Picture Cellar, in the foreground mural by Harald Metzkes and Manfred Böttcher © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2018 / Photo: Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
31 Aug 2022 – 25 Mar 2026
Guided Tour

Picture Cellar

Guided tours
Wed 5 pm
For a maximum of 14 visitors

In German

€ 7.50/5

Special guided tours in English, for students and for blind and visually impaired visitors with registration: kunstwelten@adk.de 

Discovery Zone © Neelam Khan Vela
19 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026
Exhibition

E-WERK Luckenwalde
Rudolf-Breitscheid- Str. 73
14943 Luckenwalde

JUNGE AKADEMIE
Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth

With works by the fellows Assem Hendawi, Emerson Culurgioni & Viktor Brim, hn. lyonga & Safiya Yon, Kira Xonorika, Maithu Bùi, Rae Hsu, Sonya Isupova

Free admission, donations are welcome

Cooperation: JUNGE AKADEMIE, E-WERK Luckenwalde, E.ON Stiftung

Drum belonging to Oskar Matzerath (played by David Bennent), from Volker Schlöndorff’s film adaptation (1979) of Günter Grass’s novel Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum) (1959) © Akademie der Künste / Photo: Roman März
8 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
Exhibition

Out of the Box – 75 Years of the Archives of the Akademie der Künste

Tue – Fri 2 – 7 pm
Sat, Sun, Holiday 11 am – 7 pm

€ 10/7
Free admission under 18 years, Tuesdays

An audio guide for the exhibition in German and English is available


Guided Tours

Tue 5 pm
Fri 5:30 pm
€ 5 plus exhibition ticket

Guided tour for blind, visually impaired and sighted guests
Tue 2 Dec 5 pm

Curator's tours
Sun 12 pm


Workshop talks with Archives staff

Fri 4 pm
Sun 2 pm

Guided tours and further offers for school classes, special tours for groups: adk.de/kunstwelten

Archive boxes by the artist Klaus Staeck, 2025 © Akademie der Künste / Photo: Roman März
8 Oct 2025 – 18 Jan 2026
Workshop Talks

Out of the Box – 75 Years of the Archives of the Akademie der Künste

Workshop talks with Archives staff

Fri 4 pm
Sun 2 pm

In German

Free admission with exhibition ticket

14 Nov 2025 – 25 Jan 2026
Exhibition + Festival

Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonanzen von Eslanda und Paul Robeson

Tue–Fri, 2–7 pm 
Sat, Sun, Public Holidays, 11 am – 7 pm
Closed 24 and 31 Dec

A project by the Akademie der Künste in collaboration with the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, and the Haus für Poesie, Berlin

In German and English


Tickets

€ 10/7

Free admission for under 18s, Tuesdays

Combined Ticket with “Out of the Box – 75 Years of the Archives of the Akademie der Künste”: € 17/12


Guided Tours

Thur 5 pm: 8 Jan, 15 Jan, 22 Jan
Sun 2 pm: 30 Nov, 7 Dec, 14 Dec, 21 Dec, 28 Dec

€ 5 plus exhibition ticket

Curator’s Tours
Thur 5 pm: 20 Nov, 27 Nov, 11 Dec, 18 Dec
Sun 2 pm: 16 Nov, 4 Jan, 18 Jan, 25 Jan

Participatory exhibition tour: “Musical Universalism. How to think of works of art as (future) archives” with Jeanne-Ange Wagne
Sun 2 pm: 23 Nov, 11 Jan (DE)
Thur 2 pm: 4 Dec (EN)

For the sighted, blind and visually impaired (together with the ABSV Berlin e.V.)
Thur 5 pm: 27 Nov, 15 Jan

For deaf and hearing visitors (with translation into German sign language)
Sun 2 pm: 30 Nov (regular), 18 Jan (curatorial)

Special Tours
Registration: kunstwelten@adk.de
Groups DE/EN € 100 plus exhibition ticket per person

Jula Radt-Cohn: Portrait head of Walter Benjamin, 1926. Photo: Sasha Stone, 1927 © Hamburg Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Culture
Thursday, 8 Jan
Book Presentation

7 pm

The new edition of Benjamin's essay 'Goethe's Elective Affinities'

With Erdmut Wizisla (welcome), Jan Philipp Reemtsma (lecture), Martin Kölbel, Ursula Marx (book presentation)

In German

€ 7.50/5

Anna Seghers Museum, Berlin-Adlershof © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Thursday, 29 Jan
Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers and The Power of Words

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Anna Seghers Museum in Berlin-Adlershof © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Sunday, 1 Feb
Guided Tour

11 am – 4 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Sundays at Seghers’

Guided tours at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm

Admission from 10 min before start

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Anna Seghers Museum, Berlin-Adlershof © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Thursday, 5 Feb
Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

How Netty Reiling became Anna Seghers

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Anna Seghers Museum, Berlin-Adlershof © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Tuesday, 17 Feb
Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers in the circle of her friends

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50

Anna Seghers Museum, Berlin-Adlershof © Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß
Thursday, 26 Feb
Guided Tour

2 pm

Anna Seghers Museum
Anna-Seghers-Str. 81
12489 Berlin

Anna Seghers and The Power of Words

Themed tour

Registration: annaseghersmuseum@adk.de

In German

€ 5/2.50


Please find below the Akademie der Künste's digital offers.

Silhouette by Arnold de Florence: Portrait of Heinrich Mann, c. 1910 © Akademie der Künste, Heinrich Mann Collection

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Heinrich Mann DIGITAL: Life, Work, Legacy – A Transnational Reconstruction

Heinrich Mann’s estate is scattered throughout archives worldwide. Starting from the most important places of activity in his life, the virtual exhibition by the Akademie der Künste Archives tells the story of the estate and presents the “Heinrich Mann DIGITAL” international cooperation project. In German.

Subharchord. Photo © Kai Bienert

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Music, Makers & Machines

A digital exhibition on the history of the Studio for Electroacoustic Music at the Akademie der Künste

Passport issued to Walter Benjamin, Berlin-Grunewald, 10 August 1928. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Walter Benjamin Archiv © Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur, photo: Nick Ash

DIGITAL

Archival Materials

Finds from the Archives

Selected text documents, special objects and works of art from the Archives of the Akademie der Künste representing all artistic disciplines.

Photo: Ellen Auerbach, Airwalk, 1946 (Renate Schottelius during the dance jump over rocks, La Cumbrecita). Modern Print, Argentina © Akademie der Künste, Berlin

DIGITAL

Online Presentation

digital.adk.de – images, sounds, art objects

A digital showcase affords an insight into the extensive holdings of the archives of the Akademie der Künste, which encompasses all art forms, collects and makes accessible the archives of outstanding artists in the German-speaking world.

DIGITAL

Digital Platform

junge-akademie.adk.de – The JUNGE AKADEMIE is online

The transdisciplinary and transcultural online magazine is a space to exhibit and experiment and a digital open studio, offering fellows the opportunity to network with each other and with Akademie members, to develop digital projects and to make the exchange of knowledge visible within the international network.

Der Zauberer John Heartfield [The Magician John Heartfield], 1943. Photo © Zoltan Wegner. Akademie der Künste, Berlin, John Heartfield Archive, No. 610

DIGITAL

Virtual Exhibition

Kosmos Heartfield

The online presentation "Kosmos Heartfield" complements the exhibition "John Heartfield – Photography plus Dynamite".

Graphics: Heimann + Schwantes

DIGITAL

Online Catalogue

Heartfield Online

The graphic oeuvre of the political artist John Heartfield can be explored in a new online catalogue.

Photo © Roman März

DIGITAL

Exhibition

360° Panoramic Tour

The interactive 360° panoramic tour leads through the exhibition “John Heartfield - Photography plus Dynamite” at Pariser Platz.