On 30 August 2025, around 48,000 people flocked to 75 Berlin museums, which remained open well past midnight. The theme of this Long Night of Museums – love – was reflected throughout the programme. The Museum of Medical History offered solace for heartbreak, the Futurium explored the influence of AI on intimate relationships, and the Gemäldegalerie brought to life the sometimes tragic, sometimes frivolous love stories of the ancient gods. Visitors sent love messages in Morse code, folded origami kissy faces and were swept up in the enthusiasm for birds, beautiful old cars or ice hockey.

Children also had a great time: they searched for works of art in the Charlottenburg museums, rode on a vintage bus and had fun at the children’s disco.

Late in the evening, night owls had the choice between tango, swing, electro-acoustic sounds, love arias and love song karaoke. In the mild evening air, they immersed themselves in light installations and fog performances or gazed down on Berlin by night from high above: whether from the Humboldthain Flak Tower or the Futurium’s Sky Walk, from the tower of St. Matthäus-Kirche or the loggia of the recently opened PETRI. Many discovered their new favourite museum that night.