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Upcoming date:

  • 7 June 2026

12 am – 3 pm

Drop-in offer
from 8 to 99 years
Registration possible on location from 11 am

Entrance fee on KollwitzSunday: 4 €
Participation included in the entrance fee

The museum invites you to a creative printing workshop!

Every first Sunday of the month, the doors are open to individual creativity. Come along, bring along some time and explore artistic creation.

Käthe Kollwitz was a master of printmaking. Hardly any other artist of her time was more familiar with the expressiveness and craftsmanship of printing techniques. Inspired by her original works of art, participants try out different techniques of the artistic printing process each month.

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Linolschnitt 2

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Exlibris 2

Siebdruck 4

Experimentelle Druckwerkstatt 2

Linolschnitt 1

Even adults are allowed here!

 

Upcoming dates: 

7 June Relief printing: Creating shared stories with linocuts

5 July Intaglio printing: Tetra Pak printing Etching: Sustainable and alternative printing

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On the first Sunday of every month, the museum opens its doors at a special price of 4 euros. The entrance fee also includes participation in the print workshop.

Children and young people under the age of 18 as well as holders of an authorisation card (formerly berlinpass), members of the Berlin City Guide Association, representatives of the press and members of ICOM continue to enjoy free admission on KollwitzSunday.

 

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Upcoming date:

  • 7 June

Admission € 4
Participation in the programmes included in the admission price.

Kollwitz Sunday – more than just a visit to the museum!

Every first Sunday of the month, the Käthe Kollwitz Museum invites you to a special experience: explore the collection for a special price of just 4 euros, join an exciting guided tour and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of printmaking!
In our open print workshop, you can try out various artistic printing techniques – no prior experience required. During our guided tour, you’ll also learn fascinating insights into the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz.
Join us – be inspired and get creative yourself!

The programmes:

Creative work in the open print workshop

Taking part

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12 am to 3 pm

Käthe Kollwitz not only drew pictures, she also printed them. In the printing workshop, visitors can discover the differences between relief, planographic and intaglio printing processes, supplemented by examples of Kollwitz’ pictures in the exhibition, which illustrate the expressive power of these visual languages. Afterwards, you will design and print your own motif.

On the first Sunday of every month, all generations are invited to try out the monthly changing printing techniques.

Next date:

7 June: Relief printing: Creating shared stories with linocuts

Further information.

Self-guided tour with augmented reality

Experience it digitally

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11 am to 6 pm

Art meets augmented reality

The “Kollwitz 2.0” autumn holiday course focused on the fusion of virtual and real worlds. Based on the impressive drawings of the artist Käthe Kollwitz, eight young people intensively explored her works. They developed their own motifs for selected works of art, which they realised using analogue techniques such as drawing, photography and stop-motion.

With the help of augmented reality, these works were linked to the originals so that the designed elements appear as digital overlays in the exhibition.

To experience the artworks with augmented reality, download the free Artivive app.

You will find a flyer accompanying the tour at the ticket desk.

 

Guided tour of the permanent exhibition

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3.00 pm

Art in Dialogue
Learn more about the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz!

This public guided tour of the permanent exhibition offers a concise insight into the artistic oeuvre of this important printmaker and sculptor. Through selected works, key themes such as social justice, war, loss and humanity are explored. You will also learn more about the background to individual works. The tour invites you to discover Kollwitz’s art together.

Next date:

7 June, 3.00 pm

Further information.

Kollwitz Sunday was initiated to maintain the popular format of the open print workshop even after the free Museum Sunday was cancelled. The positive response from many interested museum visitors has reinforced our decision.

We hope that the reduced admission price of 4 euros will continue to facilitate low-threshold access to our museum for everyone. Children and young people under the age of 18, as well as holders of a valid pass (formerly the BerlinPass), members of the Association of Berlin City Guides, members of the press and members of ICOM will continue to enjoy free admission on Kollwitz Sunday.

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School project day

At the intersection of art, history and politics, pupils explore the close connection between locality, time and artistic output in the life of the artist Käthe Kollwitz, who lived at present-day Kollwitzplatz from 1891 to 1943. Public space is understood in this context as an analogue and tactile learning environment within a historical framework that can be artistically engaged with.

The two artworks created between the wars serve as the thematic framework: ‘Never Again War’ and ‘Seeds Shall Not Be Ground’, which Käthe Kollwitz described as her testament and through which the connection between her personal fate and contemporary history can be traced directly on site.

The pupils visit three stations in the urban space that are linked both thematically and geographically: they use historical maps, research inscriptions and information panels, and capture key design principles through drawing and sketching.

The programme is rounded off with a DIY workshop in the Museum Pankow, which bridges the gap to the present day: Using design examples from around the world, participants reflect on art as a form of protest.

Using the technique of stencil printing, pupils actively develop their own logos and text messages and print fanzines or posters. The aim is to explore a possible path to involvement and participation in democratic processes and to strengthen the self-efficacy of the participants, because: Every opinion counts!

 

Please note! The school project day will take place in Prenzlauer Berg.

Meeting point: Kollwitz Monument at Kollwitzplatz

Please ensure you wear weather-appropriate clothing.

Stops:

1. Kollwitzplatz, Käthe Kollwitz Monument / Place of remembrance
2. Kollwitzstr. 56a / Site of the former Kollwitz family’s home and studio, destroyed during the Second World War.
3. Prenzlauer Allee 227-228, Sculpture: “Mother with Two Children” by Käthe Kollwitz at the courtyard of the Museum Pankow, Sebastian Haffner Cultural and Educational Centre
4. Prenzlauer Allee 227-228, Museum Pankow, Room 111 / DIY workshop

Free of charge

For school grades 7-13

Bookings open from 1 April 2026

Dates on request | Time: 10.00–13.00 | 180 minutes

Location: Public space around Kollwitzplatz / Museum Pankow (Prenzlauer Allee 227–228, B-10405)

Meeting point: Kollwitz monument at Kollwitzplatz, Prenzlauer Berg

Concept: Katharina Grantner

Course leaders: Katharina Grantner and Juan Camilo Alfonso

Registration: via the Käthe Kollwitz Museum by email to bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de

 

In cooperation with the Museum Pankow.

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Next dates in 2026:

  • 7 June
  • 5 July
  • 6 September
  • 1 November
  • 6 December

Public guided tour as part of Kollwitz Sunday

Sunday is Museum Day!

Visit us on Sunday afternoon with friends, family or individually and take part in our public guided tour through the current exhibition “And yet it is art”. We will introduce you to the great Berlin artist and her work in 60 minutes.

Public guided tour as part of Kollwitz Sunday | 3 pm
in German language
approx. 60 minutes
Participation included in the special admission price for Kollwitz Sunday.
Number of participants minimum three persons, maximum 20 persons

Meeting point in the foyer, no pre-booking necessary.

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Exhibition talks for older people

Following the great success of previous years, the Kollwitz Museum is once again hosting special exhibition talks. Under the theme ‘Turning Points in Käthe Kollwitz’s Life’, we are creating a space for discussion, reminiscence and new perspectives on the work of this significant artist on three selected Saturday afternoons.

In a relaxed atmosphere over coffee and homemade cake, we will explore the defining turning points in the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz. Her art addresses both personal and social changes – themes that still resonate today and inspire dialogue.

The 90-minute discussions offer a sensitive and lively insight into her work as a graphic artist, draughtswoman and sculptor. Following our discussion, we will visit the exhibition and engage in conversation about the selected artworks.

We look forward to spending these special afternoons with you.

Dates, can also be booked individually:

4 July 2026, 3.00–4.30 p.m.
1 August 2026, 3.00–4.30 p.m.
5 September 2026, 3.00–4.30 p.m.

Limited number of participants:
Prior registration required at: bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de

Costs: Participation: 10,- Euro plus reduced admission

Guidance: Katja Schöppe Carstensen, Art historian and Cultural geragogue

Cooperation with Malteser Kulturbegleitung/Cultural accompaniment

If you are over 65 and interested in culture and would like to make contact and take part in cultural life in Berlin, Malteser Kulturbegleitung/Cultural accompaniment will be happy to arrange a permanent volunteer cultural companion free of charge.

Contact via telephone 030 – 348 003 267 or per Mail to kultour.berlin@malteser.org

Further information can also be found on the Malteser homepage: www.malteser.de/kulturbegleitung

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Exhibition talks in DGS

Deaf art educator Sieglinde Lemcke and artist Veronika Kranzpiller are offering exhibition talks in German Sign Language (DGS) at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin, focusing on the current special exhibitions.

The tours, which last around 120 minutes, are aimed at deaf visitors whose first language is German Sign Language, as well as at an audience with a knowledge of sign language.

 

Dates:
12 April 2026, 3 p.m.

The special exhibition “Käthe Kollwitz and the Theatre” offers the first comprehensive exploration of Käthe Kollwitz’s passion for the theatre and its influence on her work. It also highlights her family’s close ties to the stage during a formative period in Berlin’s theatrical history.

17 October 2026, 3 p.m.

Exhibition talk at the DGS on the special exhibition running at that time

 

Registration is appreciated: bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de

Participation included in the museum admission price.

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Show presentation

Experience the oldest flat printing process live in the museum

Almost half of the 275 graphic works that Käthe Kollwitz created are lithographs. Particularly in the second half of her life, she used this technique to achieve a broad impact with large print runs, posters and flyers.

The Berlin master printer in stone and offset printing Dietmar Liebsch discovered the printing press from 1866 and two lithography stones by Käthe Kollwitz: “Bread” from 1924 and “Mother with Boy” from 1933, in the 1970s in the basement of the Berlin flat printing company Arnoldi. He was later able to acquire the printing press together with the two lithographic blocks, restore them and make them printable again.

The historical lithographic press, which the Friends of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin acquired in 2016, is one of the special items in the collection alongside the many prints, drawings and sculptures by Käthe Kollwitz. The press remains hidden from most museum visitors as it is located in the events and education room and can only be viewed as part of events and workshops.

Public show presentation

You will have the opportunity to experience the printing press in action and thus familiarise yourself with the artistic technique of lithography and be shown exactly how lithography is done during a demonstration.

Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 11.30 (Printing Arts Day)

Saturday, 7 November 2026, 11.30 (Graphic Design Weekend)

Duration: circa 60 minutes

10,00 € Participation fee and reduced admission

Guidance: Diogo deCalle

 

Number of participants: maximal 15 people

Registration required via phone 030 – 882 52 10 or via e-mail bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de

In addition to the two public dates, you also have the option of booking a private demonstration.

Appointment by arrangement
Duration: circa 90 minutes
Number of participants: minimum 5 people, maximum 15 people
Costs: 400 euros, Payment in advance

We look forward to receiving your enquiry!

e-mail: bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de
phone: 030 – 882 52 10

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every two months, one Thursday per month | 17.00 

In April 2023, the popular interactive guided tour format “Slow Art” was reintroduced. This series of mediations, already tested by the Kollwitz Museum, aims to decelerate the museum visit. Every two months, one Thursday per month at 5 p.m., visitors are invited to take a closer look at a few selected works in our current special exhibition.

The slow, independent viewing of art is the focus of Slow Art. Through an unbiased look – at first without information – and the subsequent conversation, a new perspective on the works of art opens up to the visitor.

Duration: ca 60 minutes

Number of participants: min. 3 persons

Costs: reduced entrance fee plus 3 euros participation fee, free of charge for members of the Association of Friends

Registration requested via e-mail to bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de

Dates 2026:

  • 30 April – Käthe Kollwitz and the theatre
  • 2 July – Rainer Wölzl
  • 3 September – Ida Gerhardi
  • 3 December – Klaus Hack
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Private workshop

Are you looking for an inspiring encounter with art and have the desire to express your own creativity? Book the personal print workshop “Printing at high level” at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum.

Under professional guidance, you will follow the path from Käthe Kollwitz’s printmaking works to your own creative work in the studio. After a tour of the exhibition, you will work out your own motifs as participants in an experimental print workshop. You will explore the technique of relief printing by looking at the materiality and technical aspects of the craft, as well as the processes of artistic creation.

Surprise your friends, family or guests with a shared experience! This workshop is suitable as a birthday party to a team building event.

Previous knowledge is not required. We take into account the individual requirements of your group.

 

We look forward to hearing from you and will be happy to advise you!

e-mail: bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de
phone: 030 – 882 52 10

 

Date on request

Duration: 3 hours

Costs: 400 euros per group (up to 8 people) incl. materials and museum entrance fee

Suitable for people between 8 and 99 years

Course leader: Ulrike Koloska, artist (graphic and book arts)

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Private guided tour

The presentation of the permanent exhibition with drawings, graphics and sculptures by Käthe Kollwitz follows the simple principle of chronology.

In eight thematic cabinets, the permanent exhibition “Aber Kunst ist es doch” (But it is art after all) comprehensively presents the artistic work of Käthe Kollwitz with almost 100 works. The guided tour of the exhibition makes the artist’s biographical and artistic development comprehensible in the context of contemporary history. In the process, continuities such as her work in cycles or her interest in social upheavals become apparent. But also discontinuities and new beginnings, such as the abandonment of the etching technique and the discovery of the woodcut, become visible.

 

We are looking forward to your contact!

e-mail: bildung@kaethe-kollwitz.de
phone: 030 – 882 52 10

 

in German, English and French language
Appointment by arrangement
Duration: approx. 60 minutes
Cost:
– In German: 80 euros
– In a foreign language: 90 euros
Guide fee plus admission

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