{"title": "Restitution und was nun?", "start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungsticket", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/sculpture", "history/colonialism"], "description": "\"Die Benin Bronzen – Restitution und was nun?\" is a public guided tour for adults at the Humboldt Forum. The Benin Bronzes, looted in 1897 by British colonists, have become a global symbol of the hundreds of thousands of African cultural goods that European colonial powers unlawfully appropriated and displayed in museums. In 2021 the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz decided to restitute the bronzes to Nigeria. The tour takes a multiperspective look at the histories of Benin art and asks what happens after the return; it was developed together with mediators from the National Museum Benin City.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/restitution-und-was-nun-10765/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/die-benin-bronzen-2026-10-18-170000-162316/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/511344ab2ef5202fa28b0772a0904b1c514c6c3923f44c3796846fe623c40d9d-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-08T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-15T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-22T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-29T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Geschichte(n) Tansanias", "start": "2026-10-21T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2028-01-10T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. 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The tour is aimed at ages 16 and up, lasts 60 minutes, and is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geschichten-tansanias-22944/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/geschichten-tansanias-2026-10-25-150000-162332/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7353755c87d19e9106134a973651e35e3deee44cdde0814ba6dadd9bdd84d761-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Koloniale Gegenwart", "start": "2026-11-07T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungsticket", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "The public tour \"Koloniale Gegenwart\" takes place at the Humboldt Forum. It is run by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and has accompanied the debate on colonialism since the Humboldt Forum's groundbreaking. Using selected objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, participants explore provenance, the return of cultural goods, and the effects of colonialism on today's society. The tour lasts 60 minutes and is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/koloniale-gegenwart-10727/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/koloniale-gegenwart-2026-10-10-170000-162269/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2e09f4f7162ccb5c00346b6ed0a21804c4bb8ab8ac31041293a6ec3b2feee5b1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Öffentliche Führung", "start": "2026-11-05T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungseintritt", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/ethnography", "history/colonialism"], "description": "The public tour „Eine Stunde Ethnologisches Museum“ takes visitors through the Ethnologisches Museum in the Humboldt Forum. The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin invite participants to discover the West Africa, Oceania and ethnomusicology collection areas as well as contemporary art from the societies of origin. Questions of provenance, restitution and colonial continuities come up for discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/offentliche-fuhrung-29387/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/eine-stunde-ethnologisches-museum-2026-11-01-160000-162758/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3d6024f6afa7bc77d3a336d08480d2590dcc6cff1bfcfd21683903f960de708a-600.webp"}, {"title": "Dahomey", "start": "2026-11-07T20:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zeughauskino", "address": "Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "film", "tags": ["history/colonialism/restitution", "film/documentary", "art"], "description": "The documentary „Dahomey“ follows 26 artworks looted by French colonial troops during their 1892 raid on the Kingdom of Dahomey as they are returned from Paris to Benin. French-Senegalese director Mati Diop lends a voice to the statue of King Ghezo, reflecting on its years of captivity, and shows the conservation inventory and the celebrations accompanying the return. The film truly comes to life in debates among students at the Université d’Abomey-Calavi about restitution, and it was awarded the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlinale. The introduction is given by Seggen Mikael, a freelance film educator, curator and author.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/dahomey-10165/", "official_url": "https://www.dhm.de/zeughauskino/vorfuehrung/default-title-14833/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/65c540cd01611033249646e5b0ad9f8a0f33ffda6ff4e0268e48ac204c692981-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Geschichte(n) Tansanias", "start": "2026-10-24T10:30:00+02:00", "end": "2027-10-23T18:30:00+02:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "regulär 9 EUR, Ausstellungsticket für Ethnologische Sammlungen und Asiatische Kunst erforderlich", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "“Geschichte(n) Tansanias” is a special exhibition showing the centuries-long entanglements of present-day Tanzania through cultural belongings, texts and film, with a particular focus on colonial oppression and exploitation. It was developed by the National Museum of Tanzania, the Ethnologisches Museum and the Central Archive of the Staatliche Museen Berlin – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz together with the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss. Curators from Dar es Salaam, Songea and Berlin and representatives of communities in Tanzania speak in texts and filmed interviews, alongside works by East African artists and a school short-film project carried out in Berlin and Dar es Salaam. The exhibition is planned to be shown at the National Museum of Tanzania after its Berlin run, with preparations made for a permanent restitution of the cultural belongings.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geschichten-tansanias-3509/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/dauerangebot/ausstellung/geschichten-tansanias-136691/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a3405096f0ae7d2aae2a88ee7700d6d85bafd482ab8cc206083e3042bd1113f4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Geschichte(n) Tansanias – Tour of the exhibition 'Histories of Tanzania' with participating curators and artists", "start": "2026-11-08T13:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR plus exhibition ticket", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history"], "description": "\"Histories of Tanzania\" is a public guided tour in English through the exhibition \"Geschichte(n) Tansanias\" at the Humboldt Forum. The exhibition was developed in cooperation with the National Museum of Tanzania and in dialogue with representatives of various communities in Tanzania. The tour offers insights into the provenance histories of the exhibits, addresses questions of restitution, and examines how cultural belongings are handled in museums today. Film interviews give Tanzanian representatives a voice, and outlooks on current debates round off the tour.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/geschichten-tansanias-tour-of-the-exhibition-histories-of-ta-10746/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/histories-of-tanzania-2026-10-25-130000-162334/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/61244ffcec916bb5727005ee6e67cdf3802507b27af5207e8cb6046367e06c57-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Restaurierung im Dialog", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-03-08T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum für Asiatische Kunst", "address": "3. OG", "price": "9 EUR (Ausstellungsticket für Ethnologische Sammlungen und Asiatische Kunst erforderlich)", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/conservation", "history"], "description": "\"Restaurierung im Dialog\" is a temporary exhibition about the conservation and restoration of cultural objects in museums. It is presented by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss together with the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz. On show are two crest poles from the northwest coast of Canada, a small lacquer cabinet from the Qing dynasty, a Mongolian shrine from the 20th century and a ceremonial pipe of the Umoⁿhoⁿ from Nebraska, accompanied by a booklet with further information. The focus lies on the complex decisions that shape the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage and on dialogue and cooperation between international partners, conservators and curators.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/restaurierung-im-dialog-3510/", "official_url": "https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/restaurierung-im-dialog-144418/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8649855257991ed017236cefd4d976cd0c7ad1e36145c8ad60659a9da6be4f93-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jenseits der Norm?", "start": "2026-11-04T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungsticket", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "society/queer"], "description": "“Jenseits der Norm?” is a dialogic public tour through the new presentation of the Ethnologisches Museum's collections. Organized by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin at the Humboldt Forum, it takes a queer look at genders and sexualities around the globe. It covers diverse gender roles, forms of relationships, initiation rituals, colonial collecting practices and gender narratives in the museum context. The tour lasts 60 minutes and is held in German.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/jenseits-der-norm-10773/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/jenseits-der-norm-2026-10-28-170000-162321/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d7259b49fa582721a9a1d81c3587ca39564aee5a6a9bad238546f4f9d6cec5e8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Überblicksführung", "start": "2026-11-04T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-04T12:00:00+01:00", "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Eintritt", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/berlin"], "description": "The public guided tour „BERLIN GLOBAL in 60 Minuten“ takes place in German through the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition at the Humboldt Forum. Room-spanning installations, multimedia stagings and stories lead through seven themed worlds that make Berlin tangible as a historically grown, globally connected metropolis. Highlights include a massive vault door telling of dispossession and persecution while also symbolising the club scene of the 1990s, and original lamps from the Palast der Republik. The dialogical tour invites visitors to turn the interactive „Rad der Geschichte“, dance in a walkable disco ball and explore the site's history through telescopes at the windows.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/uberblicksfuhrung-79930/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/68a5f905d2a80578a0eebca2fee9cd24071fbd3ce04c728e723636a38580992b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Weltpolitik und Berliner Schloss", "start": "2026-11-04T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungsticket", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "„Weltpolitik und Berliner Schloss“ is a themed tour through the Humboldt Forum exploring colonial traces in the reconstructed Berlin Palace. The roughly 60-minute tour examines the palace's political and cultural role since the 16th century and shows how, under Kaiser Wilhelm II, the claim to world politics was reflected in its architecture and collections. Referencing the 1884 Berlin Africa Conference, the walk links historical objects from non-European contexts with contemporary artistic positions. It is aimed at visitors aged 16 and up, is held in German and limited to 25 participants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/weltpolitik-und-berliner-schloss-10911/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/weltpolitik-und-berliner-schloss-2026-11-04-110000-162834/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a93701e43ca99364ba59a89eb54133d6b6630b167566ed2e4ab96edb17ac9098-1200.webp"}, {"title": "zurückgeschaut | looking back", "start": "2026-10-24T14:00:00+02:00", "end": "2027-10-23T18:00:00+02:00", "place": "Museum Treptow", "address": "Sterndamm 102, 12487 Berlin", "price": "Eintritt frei", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/colonialism", "society/racism"], "description": "The exhibition „zurückgeschaut | looking back - Die Erste Deutsche Kolonialausstellung von 1896 in Berlin-Treptow“ is the first permanent exhibition on colonialism, racism and Black resistance in a Berlin museum. It was created by the Museen Treptow-Köpenick in cooperation with the project Dekoloniale Erinnerungskultur in der Stadt. The exhibition explores the history and aftermath of the First German Colonial Exhibition and the 106 children, women and men from Africa and Oceania who were put on display in a discriminatory \"Völkerschau\" in Berlin in 1896. Their biographies and their resistance are at the centre.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/zuruckgeschaut-looking-back-15692/", "official_url": "https://www.berlin.de/museum-treptow-koepenick/ausstellungen/artikel.649851.php", "image": "https://noky.io/images/020668f74573ec5347bcb78e533485c15c3022c6e67100885801c484dcbb6a08-600.webp"}, {"title": "Kulturen der Welt im Humboldt Forum", "start": "2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "12 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungsticket", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/ethnography", "history/ethnology"], "description": "A public guided tour for adults at the Humboldt Forum. Run by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, it presents highlights from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania and gives an introduction to the cultures of these regions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/kulturen-der-welt-im-humboldt-forum-10726/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/kulturen-der-welt-im-humboldt-forum-2026-10-10-160000-162339/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6e7dff002187dfed2a434527bd3d477f61760b883453265095d796f030298127-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Führung durch die Ausstellung „zurückgeschaut | looking back“", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum Treptow", "address": "Sterndamm 102, 12487 Berlin", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/colonialism"], "description": "A public guided tour through the exhibition \"zurückgeschaut | looking back\". It explores the history and legacy of the \"First German Colonial Exhibition\", which took place in Treptower Park in 1896. The focus is on the 106 men, women and children from Africa and Oceania, their life stories and their resistance. It also sheds light on the structure of the colonial exhibition and its historical context.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/fuhrung-durch-die-ausstellung-zuruckgeschaut-looking-back-31867/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Säugetierschädel, Hirsche und Hornträger", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Museum für Naturkunde", "address": "Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin", "price": "Erwachsene 15€, Ermäßigt 12€", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["nature/animals/mammals", "history/colonialism"], "description": "A guided tour titled „Säugetierschädel, Hirsche und Hornträger“ as part of the series „Einblicke in die Forschungssammlung“ (Insights into the Research Collection). It is run by the Museum für Naturkunde, where researchers use the collections of mammal skulls as well as deer and horn bearers to identify species, trace evolution and study changes in biodiversity. The tour also shows that many objects came to Berlin during the German colonial era, and the new presentation was developed together with co-curators from several African countries. Since violence against people and animals is addressed, a minimum age of 12 is recommended.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/saugetierschadel-hirsche-und-horntrager-12378/", "official_url": "https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/programm/veranstaltungen/detail/saeugetierschaedel-hirsche-und-horntraeger/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/de96848985171de49f036e197da6e52f57d525596cd570f60436258c4b11150c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Auf den Spuren der Geschichte", "start": "2026-11-04T17:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Humboldt Forum", "address": "Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin", "price": "9 EUR zzgl. Ausstellungsticket", "price_from": "9.00", "price_to": "9.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/berlin"], "description": "The event \"Auf den Spuren der Geschichte\" is an overview tour about the history of the site where the Humboldt Forum stands today. It is offered by the Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss. Using selected stops and objects, it traces the site's history from the time of the electors, kings and emperors to the debate over demolishing the Palast der Republik. The tour invites discussion about historical images and their impact in the present.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/auf-den-spuren-der-geschichte-22932/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a57bf98a92fb92fad9a6726ebc71e383846c4931d0f981a902a79b529d603e6e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Voneinander lernen und gemeinsam agieren: Provenienzforschung und Vermittlung zu NS und Kolonialismus zusammendenken.", "start": "2026-11-16T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Haus Bastian – Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung", "address": "Am Kupfergraben 10, 10117 Berlin", "price": "0 €", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/provenance-research"], "description": "An evening talk and discussion in the lecture series „Provenienz und Vermittlung im Gespräch“, part of the project „Kunst, Raub und Rückgabe – Vergessene Lebensgeschichten“. Dr. Sven Haase, provenance researcher at the Central Archive of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, and Dr. Patrick Helber, curator for education and outreach at the Ethnologisches Museum, report on their projects on the intersections of the Nazi era and colonialism. Moderated by Dr. Lilja-Ruben Çaharnas Vowe, they discuss similarities and differences between the two disciplines from a transhistorical perspective and what public debate can learn from discussions on colonial looted art. The project is a cooperation between the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden with the Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste; admission and participation are free, registration is requested.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/berlin/events/voneinander-lernen-und-gemeinsam-agieren-provenienzforschung-10956/", "official_url": "https://www.smb.museum/veranstaltungen/detail/voneinander-lernen-und-gemeinsam-agieren-provenienzforschung-und-vermittlung-zu-ns-und-kolonialismus-zusammendenken-2026-11-16-180000-160852/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/97a02728430dd9e7149162dc18524e394401c06a15d53d6b2957f6956f8ece5a-2000.webp"}]}