Slime

Secrets of an underestimated body fluid

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Mucus is extremely versatile, serving as a lubricant, adhesive or protective barrier inside the body. Its seemingly simple structure makes mucus adaptable and therefore irreplaceable for many bodily functions.

Biological mucus is mostly hydrogel and consists of little more than water in molecular chains. If one of the essential mucuses fails, infections and other diseases can occur. This is another reason why hydrogels are becoming increasingly important in biomedical research.

We view mucus with ambivalent feelings. It doesn't really bother us during sex, but if someone sniffs it back up into their nose, we find it disgusting.

In this exhibition, we follow very different traces of mucus – biological, historical, cultural – and uncover the secrets of this underrated bodily fluid.

We recommend visiting the exhibition from the age of 16.

Runtime: Fri, 31/10/2025 to Sun, 06/09/2026

Price: €10.00

Reduced price: €5.00

Reduced price info: The following persons are entitled to a reduced admission fee upon presentation of the relevant proof of eligibility:

- Pupils, students, trainees, persons doing voluntary service

- Pensioners

- People with disabilities (from GdB 50)

- People who receive transfer benefits (S-Ticket, unemployment benefit, citizen's benefit or benefits regulated by the Asylum-Seekers' Benefits Act)

- Charité employees with the corresponding ID cardMuseums Pass

- Members of Freundeskreis der Charité

- Stationary patients
 

Free admission:

- Holders of the Museumsbund or ICOM card

- Holders of a press card

- Members of the Friends of the Museum

- Students and apprentices of Charité

- Persons accompanying disabled persons (registered in disabled persons official certificate)

Takes place here:

• Charité - Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum