Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

Hamburger Bahnhof was founded as the Contemporary Art Museum of the Nationalgalerie collection in Berlin in 1996. Its name and structure point back to the building’s original purpose: It was first opened in 1846 as the terminus for the Hamburg-Berlin railway. However, the growing traffic volume in the early 20th century forced its closure after just 40 years, and it was repurposed as a museum for transport and construction in 1906. During World War II, the former station was damaged by air raids and battles for Berlin’s city center in April and May 1945. When Germany was divided during the post-war period, the former train station remained abandoned—a museum entirely without visitors—until the Berlin Senate acquired the building in 1984. Following extensive renovations in the mid-1990s, Hamburger Bahnhof reopened as home of the Nationalgalerie collection. Today, the museum collects contemporary art as the Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart and shows special exhibitions as well as presentations of the collection.

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Invalidenstraße 50
10557 Berlin