Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin

Sensational exhibitions such as Egypt’s Sunken Treasures (2006), Rebecca Horn – Drawings, Sculptures, Installations, Films, 1964–2006 (2007), Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent (2008), Bauhaus Model (2009) or the Mexico exhibitions Frida Kahlo – Retrospective and Teotihuacan – Mexico’s Mysterious Pyramid City (2010) have made the Martin-Gropius-Bau one of the world’s leading exhibition venues.

Exhibitions on great themes of cultural history, often with spectacular archaeological finds and the latest research results, together with contemporary art and photography, are the main staples of the Martin-Gropius-Bau programme. The life work of great artists of the past alternates with current output. Museums in all parts of the world, state institutions and private lenders – usually for the first and last time –- open their vaults and send some of their greatest treasures off to Berlin.

Since 2001 the MGB has been operated by Berliner Festspiele on behalf of the German government’s Coordinator for Culture and Media.