BERLIN.- The Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Museum of Medical History and Museum of Natural History are joining forces to form the MuseumsMeileMitte. Together with local international companies, the district is networking the topics of knowledge, art and the future. They already attract two million people a year to the area around the Berlin Central Station, Invalidenstraße and Humboldthafen. Between the Invalidenpark and Humboldthafen, from the southern part of the Panke to the Spree River, these facilities convey knowledge and culture from the beginnings of our solar system through the present and the future.
MuseumsMeileMitte – knowledge, art, the future – two million visitors, four museums, one mile: Between the Invalidenpark and Humboldthafen, in Mitte and Moabit, are four cultural and research institutions that have hardly ever been considered as belonging together until now. They characterise a shared urban area from the southern part of the Panke to the Spree River: two million people visit the Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof, the Museum of Medical History and the Museum of Natural History every year. With a programme of over 20 exhibitions a year and 6,000 guided tours on over 20,000 square metres of exhibition space, the MuseumsMeileMitte conveys knowledge and culture from the beginnings of the solar system to the present and the future.
In future, visitors to the MuseumsMeileMitte will not only be able to discover the institutions on guided tours, but also previously unknown corners around Invalidenstraße, such as the Invalidenfriedhof, the small Panke tributary or the Berlin Wall Memorial on the Berlin Wall Trail. Joint events connect the MuseumsMeileMitte institutions with their neighbourhood. The first neighbourhood festival on Saturday, 13 June 2026 beginning at 12:00 noon will celebrate the public launch of the MuseumsMeileMitte with free admission to all four museums. On the “MMM walk”, visitors explore the urban space between the museums, which are each a five to ten-minute walk apart. In the exhibitions and gardens, the first neighbourhood festival of the MuseumsMeileMitte offers workshops, tours, interactive activities or film programmes on a wide variety of topics; from the future of raw materials, the famous T. rex Tristan Otto, Berlin’s urban ecology and insect worlds, the visibility of women in medicine or the history of the hospital bed, to contemporary light art and a painting workshop on roller skates.
The MuseumsMeileMitte is an initiative of the Berlin Medical History Museum of the Charité, Futurium, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Museum of Natural History and companies such as CA Immo Deutschland GmbH. Many large companies have their headquarters directly in 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, where over 300,000 travellers visit the central station every day and where thousands of Berliners live.
Monika Ankele, Director of the Berlin Museum of Medical History of the Charité: “We see this initiative as an opportunity to productively connect the interfaces of the individual museums – from science to art to history – and to actively network the museums with their surroundings and strengthen the neighbourhood as a shared cultural and scientific space. On this basis, we want to develop joint formats and offers that go beyond individual institutions and create new approaches for different visitors.”
Stefan Brandt, Director of the Futurium: “With the newly initiated MuseumsMeileMitte, the Futurium is sending a clear signal of the times for science communication in society. Our aim is not only to communicate future topics, but to make them tangible together with our visitors. Close cooperation with our partner institutions in the neighbourhood creates new perspectives on the major issues of our time – interdisciplinary, open, and close to the people. In this way, we create a space in which ideas can grow, dialogue is encouraged, and the future can be actively shaped.”
Till Fellrath, Director of the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart: “With two million visitors a year, the MuseumsMeileMitte is one of Berlin’s most important cultural attractions. Along the former Berlin Wall, where Moabit, Mitte and Tiergarten are growing together, a neighbourhood is being created together with neighbours, institutions and companies that is actively shaping the future of the city. The Hamburger Bahnhof connects history, neighbourhood and the future through contemporary art that becomes part of urban society.”
Johannes Vogel, Director of the Museum of Natural History: “The MuseumsMeileMitte is a commitment to an open society. When we interlink science, culture and the public so closely, we create places where democratic discourse is strengthened and evidence-based action becomes visible. Especially in times of great transformation, we need such spaces for dialogue.”
Martin Löcker, Managing Director of CA Immo Germany: “The MuseumsMeileMitte is a great opportunity for Berlin, for the district and for the immediate neighbourhood, also through the networking of local businesses and people that it will create. We have been actively involved in the sustainable design and revitalisation of the public space around Europaplatz in Europacity and around the Hauptbahnhof for years and are now delighted to be involved in this initiative.”
