--- title: "War" date: 2024-07-30 last_modified: 2024-09-25T16:58:53+02:00 generated_at: 2026-05-30T20:12:40Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/war" description: "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." image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BerlinGlobal-429-1920x1280.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # War ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BerlinGlobal-429-300x200.jpg) 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. ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/BG_Webbanner-Stadtmuseum_2560x1200px_War.png) ## 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 [![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Joss2-300x169.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Za6YoW3p-g) ## All about War [ ![Mahjub bin Adam Mohamed Hussein als Schauspieler in Askari-Uniform, im Hintergrund weitere Schauspieler in verschiedenen Uniformen der Kaiserlichen Marine](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/mahjub-bin-adam-mohamed-hussein-300x213.jpg) ### 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. Article, 3 min Lesezeit ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/from-askari-soldier-to-actor) [ ![Aufnahme von einem handgeschriebenen Kalenderblatt auf lindgrünem Grund](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Scherrmin3_Zettel-217x300.jpg) ### 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". Article, 3 min Lesezeit ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/sharmins-note) [ ![Philip Kojo Metz](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/©KPB_LMSummer_Kuenstler_PhilipKojoMetz_4-3-300x225.jpg) ### SORRYFORNOTHING – a sculptural intervention Philip Kojo Metz‘s work in the Berlin Exhibition prompts a closer look at Germany’s colonial past. Article, 5 min Lesezeit ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/sorryfornothing-a-sculptural-intervention) ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BerlinGlobal-392-300x200.jpg) ### 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. [ Get your ticket now!](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/berlin-global) ## 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. Thank you for your understanding. ##### Directions Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps](https://g.page/humboldtforum?share) [ Bus & Train](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search) ##### Contact For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum [Visitor Services](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/contact-us/): +49 30 9921 189 89 Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. ## Tickets ##### Day Ticket 9 euros / 0 euros (reduced) [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day) ##### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket 14 euros / 7 euros (reduced) Two-day ticket: 18 euros / 9 euros (reduced) Day group ticket: 50 euros [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day) ### Free admission: Solidarity-based model Free admission for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, for students, international students, persons with an electronic residence permit (eAT), FSJ volunteers, recipients of transfer payments (ALG I / Bürgergeld) or persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), Personal Assistants of persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), holders of the MuseumsPass Berlin, press, partner institutions, sponsors and members of the support associations, ICOM members. Until the end of the exhibition project ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Family Matters) at the Humboldt Forum, holders of a valid ticket for the Humboldt Forum will receive free admission to the Museum Knoblauchhaus. ### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket The Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket is valid for BERLIN GLOBAL, the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, as well as other temporary exhibitions at the Humboldt Forum. The ticket is also valid for the special exhibition ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Relationship or Family) with interventions at the Humboldt Forum and the Museum Knoblauchhaus in the Nikolaiviertel. **Day ticket** Validity: 1 day according to the selected date **Two-day ticket** Validity: 2 days according to the selected date + the following day **Day group ticket** Validity: 1 day according to the selected date, up to 5 adults, with or without children ### Special price 5 euros for Ehrenamts-Card holders, members of the Theater Gemeinde Berlin and with the WelcomeCard 2023