Before the Doors Open: A Sneak Peek Inside the New Botanical Museum

Public Tour I Sun., Nov. 7 I 12:00 p.m. (German) & 2:00 p.m. (English)

BGBM – Person steht auf Leiter und befestigt große weiße Plane mit Klebeband an Wand; dunkler Hintergrund.

What does a museum look like just before it becomes a museum? The Botanical Museum Berlin is still closed to the public. Its historic building has been extensively renovated, the new exhibition is taking shape – and some of its most extraordinary objects have already moved in.

During this exclusive sneak peek, we open the doors before the museum officially reopens. Discover spaces still in the making, take a look behind the scenes, and encounter some of the first objects and their surprising stories: from plant sexuality to a giant sequoia whose history reaches back to the Cold War.

Botanical museums are rare worldwide. In Berlin, one of them is currently being reimagined: a museum about plants, fungi and algae – and the many ways in which their lives are intertwined with our own. In the future, the museum will tell these stories anew, through science, culture and history.

 

Guided tour with Susanne Feldmann, curator of the new exhibition and Head of the Museum & Exhibition Unit, and Dr. Luiza Bengtsson, Head of the Museum & Society Department.

 

This guided tour is part of the Berlin Science Week 2026 programme.

 

Number of participants: max. 25 people

Target group: All

Participation fee: free

Registration: required

Meeting point: Visitor Center, Königin-Luise-Platz entrance

Duration: 90 minutes

Meeting point: Visitor center, entrance Königin-Luise-Platz

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Next date:

• Date Saturday, 07/November/2026 12:00 bis 13:00 ( 1 more date )
• Venue Botanischer Garten Berlin - Botanisches Museum
• Address Königin-Luise-Straße 6, 14195 Berlin-Steglitz