View into the room War
© Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Anne Preussel

War

A huge, splintered, rust-coloured sculpture dominates the war-themed space in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition. Thick black lines stretch out from it like cracks across the floor. Like a huge wedge, this foreign body seems to break into the ground, evoking the destructive power of bombs and grenades. But it can also be understood as a symbol of the scattering of people and things through war and flight.

This is what awaits you:

  • Installation SORRYFORNOTHING
  • Interview project “People on the run”
  • Biographies of people caught in and fleeing from wars
  • Wars in the 20th century

In my View: Jos | BERLIN GLOBAL

01:28 minutes

All about War

Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein

In the room “War” at BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition in the Humboldt Forum, photos, letters and films tell the story of Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein (1904 – 1944) an actor and former German Askari soldier.

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Sharmin’s Note

A photo of “Sharmin’s Note” hangs in the room “War” at BERLIN GLOBAL. The object is part of an interview project on the topic of flight. We present it in the series “Favourite Object”.

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SORRYFORNOTHING – a sculptural intervention

Philip Kojo Metz‘s work in the Berlin Exhibition prompts a closer look at Germany’s colonial past.

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Für eine Überraschung gut: die begehbare Diskokugel im Raum Vergnügen.

BERLIN GLOBAL

BERLIN GLOBAL shows on 4,000 square meters in the Humboldt Forum how the city and its people are connected to the world.

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Info & Service

Opening Hours

Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Tue | closed

Last admission is at 5.30 pm

Special Opening Hours

Fri, 1 May 2026 (Labour Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Thu, 14 May 2026 (Ascension Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Wed, 20 May 2026 (private event) | 10.30 – 14.30 pm
Mon, 25 May 2026 (Whit Monday) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Fri, 25 June 2026 (private event) | 11.30 – 18.30 pm
Sat, 3 October 2026 (German Unity Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm

Last admission is at 5.30 pm

Closing Times

Due to maintenance work, the exhibition will be closed from 4 to 6 May 2026. On 7 and 8 May 2026, parts of the exhibition may be closed due to maintenance work. The exhibition will reopen as normal on 9 May 2026.

On 20 May 2026, the exhibition will close at 2.30 pm due to an internal event.

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Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin

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Tickets

Day Ticket

9 euros / 0 euros (reduced)

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14 euros / 7 euros (reduced)
Two-day ticket: 18 euros / 9 euros (reduced)
Day group ticket: 50 euros

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