Wednesday, September 27, 2023, 7 pm
Beyond Borders: A Conversation on Art and Exile
Discussion with journalist Yasmin Merei and poet Ghayath Almadhoun
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Thursdays from September 14–October 5, 2023
Tour of Werkstatt Exilmuseum
Throughout the Days of Exile we offer once the week participatory conversational tour of Werkstatt Exilmuseum.
September 15–24, 2023
Audio installation: Der Reisende (The Passenger)
An immersive audio installation based on the novel by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz – with the voices of Samuel Finzi, Bjarne Mädel, Maja Schöne, and Bernhard Schütz!
September 8–October 9, 2023
Days of Exile 2023
For the first time, the Days of Exile will take place in Berlin: 4 weeks, 50 events on the topic of exile throughout the city.
September 8, 2023
Exile Visual Arts Award for Farkondeh Shahroudi
Iranian artist Farkondeh Shahroudi receives the Exile Visual Arts Award 2023, which is worth 10,000 euros.
08. September 2023
Rede zum Exil von Herta Müller
Herta Müller eröffnete die Tage des Exils in Berlin mit der "Rede zum Exil". Hier finden Sie den kompletten Text zum Nachlesen.
Friday, September 8, 2023
Days of Exile: Opening
The Days of Exile are coming to Berlin! The opening event is a Long Night of Exile at the Akademie der Künste.
Saturday, August 26, 2023, 6pm–2am
Long Night of Museums
We are taking part in the Long Night of Museums for the first time - and have prepared a special program with lots of music!
Friday, July 21, 2023, 4 pm
Informationsturm am Anhalter Bahnhof
A six-meter-high information tower at Anhalter Bahnhof bring attention to the project in planning for the site.
Thursday, July 6 2023, 7 pm
Concert Performance
Ukrainian musician Iryna lazer aka Mavka engages with the war in her home country.
Sunday, July 2, 2023, 11 am
Jonas Reise - Reading and Hands-On Tour
Book presentation of Peter von Becker's novel at Literaturhaus Berlin, followed by a hands-on tour for children and adults at Werkstatt Exilmuseum.
Friday, June 30, 2023, 5 / 6 pm
Summer Fest at Li-Be: Exile Literature
The friends' association of Literaturhaus Berlin invites you to this year’s summer fest – and we also open our doors.
Monday, June 19, 2023, 7 pm
Olga Grjasnowa: Narrating Exile
Writer Olga Grjasnowa discusses subjects such as the meaning of background, arrival in a new society, and what it means to speak several languages.
Application until June 19, 2023
Exile Visual Arts Award
The Exile Visual Arts Award honours works by artists who visualise essential questions in exile such as identity, belonging or foreignness.
June 9, 2023, 7 pm
The Train Station as a Place of Flight and Exile
Reading, conversation, app presentation
in cooperation with Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin and Museum Friedland
May 2023
Anhalter Bahnhof Revisited
Berlin's Anhalter Bahnhof is being brought back to life! Discover the architecture and stories of the nearly vanished building with an immersive 360-degree tour.
May 17, 2023, 7 pm
I Never Said Goodbye: Women in Exile
Photographer Heike Steinweg will be organizing this evening’s event with the help of the women she portrayed who live in Berlin in exile.
May 12, 2023, 7 pm
Hannah Arendt and Heinrich Blücher. Biography of a Couple
Reading and discussion to mark the book’s publication with author Barbara von Bechtolsheim and Thomas Sparr, Suhrkamp-Verlag
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From Werkstatt to Exilmuseum: Background, Insights, and a Look Forward
Video of the opening event for Werkstatt Exilmuseum
May 6, 2023, 3 pm
"The Body Is HERE, but the Heart Is THERE"
Dance workshop dealing with motifs of departure, transit and arrival
21. April 2023
Vortrag von Aleida Assmann
Lesen Sie den Vortrag von Aleida Assmann zur Veranstaltung "Kein Land, nirgends?"
April 21, 2023, 7 pm
No Country, Nowhere?
Book presentation and conversation with Aleida Assmann, Sajjad Jahan Fard, and Harald Roth
28. März 2023
Schreiben von Staatsministerin Claudia Roth
Die Staatsministerin für Kultur und Medien Claudia Roth spricht sich für die Bestrebungen des Exilmuseums aus.
March 25-26, 2023
Opening of Werkstatt Exilmuseum
On our big opening weekend, you can expect a rich program with guests such as Burghart Klaußner, Ilija Trojanow, and Pavlo Arie. Come and celebrate with us!
January 26, 2023
Archives Seminar: Resistance from Exile
Students of the TU Berlin worked with archival materials of Exilmuseum.
January 11, 2023
Christoph Stölzl is mourned
We were very sad to learn of the sudden death of our founding director Prof. Dr. Christoph Stölzl.
December 21, 2022
Leasehold Contract
A huge step towards the Exilmuseum: After long negotiations, the leasehold contract for the property at Anhalter Bahnhof was notarized.
November 11, 2022
zdf aspekte about Exile
Freedom gained - home lost. A feature about life in exile. Presenter Katty Salié met Herta Müller at the Werkstatt Exilmuseum.
October 14, 2022
Watch Podium Discussion
"Auf dem Weg zum Exilmuseum – Flucht und Exil damals und heute"
A talk with Herta Müller, Bjeen Alhassan and Christoph Stölzl
October 15, 2022
Open House: Werkstatt Exilmuseum
A milestone to be celebrated: The foundation is moving and invites to a very special event in the yet unrenovated house.
July 9 – August 17, 2022
Exhibition: PLACE
An architectural exhibition on the designs of Dorte Mandrup – in collaboration with Exilmuseum.
June 8 – July 7, 2022
Public Participation
The plans for the museum at Anhalter Bahnhof can be commented.
March 2, 2022
Max Reinhardt – Berlin and Exile
Cornelia Vossen is a guest speaker at an event in the framework of the exhibition "Berlin Global".
September 18, 2021
Exile Then – Exile Now
Now online: video recording of the panel discussion at Anhalter Bahnhof
At Anhalter Bahnhof
Beneath the Surface
Diggers arrived at Anhalter Bahnhof ready to explore the grounds.
The Journey Continues
Exhibition Dismantled
After five months of exhibition, the former housing containers find a new home.
Only until October 31, 2021
Exhibition ZU/FLUCHT
In just a few days our open-air exhibition "ZU/FLUCHT" at Anhalter Bahnhof Berlin will come to an end.
September 3, 2021
Transnational Memory in Digital Space
En event by the NS-Dokumentationszentrum Munich with curator Cornelia Vossen
August 11, 2021
Short Film: 13 Square Meters
A short documentary about Berlin's shelters for refugees
July 24, 2021
Museumhood / Urban Gardening
The Exilmuseum would like to get to know its new neighbors. Gardening together is a good way to start.
June 26, 2021
Workshop: Furniture Building
Anyone who enjoys working with their hands or is willing to learn is invited.
June 12, 2021
Exhibition Opening: ZU/FLUCHT
A collaborative Exilmuseum exhibition on
flight and exile, in the past and today
April 23, 2021
Visit by Berlin's mayor
Berlin's mayor Michael Müller, learned about the planning of the Exilmuseum.
Summer 2021
berlinHistory App
Anhalter Bahnhof and Exilmuseum are now included in the berlinHistory app
Driven x Design Award Programs
Berlin Design Awards 2021
Honors for Dorte Mandrup's architectural design for the Exilmuseum
"Tempohome" Exilmuseum 2020/21
Student Seminar
Collaboration with TU Berlin for an exhibition project at Anhalter Bahnhof
Sept 29 – Oct 17, 2020
Exhibition of Designs
Exhibition of all designs submitted at the architectural competition for the Exilmuseum building
September 15, 2020
Bundesverdienstkreuz
Founding director Christoph Stölzl was awarded the Great Federal Commander’s Cross of Merit
The Architectural Competition 2020
Announcing the Winner
Danish architect Dorte Mandrup wins first prize in the design competition for the new Exilmuseum building.
Blog ENTWICKLUNGSSTADT
Interview about the Exilmuseum
Interview with Meike-Marie Thiele on the Blog "Entwicklungsstadt Berlin"
February 2020
Interim Presentation
Interim presentation in the architectural competition for the Exilmuseum.
November 18, 2019
At the Federal Foreign Office
Presentation for ambassadors from all over the world
September 2019
Claus-Dieter Krohn is mourned
Stiftung Exilmuseum mourns the passing of its advisor, exile researcher Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Krohn.
May 12, 2019
Background Report
Detailed background report on the Exilmuseum in the "Tagesspiegel"
Joachim Gauck
Patron of the Exilmuseum
former German President Joachim Gauck supports our project by becoming a patron alongside Nobel Prize laureate Herta Müller.
Oktober 29, 2018
Record proceeds for the Exilmuseum
At the auction of Bernd Schultz's private art collection, a sensational 6 million Euro were raised.
Oktober 17, 2018
Days of Exile
Making exile comprehensible: Herta Müller and Christoph Stölzl were guests at the Hamburg Days of Exile.
The first interview for the museum (2018)
Georg Stefan Troller
The first interview for the Exilmuseum with none other than journalist Georg Stefan Troller
Oktober 25/26, 2018
Auctions to benefit the Exilmuseum
Art auction of the Bernd Schultz collection
September 14, 2018
Archives and Museums of Exile
Visiting the annual conference of the Society for Exile Research
