Museum Barberini
Museum Barberini
4.5
Monday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
About
With the opening of the Museum Barberini in 2017 Potsdam gained a new art museum. Exhibitions range from Old Masters to contemporary art, with a major focus on impressionism. Based on the works from the collection of Hasso Plattner, the museum’s benefactor and patron, the Museum Barberini presents three exhibitions each year with loans from international museums and private collections. The exhibitions are prepared at conferences with renowned academics and displayed in new contexts alongside smaller shows. Digital offers like the Barberini App and a media wall, together with a diverse events and education program, make art more accessible for everyone. In addition to its special exhibitions, the Museum Barberini permanently showcases the extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings of the museum’s founder, Hasso Plattner, including masterpieces by Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Gustave Caillebotte, and Paul Signac.
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Joel Nemes
Rudersdorf, Germany16 contributions
Nov 2021
Russian impressionists.
Again a wonderful Museum Barberini experience.
There was and exhibition of Russian impressionists and a permanent exhibition of the paintings of the Barberini founder Hasso Plattner.
Simply wonderful.
Kati and I will be back at Museum Barberini in December to see the exhibition once more.
I warmly recommend the Museum Barberini.
Again a wonderful Museum Barberini experience.
There was and exhibition of Russian impressionists and a permanent exhibition of the paintings of the Barberini founder Hasso Plattner.
Simply wonderful.
Kati and I will be back at Museum Barberini in December to see the exhibition once more.
I warmly recommend the Museum Barberini.
Written 7 November 2021
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Many thanks!
Written 30 November 2021
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Wander31681472548
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Aug 2024 • Couples
The museum is a beautiful building in a beautiful place, I really liked the (special) exhibition Modigliani. Unfortunately, the guards are unbearable - both professionally and socially incompetent. Please check guests for unwanted items before entering the exhibition rooms so that the guest can drop them off at the cloakroom if necessary (also clear indications already in the cloakroom or check there) would be helpful. Please do not speak to guests unreasonably loud and harsh in the exhibition. This is not only enervating for the person addressed, it also disturbs everyone else's enjoyment of art. This behaviour should be stopped immediately by the museum management with its employees, it is simply shameful and, apart from the lack of social knowledge of standards, actually an organisational problem. If everything around the enjoyment of art becomes a burden, the next time the visitor thinks twice whether he will actually come back; that should not be in anyone's interest...
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Written 18 August 2024
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Brad333Toskana
Berlin, Germany11,113 contributions
Mar 2024 • Solo
The Barberini Museum is housed in the Barberini Palace, which gives the museum its name, in the center of Potsdam. The collection of the museum's founder Hasso Plattner, which consists mainly of Impressionist works, is on permanent display here. Works by Monet, Renoir and Pissarro, to name a few, are on display. This exhibition alone is worth a visit. There are also changing special exhibitions. I saw the great exhibition with works by Munch, very worthwhile!
The entrance is very well organized, as you have to book specific time slots, so there is no overcrowding or crowding. The staff were also very helpful and friendly throughout.
A museum that really deserves a visit!
The entrance is very well organized, as you have to book specific time slots, so there is no overcrowding or crowding. The staff were also very helpful and friendly throughout.
A museum that really deserves a visit!
Written 4 April 2024
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Ealgian
New York City, NY191 contributions
Aug 2019
Unless you are especially interested in an exhibition at this museum specifically or have nothing else to do with your time, I wouldn't spend the surprisingly high price of admission or a few hours of time to walk through this museum. The different museums in Berlin, which are less than an hour train ride away, have a lot more variety and depth of content. If you're a tourist with limited time in Potsdam, I'd spend more time walking around outside than indoors in this museum.
Written 5 July 2020
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twowardspain
Barbarroja, Spain207 contributions
Sept 2023 • Couples
We have visited art galleries all around the world and couldn't understand why this particular exhibition left us with impressionism fatigue. Each room displayed impressionist art with a specific theme...light and shadow, gardens, seascapes, for example...but we found that there was little variety within the scope of each theme. Maybe there were just too many works on show to spend the necessary time one wanted to on any particular painting. We agree with other reviewers that the security there was rather 'aggressively' enforced and also agree that 16 Euros (midweek, 18 at weekends) is a rather expensive entrance fee; however, we are from Spain and are used to our museums generally offering free entrance. The building from the outside is certainly impressive and their café, on the Pavilion, however, was delightful and the staff extremely pleasant.
Written 23 September 2023
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Gerd B
23 contributions
May 2023
There are many museums that require you to leave your bag in the locker. However, I had never come across one that makes you leave your jacket there too. Baffled by this rule, I made it past the first warden only to be hunted down with Stasi-like aggression by his colleagues. Apparently, last year Green thugs hid cooked potatoes under their coats, which they smeared onto the paintings in some sort of climate protest. Ever since then you're only allowed one layer of clothing. The people who fret about global warming make you freeze. The irony seems lost on them. When you shiver for the better part of an hour in a well-airconned museum the artistic merit of the paintings doesn't really come into it. In future, if I feel the urge to freeze I use the walk-in fridge of my local liquor store and save 16 Euros.
Written 25 May 2023
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NemoTraveler
Aarhus, Denmark906 contributions
Oct 2021
The museum is located at Alter Markt (The Old Market) in the historic center of Potsdam. It is situated in a beautifully restored townhouse.
The permanent collections include works by Monet and Renoir, and during our visit an excellent exhibition “Impressionism in Russia” was on show.
The museum is definitely worth a visit.
The permanent collections include works by Monet and Renoir, and during our visit an excellent exhibition “Impressionism in Russia” was on show.
The museum is definitely worth a visit.
Written 13 November 2021
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Many thanks!
Written 30 November 2021
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ktbeenthere2015
New York City, NY270 contributions
Jul 2022
34 Monets....need I write more. For the first time ever, I felt like I could say "well, I did not really like that Monet". There were so many. There were also numerous other French impressionists as well as Rothkos. A very good curation of art in spacious rooms. The blurbs describing each work made you think, asking you questions to consider why the painting was better than others that were similar. If you like impressionism, you will like this museum.
Written 20 July 2022
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tosl
Jersey City, NJ987 contributions
Apr 2022
I did not realize that the largest collection of Monets in Europe, outside of France, was in Potsdam. Originally, I was going to do some more "Cold War" history but decided to spend my time here. An outstanding collection of Impressionist art without museum fatigue. An easy 45-minute train ride from Berlin, and a pleasant 10-minute walk from the train station. A must for any art lover.
Written 18 April 2022
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GabrielaSeevetal
Seevetal, Germany9,897 contributions
Mar 2024 • Couples
We arrived from Hamburg with an overnight stay and were not disappointed. We booked a time slot from 11:00 a.m. within the week and were able to enter the museum without waiting. There is a cloakroom, cupboards for bags and a beautiful museum shop. We really enjoyed the Munch exhibition. The pictures hang in large rooms and the viewers have enough space. We also really enjoy taking photos and were able to get along well with everyone. The explanations in the rooms, in the pictures and via the app were good and sufficient. We then went to the permanent exhibition of the “Hasso Plattner Collection”. We really enjoyed the visit and would come again.
Written 30 March 2024
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