"Open House. Tage der offenen Tür“ im Hamburger Bahnhof

In the organizer's words:

Beats, backstage and new beginnings: Hamburger Bahnhof is celebrating the start of summer in its 30th anniversary year and invites you to three days of art, music and culture! With Free admission from 12.6.-14.6. the museum opens its doors to the city and its guests with a special program: experience guided tours and exhibitions, get creative yourself at workshop stations , paint while rollerblading, take a look behind the scenes, get to know artists and the neighborhood, dance in the summer garden with forró and tango or explore the historic building. The new collection presentation Tausendmal Berlin opens on Friday and the first Berlin Beats DJ set of summer 2026 will make the museum garden vibrate in the evening.

Daily

• 11:20 am to 5 pm: Balcony tours of the main façade (every 20 minutes to Niele Toroni, Dan Flavin & John Knight)
• 11:00-18:00 Ask me: Short art talks on Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of Hours
  

Friday, June 12, 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.

• 11 am: Overview tour (English)
• 11:30 a.m.: Curator's tour of the Infinite Exhibition with curator Sven Beckstette (German)
• 12 pm: Overview tour (German)
• 12:30 p.m.: Backstage tour of the Depot (German)
• 1 pm: Overview tour (English)
• 1:30 pm: Curator's guided tour of Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds with curator Ulya Soley (English)
• 2 pm: Overview tour (German)
• 14:30: Curator's tour of Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes with the deputy director and head of the collection Gabriele Knapstein
  (German)
• 3 pm: Overview tour (English)
• 3:30 pm: Backstage tour: Depot (German)
• 4 p.m.: Overview tour (German)
• 5 pm: Welcome by the directors Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath
• 7 pm - 10 pm: Berlin Beats with DJ set by Kikelomo
  

Workshops on Saturday and Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm

H6 Rieckhallen

• Wild Museum: Be an artwork
  Create object-thing costumes and explore how you can become part of the exhibition yourself!
• Rollerdisco Drawing with ZIK (time is short)
  The museum is on the move! Bring your roller skates or borrow some (€3.50/h) and draw to music!
• Where to: Banner workshop
  What happens to exhibition materials when an exhibition is over? In the Woherwowohin workshop, they continue to be used! We have collected lots of banners that you can turn into bags, purses and much more!
• Paint them!
  Change your clothes and jump into the paper pool. Express yourself in a big way and experience art on a huge surface - for small children.

H4 East: Education Lounge

• LoveLetterLounge
  Pour your heart out and leave a message.

Garden Studio 1: Behind the Historical Hall

• Go blue! Cyanotype workshop
  Experiment with the historical photographic technique of cyanotype and create your own pictures in bright blue.

Garden studio 2: Inner courtyard

• Screen printing station
  Bring your T-shirts or bags! (Break: 13:30-15 h)
  

Saturday June 13, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

• Backstage tour: Restoration (German)
• Overview tour (English)

12 noon

• BVG Orchestra concert in the inner courtyard (90 minutes)
• Backstage tour: Restoration (English)
• Family tour: Museum parkour (German)

12:30 pm

• Curator's tour of Tausendmal Berlin with curator Charlotte Knaup (English)
• Overview tour (German)

1 pm

• Welcome tour (English)
• Family tour: The unbelievable hands-on tour (English)

1:30 p.m.

• Backstage tour: Restoration (German)
• Guided tour of the exhibition Joseph Beuys and Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds (German )

2 pm

• Artist talk: Artist Saâdane Afif and the deputy director and head of the collection Gabriele Knapstein
  (H6 Rieckhallen, English, 60 minutes)
• Backstage tour: Restoration (English)
• Family tour: Museumparkour (English)

2:30 pm

• Backstage tour: Management with Till Fellrath (German)
• Overview tour (English)

3 p.m.

• Forró workshop with Miudinho Berlin. Everyone is invited to join in, with/without disabilities or previous knowledge, no special footwear required (courtyard, 60 minutes)
• Welcome tour (German)
• Family tour
• The incredible hands-on tour (German)

3:30 p.m.

• Backstage tour: Restoration (German)
• Guided tour of the exhibition: Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes and Giulia Andreani. Sabotage (German)

4 pm

• Free forró dancing for all (courtyard, 120 minutes)
• Artist talk: artist Cana Bilir-Meier and curator Lisa Hörstmann (H6 Rieckhallen, German, 60 minutes)
• Backstage tour: Restoration (English)
• Family tour: Museumparkour (German)

4:30 p.m.

• Exhibition tour: Museum in motion (German)
• Overview tour (English)

5 p.m.

• Overview tour (German)
• Family tour: The incredible hands-on tour (English)
  

Sunday, June 14, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

11:30 a.m.

• Backstage tour: Restoration (German)
• Overview tour (English)

12 noon

• BVG Orchestra concert in the courtyard
• Backstage tour: Restoration (English)
• Family tour: Museum parkour (German)

12:30 pm

• Curator's tour of Joseph Beuys with curator Catherine Nichols (English)
• Overview tour (German)

1 pm

• Overview tour (English)
• Family tour: The incredible hands-on tour (English)

1:30 p.m.

• Backstage tour: Restoration (German)
• Guided tour of the exhibition: Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes and Giulia Andreani. Sabotage (English)

2 pm

• Artist talk: Artist Mario Pfeifer and curator Charlotte Knaup
• (H6 Rieckhallen, German, 60 minutes)
• Backstage tour: Restoration (English)
• Family tour: Museumparkour (English)

2:30 pm

• Backstage tour: Management with Sam Bardaouil (English)
• Overview tour (English)

3 p.m.

• Inclusive Tango Practicals for all with Thomas Rieser, Nou Tango Berlin. Everyone is welcome to join in, with/without disabilities or previous knowledge, no special footwear required (courtyard, 120 minutes)
• Overview tour (German)
• Family tour: The unbelievable hands-on tour (German)

3:30 p.m.

• Backstage tour: Restoration (German)
• Exhibition tour: A Thousand Times Berlin (English)

16:00

• Inclusive tango dancing for all with a show and live music by the Berlin Community Tango Orchestra (inner courtyard, 120 minutes)
• Artist talk: Artist Cemile Sahin and curator Charlotte Knaup (H6 Rieckhallen, German, 60 minutes)
• Backstage tour: Restoration (English)
• Family tour: Museumparkour (German)

16:30

• Exhibition tour: Museum in motion (German)
• Overview tour (English)

17:00

• Overview tour (German)
• Family tour: The incredible hands-on tour (English)
  

The Open House and Free admission is made possible by TOY Freunde and Burger Collection, Hong Kong.
Program partnership with Volkswagen Group, Lead Partner of Education.
With the support of Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions e. V.
Media cooperations: tip Berlin, The Berliner, FluxFM

Further information on the Open House 2026