Click map to enlarge. Map data: Google, Geobasis-De/BKG Today, when walking through the restored inner-city blocks, passing such attractions as the Boulez Saal concert hall by Frank Gehry and moving ...

BERLIN — For almost 20 years, Werner Kohl has followed the saga of the Humboldt Forum. Like many Germans, he has been watching and listening since 2002, when the government approved a plan for ...

The Humboldt Forum, a major—and controversial—museum nearly two decades in the making, has finally opened to the public. Located in the heart of Berlin, the new institution hopes to welcome as ...

The Humboldt Forum 05/27/2021 A very German story has ended with the completion of the Humboldt Forum in a replica of Berlin’s former Royal Palace.

The Humboldt Forum in Berlin is finally about ready to open to the world. The mammoth building, which will house Germany’s ethnographic and Asian collections, transforms the landscape of the ...

The conclusion of the Humboldt Forum's opening seemed to cause a feeling of relief among stakeholders, including the general director, Hartmut Dorgerloh: “We feel strengthened in our mission and ...

Even before opening, Berlin's Humboldt Forum was embroiled in controversy for years. Beyond the public backlash related to its building costs of €680 million ($800 million), the state-of-the-art ...

The Humboldt Forum on Berlin ’s Museum Island opened in December 2020 to reactions that have so far alternated between sharp criticism and indifference. The ambivalence of its reception can be ...

BERLIN — The Humboldt Forum, the problem-plagued museum housed in a reconstructed palace in the center of this city, has pushed back its opening date to 2020 because of technical reasons ...

The Humboldt Forum is named after the brothers Alexander (1769-1859) and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). Alexander was a geographer, naturalist and explorer; Wilhelm was a philosopher and linguist.