--- title: "30 kg" date: 2022-11-01 last_modified: 2023-10-24T14:56:38+02:00 generated_at: 2026-05-30T17:04:02Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/30-kg" description: "Open Space | Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum" image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_2298-1920x1280-1.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # 30 kg ![]() ![Raumansicht der Freiflächen-Ausstellung 30kg](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_2298-1920x1280-2.jpg) ![Objekte hängen in der Ausstellung 30 kg von der Decke, wie etwa Gläser und ein Kleid.](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_2283-1920x2880-1.jpg) ![In türkischer und in deutscher Sprache werden die Migrationserfahrungen von sieben türkischen Berlinerinnen auf der Freifläche „30 kg” präsentiert.](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_2518-1920x1280-1.jpg) - On one of BERLIN GLOBAL’s Open Spaces, seven Turkish Berliners reflect on their own experience of migration. Their belongings are no longer useful in Berlin, their mother tongue finds no exact translation. **Location** Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin **Opening hours** Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 a.m. – 6.30 p.m. Tue | closed Last admission is at 5.15 p.m. **Entry** 7 euros / 0 euro (reduced) [Get your time slot tickets now!](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?exhibition_id=1&group=timeSlot) You’re allowed to check in up to 30 kg of free luggage at the airport – one full suitcase for a new life in a new country. But what happens when your things, your language, even your own identity take on different meanings upon arrival? ![Sophie Perl vom Stadtmuseum Berlin eröffnet die Freifläche „30 kg” am 7. Juli 2022. Ihre Rede wird simultan in türkische Sprache übersetzt.](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_2405-1920x1280-1-300x200.jpg) As transcultural women, they renegotiate everyday life – a liberation for some, for others a loss. ![Die Freifläche „30 kg“ befindet sich im Raum Vergnügen - gleich hinter dem Raum Grenzen.](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_2267-1920x2880-1-200x300.jpg) ![Bei der Eröffnungsveranstaltung am 7. Juli 2022 sprach Idil Efe vom Stadtmuseum Berlin mit der Ausstellungsbeteiligten und Journalistin Michelle Demishevich, den Kuratorinnen Burcu Argat und Izim Turan sowie mit der Sängerin und Aktivistin Gaye Su Akyol über ihre Migrationserfahrungen (von links nach rechts).](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_3123-1920x1200-1-300x188.jpg) Through the installation, the group invites visitors to consider their own identity. The project also draws a parallel to the 1920s, when independent women from Turkey migrated to Berlin and had to redefine themselves, just as they do today. [ Ticketshop](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?exhibition_id=1&group=timeSlot) ##### Exhibition “30 kg” was curated by Burcu Argat and Izim Turan together with the Stadtmuseum Berlin. With: Pınar Akyol, Başak Arslan, Michelle Demishevich, Ayşe Derya Kır, Ayça Öztarhan Kocatürk, Seda Boran Krüger and Nur Özalp. ![](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Freiflaechen_07_853p-300x200.jpg) ### The Open Spaces The Open Spaces are three bright blue areas within the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition developed by initiatives, organisations and independent groups. The objective is to increase the visibility of unknown, underrepresented and activist perspectives and issues. [ Find out more here!](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/open-spaces) ## 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