Lange Nacht der Museen Berlin 2025: Love
During the Lange Nacht der Museen, the Humboldt Forum invites you to a night full of love.
This year the Humboldt Forum is part of the Berlin Long Night of Museums. From 6 pm onwards, the Humboldt Forum looks forward to your visit.
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 Daniel Wang during this long night. Enjoy a digital sea of colours played out for you by our media tower.
Get to know the entire house in one long night: In the Humboldt Forum you can expect a programme from the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin with the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, as well as the Stadtmuseum Berlin. Connect with the globe in BERLIN GLOBAL on an interactive tour during the Lange Nacht der Museen and experience how the city and its people are connected to the world – then and now. The exhibitions of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin again offer very different views of past and present cultures of Africa, Asia and Oceania.
Tickets & organization
Tickets for the Lange Nacht der Museen will be available from 4.8.2025 on the LNDM website and at visitBerlin tourist information offices.
Advance booking
- Saver tickets: August 4 to August 17:15 euros, concessions 12 euros
- Regular prices: August 18 to August 30: 23 euros, concessions 17 euros
- Children up to 12 years free
For last-minute visitors: Tickets will be available at the Humboldt Forum from 6 pm on August 30, 2025 at the ticket counter.
The tickets entitle you to visit all participating museums and the bus shuttles set up especially for the Lange Nacht der Museen.
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 free of charge until 10 pm without an LNDM ticket.
The roof terrace can be visited until 8 pm.
You will find all information about the group meeting points and other programme points on site!
Highlights
Exhibitions
Guided Tours
Only around 160 Buddhist paintings from the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) have survived worldwide. One of them is on display at the Museum of Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum: thoroughly examined through art-historical and scientific methods, accompanied by sound, and presented through multimedia, it offers a striking glimpse into the otherworldly Korea of the 14th century.
Going Through Hell – Concepts of the Afterlife in Korea During the Goryeo Period (918–1392)
18-18:45 Hell’s journey in pictures
The otherworldly world of Korea in animated visions
(focus: video animations)
19-19:45 Sound of the underworld
A sensual journey through the afterlife of the Goryeo period
(Focus: Design & Sound)
20-20:45 Behind the scenes of hell
Insights into research, art and context
(focus: research project)
Venue
Meeting point H, 3rd floor
Conservation in Dialogue
The exhibition Conservation in Dialogue offers insight into the complex field of conservation and restoration. What ethical principles guide this work? What methods do conservators use? And how are international partners from source communities involved in the decision-making processes? Through four case studies, the exhibition highlights the diverse and often behind-the-scenes nature of this profession.
During the Lange Nacht der Museen, there will be short talks with the exhibition’s curators.
Times
6:30 pm
7:30 pm
8:30 pm
Meeting point H, 3rd floor
from 7.30 pm – Short guided tours of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst
During the Lange Nacht der Museen, 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 Those in a Hurry). You will have the opportunity to learn exciting stories in a short and snappy way and to ask your questions. English Languague Tours are also available. For the first time, all permanent exhibitions of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst will be on view during this Lange Nacht der Museen.
Short guided tour through the Ethnologische Museum
Tines
8.30 pm–9 pm
9.30 pm–10 pm
10.30 pm–11 pm
11.30 pm–12 am
Meeting point F, 2nd floor
Short guided tour on a topic/object in the permanent exhibition of the Ethnologisches Museum
Times
7.45 pm–8.15 pm
8.45 pm–9.15 pm
9.45 pm–10.15 pm
10.45 pm–11.15 pm
11.45 pm–12.15 am
Meeting point F, 2nd floor
Come with me. I will show you some highlights. Short guided tour in English.
Times
8 pm–8.30 pm
9 pm–9.30 pm
10 pm–10.30 pm
11 pm–11.30 pm
Meeting point F, 2nd floor
Short guided tour through the Museum für Asiatische Kunst
Times
8 pm–8.30 pm
9 pm–9.30 pm
10 pm–10.30 pm
11 pm–11.30 pm
Meeting point H, 3rd floor
Short guided tour on a topic/object in the permanent exhibition of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst
Times
9.15–9:45 pm
11:15pm–11:45pm
Meeting point H, 3rd floor
Come with me. I will show you some highlights. Short guided tour in English.
Times
8.30 pm–9 pm
9.30 pm–10 pm
10.30 pm–11 pm
11.30 pm–12 am
Meeting point H, 3rd floor
What stories do these cultural artefacts tell? Who should tell these stories – a museum in Berlin or the societies from which the ‘objects’ come? Which stories remain untold or unheard – and why? What significance do cultural belongings have for people in Tanzania and where does their future lie?
The exhibition was developed in collaboration with the National Museum of Tanzania and in discussion with representatives of various communities in Tanzania. The guided tour through the exhibition provides insights into the stories of origin of exhibits, addresses questions of restitution and sheds light on the handling of cultural belongings in museums today. Representatives from Tanzania have their say through film interviews in the exhibition. Views on current debates, e.g. on politics after Tanzanian independence or the renaming of colonial street names, round off the tour.
Times
Tours take approx. 30 minutes and start at
8:15p m in German
9:15 pm in English
10:15 pm in German
from meeting point F on the 2nd floor.
The coastal rainforest in British Columbia is an important climate protector, thanks to its impressively old and gigantic trees. The maintenance of this important ecosystem also lies in the hands of the First Nations who live there. The Cedar, especially, is irreplaceable for many of them. The exhibition Ts’uu – Cedar: Of Trees and People sheds light on the meaning of the forest in the context of colonial exploitation and commercial use. Within the scope of the guided tour, an educator will discuss whether some approaches of the First Nations can be transferred to local change processes and talk about interaction processes between people, environment and climate.
Times
Tours take approx. 30 minutes and start at
8:15 pm in English
9:15 pm in German
10:15 pm in German
from the meeting point G on the 2nd floor.
6 pm–11 pm: Activities of the Friends of the Museums
Did you know that there are several different Friends of the Humboldt Forum museums? The Friends are particularly committed to the respective focal points of the museums and their collections, for example by issuing publications, organizing guided tours and lectures, organizing trips and also supporting the museums financially. As a Friend, you get exciting insights into the work behind the scenes.
Get to know the different Friends groups: During the Lange Nacht der Museen, the Friends present themselves and their activities in the Schlüter Courtyard and at the entrance to the respective exhibition areas in the Humboldt Forum and invite you on a special tour of the collections. Come along – we look forward to seeing you, your friends and your families!
Venue
Portal 4
The DGOK – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst (German Society for East Asian Art) invites you to fold cranes.
Venue
Stair Hall, Third Floor