An Unforgettable Experience Awaits
With a history at the avant-garde of contemporary art, Berlin inspires students through its exciting collections.
Trip Highlights
Warhol and Beuys at Hamburger Bahnhof
Cubism at the New National Gallery
Wall art at East Side Gallery
Form meets function at The Bauhaus Archive
Recommended excursions
New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie)
This famous ‘temple of light and glass’ was opened in 1968. It houses a collection of 20th century European painting and sculpture, including works by Munch, Kirchner, Picasso, Klee, Feininger, Dix, Kokoschka, and many others. ©️Neue Nationalgalerie – CC BY-SA 2.0 de – via Wikimedia Commons.
German Historical Museum
Germany’s dynamic history is placed in a European context in the exhibition German History in Pictures and Documents, set in Berlin’s baroque Zeughaus, or former Arsenal. Temporary special exhibitions are housed in the modern exhibition hall, designed by IM Pei. This spacious new building has a glass and steel foyer, with a striking helical staircase. ©️Thomas Bruns
Berlin Walking Tour
Explore Berlin’s rich culture and history on foot by taking a walking tour. The must see sights are the Brandenburg Gate (a former city gate, rebuilt in the late 18th century as a neoclassical triumphal arch), the Reichstag, Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe and Unter den Linden – the most well-known and grandest street in Berlin.
Berlin Television Tower (Fernsehturm)
This 368-metre tower dominates the city skyline and is the tallest building in Germany. The Tower was built in the 1960s by the East German Government not least to demonstrate the strength and efficiency of the socialist party system. The observation deck at 203 metres includes Berlin’s highest bar and there is a revolving restaurant at a height of 207 metres. Combine your visit with Berlin Odyssey, a virtual reality time travel experience through 9 centuries of Berlin history, available at 203 metres.
East Side Gallery
East Berliners breached the Wall on 9 November 1989, and between February and June of 1990, 118 artists created unique works of art on its longest-remaining section. This open-air gallery serves as a memorial for freedom. One of the best-known works, by Russian artist Dmitri Vrubel, depicts Brezhnev and Honnecker (the former East German leader) kissing.
Hamburger Bahnhof
This former railway station serves as the Museum für Gegenwart(Museum for the Present), part of the Berlin National Gallery. It was set up after entrepreneur Erich Marx offered his private art collection to the city. The focus is on contemporary art of the 20th Century including works by Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Roy Lichtenstein and Joseph Beuys.
©️Maximilian Meisse
Gemäldegalerie
See one of the world’s leading collections of European art from the 13th to18th centuries including masterpieces from Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, Giotto, Fra Angelico Raphael, Titian, Bruegel Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer. The Museum houses 72 main galleries covering the History of Western Art. The Rembrandt Gallery has one of the largest collections by the artist in the world.
Old National Gallery
The gallery itself, which is located on Museum Island, is an impressive artistic structure and is shaped like a Roman temple. Inside exhibition pieces range from Romanticism to Impressionism and include one of the largest collections of 19th century sculptures and paintings anywhere in Germany.
Berggruen Museum
The Berggruen Museum forms an ideal and natural complement to the collection of modern art held at the Neue Nationalgalerie, most particularly with its singular works by Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, and Alberto Giacometti. The museum owes its existence to a private individual’s passion for collecting art.
© Lienhard Schulz
Berlinische Galerie
Berlin’s Museum of Modern Art, Photography and Architecture contains works from 1870 to the present day presented in a renovated industrial hall. Exhibits include fine art, graphics, sculpture, photography, architecture and artist’s archives. Its outstanding collections include Dada Berlin, the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) and the Eastern European avant-garde. Image © Jean-Pierre Dalbéra.
Bröhan Museum
The Bröhan-Museum is the State museum for Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalism (1889-1939). Located in the Charlottenberg Palace complex exhibits include glass, ceramics, porcelain, silver and metal work together with furniture, carpets, lighting prints and painting. The Museum features French and Belgian works as well as German and Scandinavian Art Nouveau and French Art Deco.
Berlin Street Art Guided Tour
Take a guided tour with an expert to discover Berlin’s hidden and not so hidden street art gems. Artists from all over the world have come to Berlin to leave their mark starting in the 1960’s with the iconic graffiti art on the Berlin Wall. Travel by foot and on the underground (transport tickets not included) to different neighbourhoods experience the best of Berlin’s ever changing street art scene.
Typical accommodation
A&O Mitte
Why groups like it:
- Enviable location, in the middle of Berlin
- Clean, comfortable hostel
- Specialises in providing accommodation for student groups
Facilities
- 2-6 bedded rooms, all with full private facilities
- TV lounge/games room with pool table and table football, plus Wii and karaoke
- Small shop in reception
Acama Kreuzberg
Why groups like it:
- Centrally located in the heart of Berlin, between East and West
- Clean, functional, comfortable and recently renovated
- Green courtyard
Facilities
- All rooms with full private facilities
- Newly enhanced and renovated reception area
- Half board or full board available on request
Itinerary suggestion
1 Flight to Berlin, about 1.5 hours – this tour can also be arranged as a coach tour from UK
2 Coach transfer to accommodation
3 Own evening sightseeing, a guided walking tour (flight time permitting) – evening meal
1 Breakfast
2 Your own sightseeing – we suggest the Berlinische Galerie and the Bauhaus Archive
3 Evening meal. Own evening sightseeing to TV Tower in Alexanderplatz
1 Breakfast
2 Your own sightseeing – we suggest the German Historical Museum and Old National Gallery
3 Evening meal. We suggest a visit to the East Side Gallery
1 Breakfast
2 Visit the Hamburger Bahnhof (flight time permitting)
3 Coach transfer to the airport
4 Return flight from Berlin to the UK
Learning outcomes
Subject focus
Students can:
- See a wide range of art in some of the most important art museums in the world
- Learn about the country that has provided the context for inspirational artwork
- Find inspiration for their own work
- Explore and evaluate how issues such as presentation were addressed in some famous works
Student outcomes
Students will have had an opportunity to:
- View a wide range of inspiring presentations and media
- Develop an understanding of the inspirations and techniques behind the work and assess the critical reactions of the time
- Encounter a range of influences to inform their own work
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