Long Night of the Museums Berlin. Through the night in the Humboldt Forum

This year, the Humboldt Forum is part of Berlin's Long Night of Museums. The Humboldt Forum is looking forward to your visit from 6 pm.

After dusk, you will enter the Schlüterhof through portals illuminated in rainbow colors, which this year invites you to linger with a short film program. You will be able to see a light concert that shoots its rays far into the Berlin night sky from afar.

On this long night, the air-conditioned foyer invites you to dance or chill out to the rhythms of DJ Ben Olayinka. Enjoy a digital sea of color that our cosmographer will play for you.

Get to know the entire house in one long night: All four venues will open their doors to you.

At the Humboldt Forum, you can expect a program from the Humboldt Forum Foundation in the Berlin Palace, the National Museums in Berlin with the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art as well as the Stadtmuseum Berlin and the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. During the Long Night of Museums, connect with the globe in BERLIN GLOBAL on an interactive tour 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 connected in the Humboldt Lab's exhibition After Nature. The exhibitions of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin) offer very different views of past and present cultures in Africa, Asia and Oceania.

EVENTS

24.08.2024 17:00 / 18:00 / 19:00 / 20:00 / 21:00

After the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021, some of the former employees of organizations working in Afghanistan came to Germany with their families, and women from Afghanistan founded a group in Bautzen: BANU - the name they gave themselves. Translated, it means “lady - a woman who can do everything”. The women master various traditional textile crafts: they embroider, sew, work with wool and weave. Together with the initiator of the group and with the support of master craftsmen from Upper Lusatia, the group built a traditional weaving device, as it is still used by women in Afghanistan today, and the search for a model that could help build this device in Bautzen brought the group into contact with the Ethnological Museum Berlin, which houses a large collection of Afghan weavings.

Location: Room 304

24.08.2024 19:00-00:00

Want to drive through Berlin in a vintage car? It's possible with the vintage car shuttle between the Deutsches Technikmuseum and the Humboldt Forum! Simply hop on - in the loading area of the Museum of Technology or at the Humboldt Forum. The ride is free of charge for holders of the Long Night Ticket.

24.08.2024 20:00-01:00

Berlin-based DJ, author and music lover Ben Olayinka describes himself as a “Minister of Enjoyment” and “DJ on the Run”. His mission is to constantly send new versions of Afrobeat, disco, house and soul out into the world. In 2022 and 2023 he was a guest at the DURCHLÜFTEN Festival at the Humboldt Forum.

21-02:00

Secrets belong to film like darkness belongs to the movie theater: they can be discovered in the stories on the screen, in images, sounds, gestures, looks, landscapes. In keeping with this year's motto, we are showing a program of current, very different short films from six countries during the Long Night of Museums. The Witness Tree (Niranjan Raj Bhetwal) from Nepal is about a family secret, while in Printed Rainbow (Gitanjali Rao) an elderly woman from India provides insights into the secrets of her matchboxes. In Pássaro Memória (Leonardo Martinelli) from Brazil, a mysterious bird takes flight, and in Slow Shift (Shambhavi Kaul) langurs animate the mystical temples of Hampi. The Nigerian film Rehearsal (Michael Omonua) is about bizarre religious secrets and the comedy A Guide to Dining out in Nairobi (Hugh Mitton), which reveals a lucrative business secret, is set in Kenya. The films can be seen continuously from 9 pm to 2 am in the Schlüterhof.

24.08.2024 21:00-22:00

Performance artist David Dibiah questions the African collections and their presentation in the newly opened Ethnologisches Museum. What lies in public spaces and display cases like these? What truths need to be uncovered? What lies still exist today? In alternating rhythms consisting of rap, prayers, commemorative exclamations, melodies and poetic declamations, a protest sound is created together with the audience that pursues and demands interpretative sovereignty: No object without permission!

The performance gives visitors a new perspective on object histories and their existence and appeals to them emotionally. Instead of the greed for knowledge and the collecting mania that characterized colonial collectors, it is about sharpening compassion and wisdom.

Meeting point: Room 216

Duration: 60 min

German, English

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 particular area of the collection (for those in a hurry). You will have the opportunity to learn exciting stories and ask your questions. For the first time, all permanent exhibitions of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art will be on display during this Long Night of Museums.

Short guided tour through the Ethnological Museum, times:

Meeting point: Will be announced on site

ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM FOR THE INQUISITIVE

Short guided tour on a topic/object in the permanent exhibition of the Ethnological Museum, times:

Meeting point: Will be announced on site

Come with me. I will show you some highlights. Short guided tour in English. Times:

Meeting point: Will be announced on site

Short guided tour through the Museum of Asian Art, times:

Meeting point: Will be announced on site

Short guided tour with in-depth information on a topic/object, times:

Meeting point: Will be announced on site

Come with me. I will show you some highlights. Short guided tour in English.

Times:

Meeting point: Will be announced on site

Did you know that there are several different Friends of the Museums at the Humboldt Forum? 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 Long Night, the Friends present themselves and their activities in the Schlüterhof 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!

Location: Portal 4

The DGOK (German Society for East Asian Art) invites you to fold cranes.

Location: Staircase hall, 3rd floor

The DGOK (German Society for East Asian Art) invites you to get into conversation with each other over a cup of tea.

Location: Staircase hall, 3rd floor

Tickets for the Lange Nacht der Museen will be available from 29 July 2023 on the LNDM website and at the Tourist Infos of visitBerlin.

Advance booking:

Savings tickets: 29 July to 11 August: 12 euros, reduced rate 10 euros.

Regular prices: 12 to 24 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 24 August.

The tickets entitle the holder 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 Lange Nacht der Museen 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.

Tickets for the Lange Nacht der Museen will be available from 29 July 2023 on the LNDM website and at the Tourist Infos of visitBerlin.

Advance booking:

Savings tickets: 29 July to 11 August: 12 euros, reduced rate 10 euros.

Regular prices: 12 to 24 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 24 August.

The tickets entitle the holder 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 Lange Nacht der Museen 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.