Blown Away: The Palace of the Republic New category Adult

Get your Early Bird ticket now for €9 instead of €12. Ticket for the exhibition Blown away. The Palace of the Republic at Humboldt Forum. Early Bird Tickets are only available until 16.05.2024.

Special exhibition at Humboldt Forum Berlin: Blown Away. The Palace of the Republic

Loved and hated, often visited and also avoided: Where the Humboldt Forum stands today was once the site of the Palace of the Republic. With an annual focus, the Humboldt Forum reflects on the significance of this place, the social changes since the end of the Cold War and thus also its own existence. The exhibition thematises the experiences of oppression and freedom, transformation and loss.

The exhibition Hin und weg. Blown away. The Palace of the Republic at a glance:

✔ Special exhibition from 17 May 2024 to 16 February 2025 at Humboldt Forum
✔ 300 objects & exhibits including drawings, posters, paintings, interviews, photos & more
✔ History of the Palace of the Republic from planning to demolition
✔ Interviews with prominent and previously unheard voices

The Palace of the Republic: Planning - Construction - Operation - Demolition - Today

The exhibition is dedicated to the various phases of the building: from its planning and construction between 1973 and 1976, its function as a multi-purpose political and cultural building in the GDR, its importance as the seat of the first freely elected People's Chamber, its interim use and its demolition, finally completed in 2008.

A historical journey: the history and present of the palace can be experienced at this exhibition

Around 300 objects and exhibits from and about the palace, including fragments of the Glass Flower, the painting "The Red Flag" by Willi Sitte and the engine block of a Golf VI as well as numerous drawings, photographs and posters can be seen on an exhibition area of 1,300 square metres. The focus of this exhibition is set on interviews with prominent and previously unheard voices. Get your day ticket for the special exhibition at the Humboldt Forum Berlin now.

short description

From 17 May 2024 to 16 February 2025, the Humboldt Forum will be showing the history and present of the former Palace of the Republic at the current location of the Humboldt Forum in this special exhibition. A journey through history awaits you.

Languages

• English & German

Opening hours

• Wednesday - Monday: 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday: closed

Important information

• Accessible for wheelchairs
• Reduced tickets are available for: Severely disabled persons (at least GdB 50), recipients of benefits according to ALG I, holders of a volunteer card, students & pupils over the age of 19, volunteers, trainees up to the age of 30

Ticket validity after purchase

• Day ticket: Valid for the booked day
• No printout needed: valid as smartphone voucher

Meeting point

Humboldt Forum | Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin | Special Exhibition 1 + 2, Ground Floor

Arrival by public transport

U-Bahn | U5 (U Museumsinsel); U2, U5, U8 (Alexanderplatz)

S-Bahn | S3, S5, S7, S9 (Hackescher Markt); S3, S5, S7, S9 (Alexanderplatz)

Tram | M1, M4, M5, M6 (Hackescher Markt)

Bus | 100, 300, N5 (Museumsinsel);  N42 (Hackescher Markt)