--- title: "Beyond Borders" date: 2026-06-19 last_modified: 2026-06-19T13:00:25+02:00 generated_at: 2026-06-19T23:30:48Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/beyond-borders" image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BG_04-08-2026_1280x900px_pure.png" language: "en-US" --- # Beyond Borders # Beyond Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting Boundaries A series of events at BERLIN GLOBAL ![Ein gelber Kreis auf rosafarbenem Grund](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BG_04-08-2026_1280x900px_pure-300x225.png) At BERLIN GLOBAL, we invite you to join a four-part event series: “Beyond Borders: Drawing, Tearing Down and Shifting Boundaries” – 65 years after the construction of the Berlin Wall. **Save the dates:** Fri, 14 August 2026 Wed, 30 September 2026 Fri, 30 October 2026 Thu, 12 November 2026 Recommended for ages 16 and over. The starting point is 13 August 1961. With the construction of the Berlin Wall, West Berlin became an island, preventing citizens of the GDR from leaving. The Wall, cutting through the city, became a symbol of isolation and the loss of freedoms. With its fall in 1989, German division and the post-war European order came to an end. Yet its repercussions remain visible to this day. Today, new borders are being drawn and old ones are being reactivated. In Berlin, across Europe and around the world. At the external borders of the European Union, belonging, mobility and human rights are being restricted. At the same time, social tensions are intensifying, and questions of migration, diversity and participation are being renegotiated. Borders also continue to shape life in Germany. The division between East and West still influences biographies and opportunities, and affects how belonging is perceived. At the same time, new forms of solidarity and resistance are emerging: initiatives, networks and civil society actors are committed to openness, diversity and democratic values. They demonstrate that borders can be changed—and that we all share responsibility for them. > This series of events brings these perspectives together and explores questions of separation, belonging and solidarity. Between the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall, the “Month of Democracy” and “Freedom Week”, we create space for exchange and new perspectives. **Please note:** The events are held in German. ## Let's start here - [ ![Drei Porträtfotos von den genannten Personen in gelbem Kreis und rosafarbenem Hintergrund](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BG_04-08-2026_1280x900px-300x225.png) Lecture, reading, talk ### Borders? Borderless? Perspectives of the Third and Fourth Generations East Elise Landschek (DIE ZEIT) in conversation with Ngoc Anh Nguyen, Juliane Meckert and Flor Fischer 2026-08-14 18:30:00 Berlin Exhibition ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/events/borders-borderless-third-and-fourth-generations-east) ## What's coming up **Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 6:30 pm** No Border Lasts Forever – Refugee Struggles in Times of Right-Wing Shift Reading and discussion **Friday, 30 October 2026, 6:30 pm** Niewiedervereinigung: 100 Interjections on German Unity Reading with Paula Fürstenberg **Thursday, 12 November 2026, 6:30 pm** 1989 as a Mandate: Missed Opportunities, New Perspectives Discussion in cooperation with the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship (BAB) ## Theme rooms at BERLIN GLOBAL [ ![Medienstationen stehen rund um eine hängende, stilisierte Weltkugel](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BG_20210610_008_Weltdenken-c-Kulturprojekte-Berlin-und-Stadtmuseum-Berlin-Foto-Oana-Popa-Costea-300x200.jpg) Thinking the World ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/thinking-the-world) [ ![Zwei Personen stehen an einem runden Tisch, auf dem Jahreszahlen projiziert werden](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BerlinGlobal-169-300x200.jpg) Revolution ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/revolution) [ ![Eine Frau sitzt vor großen Leinwänden, auf denen Menschen mit DDR-Symbolik zu sehen sind](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Punk-in-der-Kirche_c-Phil-Dera_PHD_1740_web-300x200.jpg) Free Space ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/free-space) [ ![Eine Frau steht mit dem Rücken zur Kamera auf einer Bodenprojektion, die in weißen Linien die Grenzen der Stadt Berlin aufzeigt](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BG_210716_klein_088_Previewtag_Foto_Oana_Popa-Costea-300x200.jpg) Boundaries ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/boundaries) [ ![](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BerlinGlobal-261-200x300.jpg)](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/entertainment) [ ![](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BerlinGlobal-429-300x200.jpg)](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/war) [ ![Blick in den Raum Mode, es sind hängende, schwarte Lederklamotten zu sehen als Beispiel für gängige Outfits in Berlin](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BerlinGlobal-460-300x200.jpg) Fashion ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/fashion) [ ![Zwei Kinder stehen in einem abgedunkelten Raum vor einer beleuchteten Wand, in der sich Alltagsobjekte befinden](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BerlinGlobal-153-1024x1536-1-300x288.jpg) Interconnection ](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/article/interconnection) ![Eine Frau steht mit dem Rücken zur Kamera auf einer Bodenprojektion, die in weißen Linien die Grenzen der Stadt Berlin aufzeigt](https://cdn.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/BG_210716_klein_088_Previewtag_Foto_Oana_Popa-Costea-300x200.jpg) ### Discover BERLIN GLOBAL The Berlin exhibition at the Humboldt Forum [ Drop by](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/berlin-global)