The Humboldt Forum invites you on the Lange Nacht der Museen for an individual journey through space and time with atmospheric lighting and DJ Set.
This year the Humboldt Forum is part of the Berlin Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of Museums). The Humboldt Forum looks forward to your visit from 6 pm.
After dusk you will enter the Schlüter Courtyard through portals illuminated in rainbow colours, which as always invites you to stay a while. Even from afar, you will be able to see a concert of light casting its beams into the Berlin night sky. 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 Kosmograf.
Get to know the entire venue in one long night: All four actors open their doors for you. At the Humboldt Forum you can expect programmes by 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 and the Humboldt University.
Connect with the model of 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. Or find answers to the question of how climate change, species extinction and the crisis of democracy are related in the Humboldt Lab’s exhibition After Nature.
The exhibitions from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin offer yet again different views into the past and present cultures of Africa, Asia and Oceania. The temporary Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters exhibition tells the story of one of the central creation myths of the Australian continent. The legend of the Seven Sisters tells of seven women who cleverly and cunningly elude a male pursuer with magical powers and cross three deserts on their flight.
Descend to the remains of the historic wall of the Berlin Palace. Here you will find the oldest evidence of the History of the Site. The exhibition offers a tour from the Middle Ages to the present. In the Sculpture Hall you will find the original sculptures of the historic palace façade. The video panorama offers you a comprehensive audiovisual overview of the History of the Site!
Also experience a spectacular view over the rooftops of Berlin: The roof terrace is accessible until 8pm during the Lange Nacht der Museen. The visitor service staff can assist you in the staircase hall.
All information on group meeting points and other programme items can be found on site!
Ticket information
From 1 to 14 August, the Sparticket will be sold online via www.lange-nacht-der-museen.de for 12 EUR/reduced rate 10 EUR. From 15 August the ticket costs 18 EUR /reduced 12 EUR (children up to 12 years do not need a ticket). The ticket entitles the holder to visit all participating museums from 6pm. to 2am and to use the two bus shuttles. It also allows you to take advantage of a 10 EUR bonus for the mobility partner’s offer, which includes various vehicles such as e-scooters or bicycles. ) Advance ticket sales take place exclusively via the Lange Nacht der Museen website. You can find more information here.
On the day of the event, Lange Nacht Tickets will also be sold at the ticket counter in the Humboldt Forum from 6pm. From 6pm, admission to the exhibitions is only possible with a Lange Nacht Ticket.
8:00pm-1:000am – DJ Set in the Foyer
DJ Jeff is an experienced and dynamic disc jockey who, with a musical style that covers all genres of music, he has built up an impressive personal brand. His preferred genres are Afrobeat, Amapiano, HipHop, RnB and Dancehall. For more than five years he has been playing all over Europe and Africa, where he had his first professional gigs. He has built up a reputation as a DJ especially in Nigeria and Ukraine. Thereby, 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 of the national technical university. He loves to travel and try out new skills on his turntables.
Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst
The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin present their collections of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst and the Ethnologisches Museum with the areas of West Africa, Oceania and Ethnomusicology in a new exhibition on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Humboldt Forum. Visitors can get to know the new presentation of the collections in dialogue, critically and reflectively in various short tours.
The most important things in 15 minutes:
- Ethnologisches Museum 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:30 pm, 11:30 pm
- Museum für Asiatische Kunst 8 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm, 11 pm
The stories behind the artworks
- Ethnologisches Museum 7:45 pm, 8:45 pm, 9:45 pm, 1045 pm, 11: 45 pm
- Museum für Asiatische Kunst 8:15 pm, 9:15 pm, 10:15 pm, 11:15 pm
Some Highlights
- Ethnologisches Museum 8 pm, 9 pm, 10 pm, 11 pm
- Museum für Asiatische Kunst 8:30 pm, 9:30 pm, 10:30 pm, 11:30 pm
Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters
Special Exhibition: Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters
From 6pm to 10pm, on-site facilitators will provide information on the background and significance of this unique, indigenously curated, exhibition.
Humboldt Lab
How are climate change and the crisis of democracy connected? Why have researchers developed a robotic fish? Insights into the interactive exhibition After Nature.
Humboldt Lab: Exhibition After Natur
- Public overview tour: 7 pm – 8 pm
- Public overview tour: 9 pm- 10 pm
- Public overview tour: 11 pm – 12 pm
BERLIN GLOBAL
Live speakers at BERLIN GLOBAL
Experience BERLIN GLOBAL together: During the Lange Nacht der Museen, 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 topics and the city’s connections to the world.
Guided tour open to the public: BERLIN GLOBAL in 60 minutes, 8 – 9 pm
Turning the “wheel of history” in 60 minutes, dancing in the walk-in disco ball or discovering the history of the site through the telescopes from the windows of the Humboldt Forum: The guided tour of the Long Night of Museums through the exhibition BERLIN GLOBAL presents the historically and currently globally networked Berlin through dialog and in an interactive way.
