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title: "Thinking the World"
date: 2024-07-30
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description: "Arrive, log in and discover the world: The huge mural in the first room \"Thinking the World\" of the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition picks up on events that tell of the conquest and exploration of the world. The artists How&Nosm painted, glued and sprayed four images of the world, ranging from the colonial division of the world and the exploration of the connection between man and nature to the questionable appropriation of cultural objects from continents outside Europe."
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# Thinking the World

![Medienstationen stehen rund um eine hängende, stilisierte Weltkugel](https://staging.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BG_20210610_008_Weltdenken-c-Kulturprojekte-Berlin-und-Stadtmuseum-Berlin-Foto-Oana-Popa-Costea-300x200.jpg)

Arrive, log in and discover the world: The huge mural in the first room "Thinking the World" of the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition picks up on events that tell of the conquest and exploration of the world. The artists How&amp;Nosm painted, glued and sprayed four images of the world, ranging from the colonial division of the world and the exploration of the connection between man and nature to the questionable appropriation of cultural objects from continents outside Europe.

## This is what awaits you:

- Arrival and check-in
- Urban Art by How&amp;Nosm

Theme room

##### What Thinking the World sounds like

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00:59

![](https://staging.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BG_210714_klein_060_Weltdenken_Foto_Oana_Popa-Costea.jpg)

![](https://staging.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BerlinGlobal-392-300x200.jpg)

### BERLIN GLOBAL

BERLIN GLOBAL shows on 4,000 square meters in the Humboldt Forum how the city and its people are connected to the world.

[ Get your ticket now!](https://staging.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/berlin-global)

## Info &amp; Service

##### Opening Hours

Mon + Wed – Sun | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm
Tue | closed

Last admission is at 5.30 pm

##### Special Opening Hours

Thu, 25 June 2026 (private event) | 11.30 – 18.30 pm
Sat, 3 October 2026 (German Unity Day) | 10.30 am – 6.30 pm

Last admission is at 5.30 pm

##### Closing Times

Due to maintenance work, the exhibition will be **closed from 4 to 6 May 2026**. On **7 and 8 May 2026**, **parts of the exhibition may be closed** due to maintenance work. The exhibition will reopen as normal on 9 May 2026.

On **20 May 2026**, the exhibition will close at 2.30 pm due to an internal event.

Thank you for your understanding.

##### Directions

Schlossplatz
10178 Berlin

[ Google Maps](https://g.page/humboldtforum?share)

[ Bus &amp; Train](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search)

##### Contact

For ticketing and service requests, please contact the Humboldt Forum [Visitor Services](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/contact-us/):
+49 30 9921 189 89
Mo – Fri, 10 a.m.– 6 p.m.

## Tickets

##### Day Ticket

9 euros / 0 euros (reduced)

[   Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day)

##### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket

14 euros / 7 euros (reduced)
Two-day ticket: 18 euros / 9 euros (reduced)
Day group ticket: 50 euros

[   Ticketshop ](https://tickets.humboldtforum.org/#/tickets/time?museum_id=1&exhibition_id=1&group=day)

### Free admission: Solidarity-based model

Free admission for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age, for students, international students, persons with an electronic residence permit (eAT), FSJ volunteers, recipients of transfer payments (ALG I / Bürgergeld) or persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), Personal Assistants of persons with severe disabilities (at least 50%), holders of the MuseumsPass Berlin, press, partner institutions, sponsors and members of the support associations, ICOM members. Until the end of the exhibition project ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Family Matters) at the Humboldt Forum, holders of a valid ticket for the Humboldt Forum will receive free admission to the Museum Knoblauchhaus.

### Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket

The Humboldt Forum Combi Ticket is valid for BERLIN GLOBAL, the collections of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art, as well as other temporary exhibitions at the Humboldt Forum. The ticket is also valid for the special exhibition ‘Beziehungsweise Familie’ (Relationship or Family) with interventions at the Humboldt Forum and the Museum Knoblauchhaus in the Nikolaiviertel.

**Day ticket**
Validity: 1 day according to the selected date

**Two-day ticket**
Validity: 2 days according to the selected date + the following day

**Day group ticket**
Validity: 1 day according to the selected date, up to 5 adults, with or without children

### Special price 5 euros

for Ehrenamts-Card holders, members of the Theater Gemeinde Berlin and with the WelcomeCard 2023