MuseumsMeileMitte

Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof, the Museum of the History of Medicine and the Museum für Naturkunde have joined forces to form the MuseumsMeileMitte. Together with local international companies, the district is building a network centred on knowledge, art and the future. Already today, they attract two million people annually to the area around Berlin Central Station, Invalidenstraße and Humboldthafen. Between Invalidenpark and Humboldthafen, from the Südpanke to the Spree, the institutions convey knowledge and culture from the beginnings of our solar system through the present into the future. On Saturday, 13 June 2026, from 10:00 am to 09:00 pm, the MuseumsMeileMitte will celebrate the public launch with all participating partners at a joint neighbourhood festival.

Knowledge, art, the future – two million visitors, four museums, one mile: between Invalidenpark and Humboldthafen in the districts of Mitte and Moabit lie four cultural and educational institutions that have hitherto rarely been considered together. Yet they shape a shared urban area stretching from the Südpanke to the Spree: two million people visit Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof, the Museum of the History of Medicine and the Museum für Naturkunde every year. With a programme of over 20 exhibitions a year and 6,000 guided tours across more than 20,000 square metres of exhibition space, the MuseumsMeileMitte conveys knowledge and culture from the beginnings of the solar system through the present day and into the future.

On guided walks, visitors to the MuseumsMeileMitte will in future be able to discover not only the institutions but also previously unknown corners around Invalidenstraße, such as the Invalidenfriedhof, the small river Südpanke or the Gedenkstätte Mauer on the Berlin Wall Trail. Joint events connect the institutions of the MuseumsMeileMitte with their neighbourhood. The first neighbourhood festival on Saturday, 13 June 2026 from 12:00 noon celebrates the public launch of the MuseumsMeileMitte with free admission to all four venues. On the “MMM Walk”, visitors explore the urban space between the museums, each of which is a five- to ten-minute walk apart. In the exhibitions and gardens, the first MuseumsMeileMitte Neighbourhood Festival offers workshops, guided tours, treasure hunts and film programmes on a wide variety of topics; ranging from the future of raw materials, via the famous T. rex Tristan Otto, Berlin’s urban ecology and insect worlds, to the visibility of women in medicine or the history of the hospital bed, right through to contemporary light art and a painting class on roller skates.

The MuseumsMeileMitte is an initiative of the Berlin Museum of Medical History at Charité, Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Museum für Naturkunde, and companies such as CA Immo Deutschland GmbH. Many large firms have their headquarters right on the MuseumsMeileMitte. These include companies such as 50Hertz, Deutsche Bahn, KPMG and TotalEnergies. The MuseumsMeileMitte connects a place where tens of thousands of people work every day, over 300,000 travellers pass through the main station daily, and thousands of Berliners live.

Monika Ankele, Director of the Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine at the Charité

“We see this initiative as an opportunity to productively link the intersections between the individual institutions – from science and art to history – to actively connect the museums with their surroundings and to strengthen the district as a shared cultural and scientific space. On this basis, we would like to develop joint formats and offerings that extend beyond individual institutions and create new access points for a diverse range of visitors.”

Stefan Brandt, Director of Futurium

"With the newly launched MuseumsMeileMitte, Futurium is sending a clear signal for science communication at the heart of society. Our aim is not only to communicate topics of the future, but to make them tangible together with our visitors. Through close collaboration with our partner institutions in the neighbourhood, new perspectives on the big questions of our time are emerging – interdisciplinary, open and close to the people. In this way, we are creating a space where ideas can grow, exchange is encouraged and the future can be actively shaped.”

Till Fellrath, Director of Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art

“With two million visitors annually, the MuseumsMeileMitte is one of Berlin’s most important cultural attractions. Along the former Berlin Wall, where Moabit, Mitte and Tiergarten converge, a neighbourhood is emerging in collaboration with neighbours, institutions and businesses that is actively shaping the city’s future. Here, the Hamburger Bahnhof connects history, neighbourhood and future through contemporary art that becomes part of urban society.”

Johannes Vogel, Director General of the Museum für Naturkunde

“The MuseumsMeileMitte is a commitment to an open society. By interlinking science, culture and the public sphere so closely, we create spaces where democratic discourse is strengthened and evidence-based action becomes visible. Especially in times of great transformation, such spaces for exchange are needed.”

Martin Löcker, Managing Director of CA Immo Deutschland

“The MuseumsMeileMitte is a great opportunity for Berlin, for the district and for the immediate neighbourhood, not least through the resulting networking of local businesses and people. For years, we have been actively involved in the sustainable design and revitalisation of the public space around Europaplatz in Europacity and around the main station, and we are now delighted to be supporting this initiative.”

 Programme for the neighbourhood festival on 13 June 2026

10:00 am Start

12:00 Official opening in the garden of the Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine at the Charité

9.00 pm End of the neighbourhood festival

Further information on the programme can be found in the attached appendix and on the website:www.museumsmeilemitte.berlin

About the organisers

Charité Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine

The Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine is an institution of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. It invites visitors to discover the development of medicine over the last 300 years. A collection of around 750 pathological-anatomical wet and dry specimens, as well as models from key medical settings such as the Anatomical Theatre, the laboratory and the ward, provide insights into working methods and conceptual frameworks. Special exhibitions demonstrate how medicine, culture and history are interconnected and encourage visitors to reconsider these relationships. Artistic interventions, including those in the museum’s ruined lecture theatre, open up new perspectives on the body and its diverse experiences between health and illness.

Futurium

The Futurium is an innovative House of Futures, where the question “How do we want to live?” takes centre stage. It sees itself as a place for reflection and exchange on the major challenges and opportunities of our future. In the permanent exhibition, visitors can discover different future scenarios. In the ‘Human’, ‘Nature’ and ‘Technology’ reflection spaces, exciting options for possible futures are presented, encouraging visitors to develop their own views on controversial issues. The offering is complemented by a wide range of digital formats and a diverse events programme where scientists, artists, visionaries and innovators engage in dialogue with a broad audience. In the Futurium Lab, visitors have the opportunity to engage playfully with future technologies in creative workshops and try out their own ideas.

Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art

At the Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of Contemporary Art, art and society meet in the heart of Berlin. As a museum with a collection of contemporary art, the Hamburger Bahnhof collects for the future and is renowned for its large-scale installations in the Historic Hall as well as exhibitions by Berlin-based and international artists. As an open house for the city’s community and its guests, free programmes such as the open-air DJ series Berlin Beats and the Open House open days are aimed at people from diverse backgrounds and with international stories.

Museum für Naturkunde

The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is an outstanding and integrated research museum of the Leibniz Association with an international reputation and a globally networked research infrastructure. As an innovative communication centre, it aims to help shape the scientific and social dialogue on the future of our planet and to develop a democratic knowledge society.

Teams from various disciplines are researching the more than 30 million collection items to understand the development of the Earth and life. The topics range from the development of the solar system and the mechanisms of evolution to the diversity of life on Earth. Furthermore, the scientific, historical, cultural and artistic significance of the objects is being explored. 

With the support of the German Bundestag and the Berlin House of Representatives, the Future Plan – serving as a blueprint for the museum’s evolution over the coming years – offers the first opportunity to renovate all parts of the museum building in a manner that respects its heritage, is sustainable and energy-efficient, thereby creating optimal conditions for the collection, research and knowledge transfer. The ambition is clearly stated: the Museum of Natural History aims to become a model for the natural history museum of the 21st century and to contribute to the preservation of nature and thus to the future of humanity.

CA Immo

CA Immo is an investor, manager and developer specialising in modern office properties in the major cities of Germany, Austria and Central Europe. The company covers the entire value chain in the commercial property sector and possesses a high level of in-house construction expertise. In Berlin, CA Immo is particularly well known for the “Europacity” district development around Berlin Central Station – between Spreebogen and Nordhafen.  As one of the original largest landowners at this site, CA Immo played a key role in driving forward the district’s development as early as the early 2000s. Given the focus of its property portfolio on high-quality office properties, the development efforts centred on the plots earmarked for office buildings. Among the best-known buildings realised by CA Immo in Europacity are the cube berlin on Washingtonplatz, the “Tour Total” high-rise, the high-rise on Europaplatz (KPMG headquarters), the Upbeat at Nordhafen and the Anna-Lindh-Haus on Europaplatz, which is currently under construction.