Long Night of Museums

6 pm – midnight | BerlinZEIT (1st floor right, Schlütersaal) | Action
Book table
The library of the Stadtmuseum Berlin sells books that are no longer needed at special prices. Among other things, you will find non-fiction books and literature about Berlin as well as exhibition catalogues on art and cultural history.
 
6 pm – 2 am | Salon (ground floor) | Music
Sonic Sisters Society
For the Long Night of Museums, the Berlin ‘FLINTA*’ DJ collective ‘Sonic Sisters Society’ will be playing the most beautiful songs on the subject of love across all genres. The abbreviation stands for women, lesbians, intersex and non-binary people as well as all those who identify as trans or with no gender. Dance floor free!
 
6 p.m. – 2 a.m. | Whole house | Reading
The most beautiful German-language love poems to listen to
Actress and musical cabaret artist Sigrid Grajek and actor Eugen Knecht have recorded some of the most beautiful poems written in German for us. You can hear them every half hour throughout the museum, including poems by Else Lasker-Schüler, Bertolt Brecht, Mascha Kalekó and Thomas Brasch.
 
6 pm – 2 am | BerlinZEIT (1st floor right, AI room) | Participation station
Poem-o-mat
Just say ‘I love you!’ During the Long Night of Museums, our Poem-o-Mat offers you the unique opportunity to put loving feelings into words with the help of artificial intelligence. Simply enter keywords, select a style and be surprised. Whether romantic, playful or poetic: these verses will make hearts beat faster!
 
6 pm – 2 am | BerlinZEIT (1st floor left, room ‘Aufbau als Wettlauf’) | Participation station
Selfie with a heart: With ‘Pitty’ on the wings of love
True to the motto “Love” of this Long Night of Museums, a GDR ‘Pitty’ scooter will be transformed into a selfie station with a heart. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to take a loving snapshot – a picture that will last.

6 p.m. – 2 a.m. | Family
Riddles for children & families
Eight exciting riddles invite young and old to explore the historic building together.
 
6 p.m. + 9 p.m. | Short guided tour
‘I look at you with joy.’ Paul Gerhardt – heavenly and earthly love
The hymn writer and pastor Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) is closely associated with Berlin’s St Nicholas Church. Art historian Claudia Wasow-Kania sheds light on his life, work and hymn texts under the aspect of ‘love’.
 
8 p.m. + 10 p.m. | Performance
Body of Blues
‘Body of Blues’ is a collaborative sound and dance performance by artist Theresa Weber and sound artist Nathanael Amadou Kliebhan, performed by four female dancers: live, electronic and inspired by Caribbean carnival as a form of protest and celebration of beauty.
 
11:30 p.m. | Short guided tour
Crypts and tombs
Berlin’s St. Nicolas’ Church has been a place of burial for the deceased since the beginning of the 13th century. Art historian Claudia Wasow-Kania presents preserved and reconstructed burial sites in today’s museum.
 
0 – 1:30 a.m. | Music
Sonic Sisters Society
The Berlin ‘FLINTA*’ DJ collective ‘Sonic Sisters Society’ plays the most beautiful songs on the subject of love across all genres. The abbreviation stands for women, lesbians, intersex and non-binary people as well as all those who identify as trans or with no gender.

6 p.m. – 1 a.m. | Guided tour
History up close!
Our staff members Carolin Haas and Annabelle Schmidt will guide you through the past of the Knoblauch family in the roles and clothing of historical figures. Let yourself be enchanted by lively presentations and stories, complemented by a reading from historical family documents.
 
6 p.m.- 2 a.m. | Family
Riddles for children & families
Eight exciting riddles invite young and old to explore a flat from the Biedermeier period together. Whoever guesses everything will know how the Knoblauch family made their fortune.
 
6:30 p.m. | Short guided tour
How did the Knoblauch family live?
The guided tour with museum curator Dr Jan Mende offers an insight into the life of the Knoblauch family. And it shows that the Biedermeier period was not so ‚bieder‘ (bland) after all. To round off the tour, a historical flute clock plays the overture to the opera ‘Fanchon’ by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel.
 
7 p.m. + 9 p.m. + 11 p.m. | Music
Duo Fagöttlich: The women with the bassoon
Ulrike Buhlmann and Stefanie Hupperich play a programme on the theme of love with their instruments. They perform arias and songs from the Baroque to the present day, from Scottish love songs to Argentinean tango.
 
10:30 p.m. | Short guided tour
Happy return, Schiller!
For around 150 years, a bust of Friedrich Schiller stood in the library of the Knoblauchhaus. The original was lost at the end of the war in 1945, but in recent months the plaster moulding workshop of the National Museums in Berlin has produced a replica. Now Schiller is back where he belongs!
 
midnight | Short guided tour
Bedtime with Alexander von Humboldt: Quiet places and bedtime stories
Why is the universal scholar’s bed in the Museum Knoblauchhaus? Museum curator Dr Jan Mende introduces his favourite object. You will find out how people made a good bed in the Biedermeier period and how another versatile piece of furniture elegantly concealed the daily need to go to the toilet.

Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum

6–8 PM & 11 PM–1 AM
DJ Set with Lokführer Andi
Travelling from the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz, DJ Lokführer Andi will get you dancing with a selection of poppy love songs. Let’s sway our hips together to the greatest love anthems pop music has to offer!

8–11 PM
Karaokee<->HeartsSs – Mass Karaoke Love Song Edition with Oozing Gloop, Nancy Nutter, and Bleach
BERLIN GLOBAL opens the stage to Berlin’s hidden talents. Karaoke is more than just singing a song – it’s an expression of emotion, joy, and community. Karaokee<->HeartsSs invites you to bring the “empty orchestra” to life and leave everyday life behind for a moment.