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01/12 Overview

Art School Trip To Berlin

With a history at the avant-garde of contemporary art, Berlin inspires students through its exciting collections.

  • Berlin Art
  • Berlin
  • Brandenburg Gate at night
  • Berlin Wall Art
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Highlights

01

Warhol and Beuys at Hamburger Bahnhof

02

Cubism at the New National Gallery

03

Wall art at East Side Gallery

04

Form meets function at The Bauhaus Archive

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Wonderful support throughout the trip and excellent knowledge of the area visiting

Hardenhuish School

Suggested itinerary

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
Flight to Berlin, about 1.5 hours - this tour can also be arranged as a coach tour from UK Coach transfer to accommodation Own evening sightseeing, a guided walking tour (flight time permitting) - evening meal
Breakfast Your own sightseeing - we suggest the Berlinische Galerie and the Bauhaus Archive Evening meal. Own evening sightseeing to TV Tower in Alexanderplatz
Breakfast Your own sightseeing - we suggest the German Historical Museum and Old National Gallery Evening meal. We suggest a visit to the East Side Gallery
Breakfast Visit the Hamburger Bahnhof (flight time permitting) Coach transfer to the airport Return flight from Berlin to the UK

What's included*

Return flights UK to Berlin
Return coach transfer to your accommodation
Half board accommodation
1 teacher place for every 10 students
Insurance
24/7 emergency assistance on tour

*Please note, entrance fees where applicable are not included in typical price – contact us for more details

Recommended excursions

01 New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie)
02 German Historical Museum
03 Bauhaus Archive (Temporary Exhibition)
04 Berlin Walking Tour
05 Berlin Television Tower (Fernsehturm)
06 East Side Gallery
07 Hamburger Bahnhof
08 Gemäldegalerie
09 Old National Gallery
10 Berggruen Museum
11 Berlinische Galerie
12 Bröhan Museum
13 Berlin Street Art Guided Tour
01 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.

2 hours See on map
02 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

1-2 hours See on map
03 Bauhaus Archive (Temporary Exhibition)

The archive demonstrates how artists and designers created art in a variety of media to be functional and produced on a mass scale.
The Bauhaus Archive is currently being renovated and re-built and will re-open in 2022. The archive is currently housed in a temporary space located at Haus Hardenberg Knesebeckstr. 1-2, 10623 Berlin.

2 hours See on map
04 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.

3 hours See on map
05 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.

2 hours See on map
06 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.

45 mins See on map
07 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
2 hours See on map
08 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.

2-3 hours See on map
9 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.

2-3 hours See on map
10 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
2 hours See on map
11 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.

2 hours See on map
12 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.

1-2 hours See on map
13 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.

3 hours See on map
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Typical accommodation

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A&O Mitte See on map

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
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Acama Kreuzberg See on map

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

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

  • 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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