The Theme of the Long Night of Museums 2026:
Crime in Berlin

What do customs officials find in the luggage of holiday-makers? What do letters claiming responsibility for a crime give away about their senders? How were spectacular art forgeries such as the Beltracchi case solved? In the upcoming Long Night of Museums, you can do more than just look over the shoulders of investigators. This night is about crime in all its forms – from Cain’s fratricide to cybercrime, from the murder plot in the Florence of the Medici to the black market of the postwar period. A musical comedy will astound you with its fast-paced twists and turns, crime novel readings will lead you into the Berlin demimonde, Charleston and swing into the heated atmosphere of legendary coffee houses like the Moka Efti. Get ready for a hot Long Night!

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Participating Museums 2026

  • Cast Collection of Ancient Sculptures
  • Academy of Arts
  • Alte Nationalgalerie
  • Berlinische Galerie
  • Bode-Museum
  • Bröhan Museum
  • C/O Berlin
  • Fotografiska Berlin
  • Friedrichswerdersche Kirche
  • Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings)
  • Gropius Bau
  • Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin
  • Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts)
  • Kurt Mühlenhaupt Museum
  • Museum of Photography
  • Neue Nationalgalerie
  • PalaisPopulaire
  • Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection
  • Urban Nation
  • Zille Museum

  • Archenhold Observatory
  • Berlin Museum of Medical History – Charité
  • Berlin U-Bahn Museum
  • German Museum of Technology
  • Futurium
  • Gaslicht Kultur e.V.
  • Cannabis Museum Berlin
  • Natural History Museum Berlin
  • Veterinary Anatomy Theater
  • Trabi Museum Berlin
  • Wilhelm Foerster Observatory
  • Zeiss Grand Planetarium

  • Altes Museum
  • Anne Frank Zentrum
  • Anti-War Museum
  • asisi Panorama Berlin
  • Berliner Unterwelten e.V. – Humboldthain Flak Tower
  • Berliner Unterwelten e.V. – Myth of Germania
  • The Romanisches Café
  • German Historical Museum
  • German Spy Museum
  • Germany Museum
  • Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation
  • Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
  • Huguenot Museum
  • Museum Ephraim Palais
  • Museum Knoblauchhaus
  • St. Nicholas Church Museum
  • Musical Instruments Museum
  • PETRI Berlin
  • Police Historical Collection
  • Samurai Museum Berlin
  • Charlottenburg Palace
  • Stabi Kulturwerk
  • Stasi Museum Berlin
  • Brandenburg Gate Foundation
  • Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin Foundation
  • Topography of Terror

  • Computer Games Museum
  • DDR Museum
  • Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum for Film and TV
  • House of World Cultures
  • Humboldt Forum
  • Jewish Museum Berlin
  • Labyrinth Children‘s Museum Berlin
  • MACHmit! Children’s Museum
  • Mori Ōgai Memorial
  • Museum of Unheard (of) Things
  • Museum for Communication Berlin
  • Polyrama – Museum for Life Stories
  • Puppet Theatre Museum Berlin
  • Gay Museum
  • Werkbundarchiv – Museum of Things

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