Berlinische Galerie
The Berlinische Galerie was founded in 1975 as a society devoted to exhibiting art from Berlin, and it has spent much of its early life as a nomadic institution—showing exhibitions in places such as the Akademie der Künste and the New National Gallery. In 1978 it moved into a former Landwehr officers’ mess on Jebensstraße near Zoo Station, and in 1986 it went again, this time into the Martin-Gropius-Bau. The collection became a public-law foundation in 1994, a shift that helped anchor it as a long-term cultural institution. What brought it to today’s Kreuzberg setting was practical reconstruction. In 1998 it had to leave the Martin-Gropius-Bau, and after six years without a permanent home it opened in former industrial premises in 2004. The current building dates to 1965, originally a glass warehouse, and took a year to renovate. After a €6 million refurbishment, it reopened in 2015 with updated security and technical equipment. …
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