vintage car? It’s possible with the vintage car shuttle between the German Museum of Technology and the Humboldt Forum! Just hop on – in the loading street of the Museum of Technology or at the Humboldt Forum. The ride is free for holders of long night tickets.
from 19:30
Short guided tours of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art
During the Long Night of Museums, short guided tours will give you interesting insights into selected works of art (for the inquisitive) or an overview of a special collection area (for the hurried). You will have the opportunity to learn exciting stories in a short and snappy way and to ask your questions. For the first time, all permanent exhibitions of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art will be on view during this Long Night of the Museums.
Ethnological Museum
19:30, 20:30, 21:30, 22:30, 23:30
Museum for Asian Art
20:00, 21:00, 22:00, 23:00
Ethnological Museum
19:45, 20:45, 21:45, 22:45, 23:45
Museum for Asian Art
20:15, 21:15, 22:15, 23:15
Ethnological Museum
20:00, 21:00, 22:00, 23:00
Museum for Asian Art
20:30, 21:30, 22:30, 23:30
20:00–1:00
DJ Jeff is an experienced and dynamic disc jockey who covers all genres of music and has thus built up an impressive personal style. Afrobeat, Amapiano, HipHop, RnB and Dancehall are his preferred genres. For more than five years he has been playing all over Europe and Africa, where he had his first professional gigs. Especially in Nigeria and Ukraine, he has made a name for himself as a DJ. He has already been present on the most diverse platforms: in renowned clubs, at mega concert events and for radio stations. Before coming to Berlin, he studied computer technology in Ukraine at the Polytechnic Institute Igor Sikorsky Kyiv, the national technical university. He loves to travel and try out new skills on his turntables.
20:30–22:30
The present is characterised by a flood of information and impressions. Many people often lack the time to focus on something, to enter into a relationship with their environment or to be mindful of the objects around them. Even during a visit to a museum, the quantity of information is often difficult to cope with. With a smartphone, you can photograph exhibits as a reminder, but how exactly did you look at them in the first place?
Drawing museum objects provides a contrast to the quick tour and the overflow of visual and acoustic impressions. Capturing something in drawing requires attentive seeing and time.
This not only has a positive effect on cognitive abilities, but also on the mental senses. In the moment of concentration, the mind and spirit come to rest and a space opens up for new insights.