--- title: "About us" date: 2024-06-03 last_modified: 2026-05-28T11:15:43+02:00 generated_at: 2026-06-02T20:47:16Z url: "https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/about-us/" description: "Every year, the Long Night of Museums in Berlin offers visitors the opportunity to experience the city's diverse and unique museum landscape by night." image: "https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LNdM_19082017_003_Lustgarten-1920x1280.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # About us # About us Berlin is unique in the world for the sheer range of museums on offer. The city’s museums not only preserve treasures of world cultures and outstanding art from the Middle Ages to the present day, but also display extraordinary finds from the field of natural history as well as objects that bear testimony to historical developments in the field of technology. The history of National Socialism and the division of Germany is conveyed at locations where significant happenings originally occurred. Numerous museums throughout the city are dedicated to individual artists or to specialised themes of cultural history. Once a year, when the summer is drawing to a close, this museum landscape shines like a star in the sky, namely, during the Long Night of Museums. On this night, 70 to 80 museums, memorials, exhibition centres and planetariums open their doors and welcome everyone: children, young and old people, Berlin natives and new Berliners, art fans and technology nerds, culture vultures and those who want to discover Berlin’s museums in a whole new light. Guided tours at the venues provide visitors with their first insights, entertain them and establish connections of relevance to their everyday lives. It is the night when Berliners find their new favourite museums and discover their city’s wealth of cultural treasures, original historical sites and stories preserved in collections. - ![People find out about the Long Night of Museums at the information and press stand in the Lustgarten next to Berlin Cathedral](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LNdM_19082017_003_Lustgarten.jpg) Lustgarten © Kulturprojekte Berlin - ![A group of smiling people drumming together on colorful drums outdoors, surrounded by spectators](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DSC119783_1920px_ARentsch.jpg) ‘Beating the Drum’ in front of the Humboldt Forum © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Alexander Rentsch - ![Numerous people view Eva Fàbregas' sculptures in the exhibition hall at Hamburger Bahnhof](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LNDM23_Hamburger-Bahnhof_c_Kulturprojekte_Berlin-Foto_melaniesapina_-9.jpg) ‘Eva Fàbregas: Devouring Lovers’ at Hamburger Bahnhof © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Melanie Sapina - ![A group of young women laughingly discuss the program of the Long Night of Museums](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LNDM23_Lustgarten_c_Kulturprojekte_Berlin-Foto_AnnaTiessen_Web_36.jpg) ‘Museum Island Hub’ at the Lustgarten © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Anna Tiessen - ![Several couples dance in the courtyard of the Jewish Museum, with spectators standing and sitting all around them](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LNDM23_Juedisches-Museum_c_Kulturprojekte_Berlin-Foto_melaniesapina_-4.jpg) Tango at the Jewish Museum Berlin © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Melanie Sapina - ![2 children squat in front of a small glass vase and look at the objects on display inside.](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Foto-Marion-Borriss-11.jpg) Deutsches Technikmuseum © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Marion Borriss - ![A woman makes a large bubble gum bubble in the C/O Gallery in front of a photo motif with 3 people who are also making large bubble gum bubbles](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/copyright-Katinka-Schuett-13.jpg) C/O Berlin © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Katinka Schuett To this day, the Long Night of Museums, invented in Berlin in 1997 and since then imitated throughout the world, continues to attract tens of thousands of visitors – with numbers constantly increasing in recent years. Berlin’s museums closely cooperate with us – Kulturprojekte Berlin (a company owned by the federal state of Berlin) – to bring the city’s museum landscape into focus once a year. Each museum provides an attractive programme tailored to its premises and collection, takes visitors behind the scenes, and invites guests and experts to offer their insights. Out of these scattered 75 locations and hundreds of separate events, we create a whole that we promote with vibrant creativity and transform into a major summer event that has become an annual highlight for many Berliners. - ![Dancers perform in the dark in front of spectators on the steps of the James Simon Gallery accompanied by an orchestra](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LangeNachtderMusen_31082019_A_klein-10-©-Kulturprojekte-Berlin-Foto-Oana-Popa.jpg) Opening show in front of the James-Simon-Galerie © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Oana Popa - ![Performance of two people with geometric shapes in a building with modern interior design.](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LangeNachtderMusen_31082019_A-9-©-Kulturprojekte-Berlin-Foto-Oana-Popa.jpg) Bauhaus photo studio at the Kulturforum © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Oana Popa - ![3 artists perform in the Berggruen Museum next to a larger-than-life sculpture by Giacometti in front of a large audience](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/copyright-Katinka-Schuett-5b.jpg) Museum Berggruen Foyer © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Melanie Sapina - ![Breakdancers perform in front of a large audience in the Schlüterhof of the Deutsches Historisches Museum](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DHM_Foto_Marion_Borriss.jpg) Dance performance in the Schlüterhof of the Deutsches Historisches Museum © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Marion Borriss - ![A group of children and adults stand around a table with lots of brightly colored buttons.](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/b5_220827_berlin-event-foto_ppw_2064.jpg) Futurium © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Peter-Paul Weiler - ![People dance in a modern interior. Four women in 1920s dresses wear large VOGUE covers and pose.](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Kulturforum_Lette_2-©-Kulturprojekte-Berlin-Foto-Oana-Popa.jpg) ‘Covergirls’ at the Kulturforum Berlin © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Oana Popa - ![Dancers and acrobats perform on white illuminated cubes in front of the Altes Museum, accompanied by a percussion band](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Lange-Nacht-der-Museen-2022-Copyright-LNDM-Christian-Kielmann-3599.jpg) Opening show in front of the Altes Museum © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Christian Kielmann - ![Numerous people stand in the night-lit entrance hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie with a view of the buildings opposite](https://langenachtdermuseen.berlin/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/copyright-Katinka-Schuett-9.jpg) Neue Nationalgalerie © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Katinka Schütt ## In figures 1997 The first Long Night of Museums in Berlin 120 Museum Nights inspired by it worldwide 48.000 Visitors 2025