Humboldt Forum, Cultural complex in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.
The Humboldt Forum occupies the reconstructed Berlin Palace on Museum Island. Its long, flat, light-coloured facade is divided into a regular grid of tall, narrow windows across the upper floors, with wider openings below; the words "HUMBOLDT FORUM" stand in capitals on the right side above the lower openings. The building sits behind a low stone wall, next to the older curved building with ornate details. It houses the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art.
The collections trace back to the Ancient Prussian Art Chamber, founded by Elector Joachim II Hector in the mid-16th century and nearly destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. In April 2002 Berlin decided to rebuild the Berlin Palace, destroyed in World War II, to house the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art as the Humboldt Forum. The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 2013; the building opened digitally on 16 December 2020 and to the public on 20 July 2021.
The forum displays artworks and objects from Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania that visitors can experience directly. Collections from different cultures invite exploration of diverse ways of living and artistic traditions.
The complex is easily reached on foot and offers full accessibility for wheelchair users and visitors with mobility limitations. It helps to allow plenty of time for viewing, as the exhibition spaces are extensive.
The roof terrace, 30 metres up, gives views of the Berlin Cathedral and Museum Island to the north, the Rotes Rathaus and the Fernsehturm to the east, the Neuer Marstall and the State Council Building to the south, and Unter den Linden with the Brandenburg Gate to the west.
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