Bröhan-Museum at Charlottenburg Palace

The Bröhan Museum, opposite Charlottenburg Palace, is Berlin's state museum for Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Functionalism. On display are furniture, porcelain, glass, and paintings from the years between 1889 and 1939. Among Berlin's winter leisure activities, it is one of the ideal places for long, cold afternoons.

Bröhan Museum: Location and Directions at Charlottenburg Palace

The Bröhan Museum is located at Schloßstraße 1a directly opposite Charlottenburg Palace and is part of the ensemble surrounding the palace complex. It is housed in a late Classicist building originally constructed as a barracks. By public transport, the route leads via the Schloss Charlottenburg bus stop, where lines 109, 309, and M45 stop. By subway, get off at Richard-Wagner-Platz or Sophie-Charlotte-Platz, and by S-Bahn at Westend station. The museum does not have its own parking spaces; only a barrier-free parking space is available in the courtyard. The museum also provides its information in Easy Language and sign language. Because the Great Orangery is right next door and the palace garden begins directly behind it, several destinations can easily be combined into a single afternoon.

Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Berlin Secession at the Bröhan Museum

The collection originates from private collector Karl H. Bröhan, who first publicly exhibited his holdings in 1973 and donated them to the state of Berlin on his sixtieth birthday. Since October 1983, it has been housed in its current building, and since 1994, it has been a state museum. The collection is divided into three sections: Art Nouveau as its core, Art Deco and Functionalism, and the Berlin Secession. In addition to the permanent exhibitions, the museum regularly presents contemporary art positions in its Blackbox series, currently featuring “Paperwork” by Jumping He. On display are furniture by Hector Guimard, Eugène Gaillard, and Henry van de Velde, porcelain by KPM, Meissen, Copenhagen, and Sèvres, glass by Emile Gallé and Daum Frères, and paintings by Hans Baluschek, Walter Leistikow, and Julie Wolfthorn. The porcelain collection is particularly extensive, and there is also a rare piece of furniture by Gerrit Rietveld. Admission costs 9.00 Euros, reduced 6.00 Euros, and those under eighteen enter for free. This winter, the major special exhibition “Cesar Klein. Image Space Stage” is running, alongside mosaic workshops and free guided tours by the curators.