Four museums. Two million visitors. One mile.
The MuseumsMeileMitte
Two million visitors, four museums, one mile: the MuseumsMeileMitte brings together Futurium, the Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Charité Museum of the History of Medicine, and the Museum of Natural History to form a shared urban space in the heart of Berlin. Between Invalidenpark and Humboldthafen, a network of museums, businesses and the local community is taking shape. The MuseumsMeileMitte invites you to discover and help shape this urban space together. Step by step, an open meeting place is emerging where familiar things can be seen in a new light and the unexpected can be discovered.
With a programme of over 20 exhibitions and around 6,000 guided tours and events per year across more than 20,000 square metres of exhibition space, the MuseumsMeileMitte conveys knowledge and culture from the beginnings of our solar system through the present day and into the future.
The MuseumsMeileMitte is an initiative of the Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine at the Charité, the Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Natural History, the Futurium, the Leibniz Institute for Evolutionary & Biodiversity Research, and numerous companies based at this location, such as 50Hertz, CA Immo, Deutsche Bahn, KPMG and TotalEnergies. The MuseumsMeileMitte connects a place where tens of thousands of people work every day, over 300,000 travellers pass through the main station daily, and thousands of Berliners live.
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Museum of Natural History Berlin)
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Museum of Natural History Berlin) is an outstanding and integrated research museum of the Leibniz Association with international reach and a globally networked research infrastructure. As an innovative communication hub, it aims to help shape the scientific and societal dialogue on the future of our planet and to develop a democratic knowledge society.
Teams from various disciplines are researching the more than 30 million collection items to understand the development of the Earth and life. The topics range from the development of the solar system and the mechanisms of evolution to the diversity of life on Earth. In addition, the scientific, historical, cultural and artistic significance of the objects is being explored.
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung
Invalidenstraße 43
10115 Berlin
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 9:30 – 18:00 | Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 18:00 | Closed on Mondays
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (National Gallery of the Present)
The Hamburger Bahnhof was one of Berlin’s major terminus stations in the 19th century – a place of arrival, departure and transition. To this day, this history shapes the museum of contemporary art in the heart of Berlin. The building reflects key moments in German history: from industrialisation through destruction in the Second World War, division and the Wall, to the reunified capital. Like Berlin, the Hamburger Bahnhof is full of complexity and ruptures, with change as its constant. Today, art and society meet here. Art, as an expression of human experience, opens up new perspectives on our present and invites engagement. Art creates spaces for dialogue and encounter – everyone brings something of their own, and together a polyphonic space emerges. As a museum with a collection of contemporary art, the Hamburger Bahnhof collects for the future and provides impetus for local and international societies. The Hamburger Bahnhof is an open invitation to the city’s community and its visitors. As an accessible venue with free programmes and participatory formats, the museum caters to people from diverse backgrounds and with international histories. It listens, exhibits and invites visitors to help shape the experience.
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Invalidenstraße 50
10557 Berlin
Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10:00 – 18:00 | Thursday 10:00 – 20:00 | Saturday and Sunday 11:00 – 18:00 | Closed on Mondays
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité (Charité Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine)
The Berlin Museum of Medical History is an institution of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. It traces its origins back to Rudolf Virchow’s Pathological Museum and is located in the former museum building of the Institute of Pathology on the historic Charité site (Campus Mitte).
As a public museum of the Charité, it invites visitors to discover the development of medicine over the last 300 years. Its permanent exhibition features, among other things, a collection of around 750 pathological-anatomical wet and dry specimens, as well as models and illustrations from key medical settings: the Anatomical Theatre, the Anatomical Museum, the laboratory and the ward.
Changing special exhibitions shed light on the diverse connections between medicine, culture and history. Artistic interventions also encourage a nuanced engagement with medical topics.
Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité
Virchowweg 17
10117 Berlin
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Opening hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday: 10:00 – 17:00 | Wednesday and Saturday: 10:00 – 19:00 | Closed on Mondays
Futurium – House of Futures
The Futurium is an innovative ‘house of futures’ where the question ‘How do we want to live?’ takes centre stage. It sees itself as a place for reflection and exchange on the major challenges and opportunities of our future.
In the permanent exhibition, visitors can explore various future scenarios. In the reflection spaces dedicated to humanity, nature and technology, exciting options for possible futures are presented, encouraging visitors to develop their own perspectives on controversial issues.
The programme is complemented by a wide range of digital formats and a diverse events forum where scientists, artists, visionaries and innovators engage in dialogue with a broad audience. In the Futurium Lab, visitors have the opportunity to explore future technologies in a playful way through creative workshops and to try out their own ideas.
Futurium
Alexanderufer 2
10117 Berlin
Admission is free.
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 – 18:00 | Thursday 10:00 – 20:00 | Closed on Tuesdays
Beyond the museums, the immediate neighbourhood shapes the character of the MuseumsMeileMitte as a place where the future is lived out. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin is one of Europe’s leading medical institutions, combining research, teaching and clinical practice at the highest level. Every day, new insights into health, technology and society emerge here – themes that are also reflected in and further explored through the exhibitions at the MuseumsMeileMitte.
At the same time, innovative companies from the energy, mobility, digitalisation and consultancy sectors contribute their perspectives. Whether it is the transformation of the energy supply at 50Hertz and TotalEnergies, the development of sustainable property concepts by CA Immo, Deutsche Bahn’s mobility infrastructure or the economic and social transformation supported by KPMG – they all stand for shaping the future in concrete terms, right here and now.
