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Thursday,
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Between artworks
- Adult
- Talks
Every third Thursday of the month the Georg Kolbe Museum invites those over 60 to experience art together and to enter discussions.
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The museum is open from Wednesday to Monday, 11 am to 6 pm; it is closed on Tuesdays.
Programm
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Saturday,
15:00
Artist talk with Lauryn Youden
The artist Lauryn Youden and director Kathleen Reinhardt engage in a dialogue. They offer insights into Youden’s artistic working processes and her contribution to the current exhibition.
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Sunday,
15:00
Reading between works of art. The Pausify Museum Edition.
- Guided Tour
Fancy a cosy read amongst works of art? You can at the Georg Kolbe Museum! In partnership with Pausify, Berlin’s largest reading community, the museum invites you to an afternoon of creative focus and the chance to connect and chat with others.
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Current
Restitution of Georg Kolbe’s Dancer's Fountain
Since 2024, as part of the “Der Brunnen/The Fountain” project, the museum has been conducting interdisciplinary research into the history and contextualization of Georg Kolbe’s “Dancers Fountain” (1922). In this context, it proactively initiated discussions with the descendants of the original owner, Heinrich Stahl. The goal was to clarify the restitution issue and, building on that, to develop new forms of remembrance. Scholarly research revealed that the fountain is a cultural asset resulting from Nazi persecution. The museum restituted the fountain to the community of heirs in the spring of 2026.
AICA Award: Museum of the Year 2025
On Saturday, 1 February 2026, the German section of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) presented the awards “Special Exhibition of the Year,” “Exhibition of the Year,” and “Museum of the Year” at its annual general meeting at the Hamburger Kunsthalle.
This year’s Museum of the Year 2025 award was bestowed on the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin.
Becoming a Green Museum
The Georg Kolbe Museum has completely modernized its lighting system: an energy-efficient lighting concept, a solar power system, and sustainable outdoor lighting showcase the artworks and architecture to their best advantage—while significantly reducing the museum’s ecological footprint.