The museums on Berlin’s Museum Island—the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Altes Museum, the Bode-Museum, the James Simon Gallery, and the Neues Museum—published their annual program for special exhibitions in 2026 in December. This is because 2026 represents a special milestone for Museum Island: it will celebrate its 200th anniversary. Here you will find an overview of all planned exhibitions throughout the year. The museums reserve the right to make changes, of course. The Pergamon Museum is not included, as it is currently undergoing restoration in accordance with monument preservation guidelines and will be expanded to include a new entrance pavilion in the courtyard of honor, with work expected to continue until spring 2027.
James-Simon-Galerie: Built Community. Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler, and Life 12,000 Years Ago
6. February – 19. July 2026
The special exhibition at the Museum of the Ancient Near East focuses on art and sculptures from the first settled cultures in southeastern Türkiye. There, people created monumental stone structures and populated them with spectacular stone sculptures. Curated in collaboration with Istanbul University, the exhibition presents the …
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Image above: Luftbild von Karahantepe (Province Şanlıurfa, Türkiye) © Karahantepe Project Archive/Yusuf Aslan
