exhibitions
Erich Paproth. Traces.
20. March 2025 – 16. June 2025
Drawings, paintings, sculptures, book art and photographs by Erich Paproth (1955-2017)
exhibitions
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Love at First Fight – Queer Movements in Germany since Stonewall
11. December 2024 – 16. June 2025
The struggle never stopped: The exhibition LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT! opens new perspectives on queer resistance since and before Stonewall – in more
exhibitions
FUCK GENDER. Photographs by Annette Frick from the collections of Schwules Museum
6. December 2024 – 3. March 2025
an exhibition of photographs by Annette Frick, including some newly acquired works.
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Young Birds from Strange Mountains – Queer Arts from Southeast Asia and ...
29. November 2024 – 4. August 2025
an exhibition on queer arts from Southeast Asia and its Diaspora
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Strategies of Resilience – Insights into the Life of Eberhardt Brucks
17. October 2024 – 28. April 2025
The life of Eberhard Brucks in the mirror of contemporary artworks
exhibitios
Analog. Four photographers from the collection of Schwules Museum
11. July 2024 – 30. September 2024
four photographic series from the collection of the Schwules Museum.
exhibitions
With Legs Wide Open – A Whore’s Ride Through History
26. March 2024 – 11. November 2024
an exhibition about the history of sexwork, curated by a sex worker led collective, presented as a fictitious "Museum of Sex Work" more
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Coming to Terms with the Past: Sexual Violence against Children and Adolescents ...
6. October 2023 – 26. February 2024
an exhibition with the Archiv der deutschen Jugendbewegung, supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin and the Unabhängige Kommission zur Aufarbeitung sexuellen Kindesmissbrauchs
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Morepixx? 2023
7. September 2023 – 11. September 2023
an exhibition with and about the fetish-community
ausstellungen
lieben. kämpfen. tanzen. – 50 years Sonntags-Club
20. July 2023 – 4. March 2024
The Sonntags-Club combative and turbulent history is made visible in a exhibition at two locations: the Sonntags-Club and the Schwules Museum.
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_Gap: Having Time. Counting Time. Filling Time.
23. June 2023 – 18. September 2023
An immersive space for doing nothing together, a film and audio program with works by international artists to hang around and have more
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Photography as a Way of Life. Rüdiger Trautsch: 50 years of pictures
16. June 2023 – 18. September 2023
In the retrospective of Rüdiger Trautsch, who died in 2021, focal points of his work from five decades will be exhibited.
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We Have Always Been Everywhere
1. December 2022 – 31. August 2023
The audio walk “We Have Always Been Everywhere“ retells Schöneberg’s history as a history of sex work.
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YEAR OF THE WOMEN*
6. October 2022 – 31. August 2023
yearofthewomen.net presents the multi-faceted documentation of the YEAR OF THE WOMEN*.
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Morepixx? 2022
8. September 2022 – 12. September 2022
For the 19th edition of the fetish-street festival, the SMU is showing the nominations, as well as the final winner of the more
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Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer: An Exhibit on Queer/Disability History, Activism, ...
2. September 2022 – 30. April 2023
“Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer" is the first international exhibit to explore the multiple historical, cultural, and political intersections of queerness more
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Tuntenhaus Forellenhof 1990: Gay Communism’s Short Summer
1. July 2022 – 13. February 2023
On the evening of May 1 in 1990, Tunten from Kreuzberg occupy the Mainzer Straße 4 in East-Berlin and develop an anti-patriarchal more
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Ocaña. Der Engel, der in der Qual singt
6. May 2022 – 12. September 2022
Ocaña. Der Engel, der in der Qual singt is the first exhibition in Germany about Andalusian artist José Pérez Ocaña (1947-1983).
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Encantadas: Transcendental Brazilian Art
11. March 2022 – 18. July 2022
Encantadas describes the search for original Latin American identities by a young collective with the three Brazilian trans curators Ana Giselle, Sanni more
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The Gutter Art of Stephen Varble: Genderqueer Performance Art in the 1970s, ...
6. November 2021 – 18. April 2022
In costumes made from street trash, food waste, and stolen objects, Stephen Varble took to the streets of 1970s New York City more
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Mercury Rising – Inter* Hermstory[ies] Now and Then
15. October 2021 – 25. April 2022
SMU's first inter* focused exhibition is dedicated to the past and present of inter* movement(s) in activism, society, art and culture.
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Love at First Fight – Queer Movements in Germany since Stonewall
10. September 2021 – 21. February 2022
The struggle never stopped: The exhibition LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT! opens new perspectives on queer resistance since and before Stonewall – in more
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Morepixx? International Gay Fetish Photos
10. September 2021 – 13. September 2021
Let's celebrate the queer fetish community! In conjunction with Folsom Europe Street Fair 2019, the Schwules Museum will show the nominees, runner-ups, more
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arcHIV. A Search for Traces
20. August 2021 – 7. February 2022
The exhibition project "arcHIV" broadly investigates the museum's collection(s) on HIV/AIDS.
online exhibition
Online Exhibition “Unknown Objects: Newly Told Stories”
1. August 2021 – 30. April 2022
For our online exhibition “Unknown Objects”, we asked ten authors to choose an object from our collection and give it a new more
rechercheprojekt
Research project “We’re In This Together”
15. July 2021 – 30. April 2022
The research project "We're in this together" by artist Markues deals with memories of the legendary cabaret Chez Nous in Berlin-Charlottenburg.
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Irène Mélix: lonely hearts
21. May 2021 – 18. October 2021
Irène Mélix spent several years exploring the construction of lesbian identities and queer herstory, during which she gathered a collection of over more
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Rosarot in Ost-Berlin: Hard-Won Spaces in Changing Times
17. December 2020 – 26. July 2021
In the 1990s, most queer spaces in East Berlin disappeared, and so did the groups that fought for them. The exhibition “Rosarot more
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Intimacy: New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond
3. December 2020 – 30. August 2021
This exhibition will feature about 30 positions of queer contemporary art on the topic of intimacy: photography, painting, sculptures, video installations and more
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20 Darlings – Audience Picks from the SMU Archives
2. December 2020 – 29. March 2021
From 100 Objects to 20 Darlings.
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Nihad Nino Pušija: Queens
13. May 2020 – 26. October 2020
With the exhibition „Queens“, photographer Nihad Nino Pušija presents a fascinating portrait of the queer, (post-)migrant nightlife of Berlin in the 1990s.
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100 Objects – An Archive of Feelings
13. May 2020 – 26. October 2020
The Schwules Museum presents the richness, diversity and fascination of its collection in 100 selected objects.
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Amos Badertscher: The Souls Around Us
6. March 2020 – 27. July 2020
This retrospective is the first comprehensive museum exhibition featuring the works of Amos Badertscher outside the US.
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TRIAL and ERROR
22. November 2019 – 17. February 2020
In the two multi-media installations of their exhibit Trial and Error - TRANSforming health and justice Giegold & Weiß address issues of health services, more
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TransTrans: Transatlantic Transgender Histories
8. November 2019 – 2. March 2020
Bringing to light stunning, never-before published photographs and letters, "TransTrans" explores a transatlantic network of individuals from the early twentieth century through more
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Anders als die Andern
1. November 2019 – 2. March 2020
This legendary educational film full of melodrama and instructions on hygiene and medicine proved to be a hit with audiences one hundred more
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Rolf Fischer: 40 Years Christopher Street Day Berlin
25. October 2019 – 2. March 2020
Rolf Fischer's pictures capture what may always have been the one unifying idea of the berlin Pride Marches: the joy of claiming more
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Artcharity auction: Preview
12. October 2019 – 19. October 2019
Artcharity is a one-of-kind project, expressing the art scene’s solidarity with the international LGBTIQ* communities.
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Chicos Lartigue
4. October 2019 – 28. October 2019
Bodies of superheroes and animal heads, a conquest of perfection through syncretism, suggest a game beyond the real. Welcome to the world more
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HIVstories: Living Politics
13. September 2019 – 11. November 2019
The exhibition “HIVstories: Living Politics” explores the personal stories and struggles, or "living politics", of HIV/AIDS activists from a variety of particularly more
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Morepixx? International Gay Fetish Photos
11. September 2019 – 23. September 2019
It's that time of year again! To celebrate the Folsom Europe Street Fair 2019, the Schwules Museum will show the nominees, runner-ups, more
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From Riot to Respectability
29. July 2019 – 23. September 2019
On July 28, the new exhibition From Riot to Respectability opens at Berlin’s Schwules Museum, curated by the artist group Summer Collective. more
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Karol Radziszewski: Queer Archives Institute
20. June 2019 – 23. September 2019
The “Queer Archives Institute” is an artistic project founded by Karol Radziszewski dedicated to research, collection, digitalization, presentation, exhibition, analysis, and artistic more
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My Dearest Sweet Love: Christopher Isherwood & Don Bachardy
15. June 2019 – 26. August 2019
Life is more than a Cabaret: The exhibition "My Dearest Sweet Love" at Schwules Museum traces the 33-year relationship between author Christopher more
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Krzysztof Jung Drawings
16. March 2019 – 1. July 2019
With Krzysztof Jung's oeuvre, the Schwules Museum is showing a Polish artist for the first time. In 2010, Jung was honored with more
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Objects of Desire
7. March 2019 – 1. June 2019
A new exhibition by sex worker led collective Objects of Desire explores stories around the everyday practice of sex work in Berlin.
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Unboxed: Transgender in a Gay Museum?
18. January 2019 – 1. March 2019
This exhibition is an invitation to the wider public to engage in an ongoing process of surveying trans* related material in the more
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RAINBOW ARCADE – A queer history of video games 1985-2018
14. December 2018 – 13. May 2019
For the first time worldwide, the queer history of video games will be explored in a major exhibition: »Rainbow Arcade« will open more
Film Program
12th Moon: 🌍Glo-ballism🔥
7. December 2018 – 5. January 2019
The twelfth film program in the 12 Moons Film Lounge
Exhibition
Accompanying installation for Moon 11 – Thirdness, Gender and Sexuality in Pakistan
29. November 2018 – 6. December 2018
As a supplement to the current 11th film programme - curated by Aks International Minorities Festival Pakistan - in the 12 Moons more
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EXTRA+TERRESTRIAL by COVEN BERLIN
23. November 2018 – 14. February 2019
EXTRA+TERRESTRIAL is an exhibition which reclaims visual and textual figures of Otherness, specifically the witch, the alien, the monster and the cyborg. more
Exhibition
SEX IM ALTER: Homage for Mahide Lein’s 69th Birthday
16. November 2018 – 25. February 2019
As part of our Year of the Women program the Schwules Museum presents an homage in the form of a special exhibition on more
Film Program
11th Moon: Thirdness, Gender and Sexuality in Pakistan
7. November 2018 – 6. December 2018
The eleventh film program in the 12 Moons Film Lounge
Film Series
10th Moon: Out Of Many – Trans* Resistance in Action
9. October 2018 – 6. November 2018
The tenth film program in the 12 Moons Film Lounge
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HIJRA FANTASTIK by Claudia Reiche
28. September 2018 – 19. November 2018
HIJRA FANTASTIK is an inquiry into a feminity not defined biologically and grapples artistically with the contradictory Hijra identity as a woman more
Film Program
9th Moon: Lubed Up Politics – Feminist Porn & Erotic Video Art
9. September 2018 – 8. October 2018
Feminist Porn, Queer Porn and Post Porn are pleasurable spaces for contemporary politics of the body and healthcare: they embody nothing less more
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MOREPIXX International Gay Fetish Photo Competition
7. September 2018 – 10. September 2018
Parallel to Folsom Europe 2018, Schwules Museum Berlin will exhibit the winning pictures and other nominated pictures of the MOREPIXX International Gay more
Exhibition
PROUDLY PERVERTED – Perspectives on the WomenLesbianTrans*Inter* BDSM Community
6. September 2018 – 4. November 2018
The WomenLesbianTrans*Inter* BDSM community is fun, boisterous, open, warm-hearted and caring. It is also filthy, direct, blunt, and rough. It gets down more
Exhibition
8th Moon: HerStories of the Second Wave – The Women’s and Lesbian ...
11. August 2018 – 8. September 2018
During its 8th cycle, the 12 Moons film program features four films that portray the social climate for women* and lesbians in more
Film Series
7th Moon: LOOKING FOR QUEERDOM
13. July 2018 – 10. August 2018
The seventh film program in the 12 Moons Film Lounge.
Exhibition
RADICAL – LESBIAN – FEMINIST
6. July 2018 – 6. November 2018
In the context of our Year of the Women* the exhibition Radical – Lesbian – Feminist focuses, for the first time ever more
Film Program
6th Moon: Queer Classics: Monika Treut’s view on the sexual avant-garde
13. June 2018 – 12. July 2018
In the 6th program of the 12 Moons, we show a selection of documentary films from Monika Treut's extensive work.
Film Program
5th Moon: T-shirts, moustaches and theories in progress – artistic femmifestations
15. May 2018 – 12. June 2018
The films in the 5th program of the 12 Moons Film Lounge are declarations of both war and love: against colonial-racial repression, more
Exhibition
LESBIAN VISIONS
10. May 2018 – 20. August 2018
The exhibition LESBIAN VISIONS brings into view artistic positions by queer FLTI* (females, lesbians, trans, inter) from over 100 years and displays more
Exhibiton
Portraits from Wilhelm Uhde’s Art Collection in Change of Scenery 2.04
2. May 2018 – 25. June 2018
lecture series
our own feminismS – a queer-feminist futurelab
23. April 2018 – 8. November 2018
Installation
Spirits
20. April 2018 – 11. January 2019
For the duration of the “Year of the Women*”, the cafe within Schwules Museum will be transformed into a dyke bar.
Film Program
4th Moon: A Konto Of One’s Own – Dykes and Economy
16. April 2018 – 14. May 2018
The 4th iteration in the program 12 Moons is dedicated to the relationship between dykes and money.
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A Change of Scenery 2.04: A Historical Overview of Gay and Lesbian ...
5. April 2018 – 1. July 2019
A Change of Scenery provides an overview of lesbian and gay movements in Germany starting with the persecution of “Sodomites” in the middle more
Exhibition
Stefan Thiel: 100 Berlin Based Men
29. March 2018 – 25. June 2018
Thiel’s paper cut-outs are world-renowned. They are featured in notable private collections and major museums and institutions in the US, Australia, and more
Film Program
3rd Moon: Form Gangs! The Sound of Radical Feminist Resistance
17. March 2018 – 15. April 2018
The Sound of Radical Feminist Resistance takes center stage in our 3rd iteration of the 12 Moons Film Lounge.
Exhibiton
colony
9. March 2018 – 15. April 2018
colony is a group exhibition by the Ankara-based LGBTIQ* association, Kaos GL, which brings together contemporary artistic inquries that deal with the more
Exhibition
2nd Moon: LÄSBISCH TV
15. February 2018 – 16. March 2018
LÄSBISCH TV – The First Lesbian TV News Magazine on the Planet!
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1st Moon: In the Beginning, the Mothers
17. January 2018 – 14. February 2018
Der erste Mondzyklus im Programm der 12 Monde widmet sich den Beziehungen der Filmemacherinnen und Protagonistinnen zu ihren Müttern.
12 Moons
17. January 2018 – 5. January 2019
Theme Year
Year of the Women*
1. January 2018 – 17. February 2019
A queer feminist intervention into the museum
Ausstellung
Change of Scenery 2.03: Lotte Laserstein
6. December 2017 – 28. March 2018
A highlight in Change of Scenery 2.03 is a new acquisition: Lotte Laserstein’s Nude Seen from the Back (1956).
Ausstellung
Marc Martin: Fenster zum Klo. Public Toilets & Private Affairs
16. November 2017 – 19. February 2018
Urinals have always had a bad reputation. For some years now, French photographer Marc Martin has been exploring the history and the more
Exhibition
Fascination Sex: The Theorist & Activist Martin Dannecker
2. November 2017 – 28. February 2018
„Faszination Sex“ accompanies the propably most important German theorist on homosexuality of the post-war era through personal stages of his life from more
Ausstellung
Queer City: Stories from São Paulo
19. October 2017 – 8. January 2018
his exhibition is the direct result of an invitation of the German Foreign Ministry that flew Schwules Museum* to Brazil, as the more
Kai Teichert: House of Joy
7. September 2017 – 27. November 2017
MOREPIXX: Folsom Photo Weekend
7. September 2017 – 11. September 2017
Odarodle – An imaginary their_story of naturepeoples, 1535-2017
21. July 2017 – 16. October 2017
The artistic research exhibition Odarodle – an imaginary their_story of naturepeoples, 1535-2017 casts, for the first time, a postcolonial perspective on the more
Winckelmann – The Divine Sex
16. June 2017 – 9. October 2017
Simone de Beauvoir: “You aren’t born a woman, you become one”
12. May 2017 – 28. August 2017
Is women's empowerment an old hat, an out of date discussion, or a project of yesterday? Didn’t the category of gender disappear more
Change of Scenery 2.1: Work in Progress
12. May 2017 – 28. August 2017
The Lightest Shade of Aflatoon
17. March 2017 – 5. June 2017
With the exhibition The Lightest Shade of Aflatoon for the first time Schwules Museum* focusses on the perspective of queer refugees. The more
ğ – queer forms migrate
2. March 2017 – 29. May 2017
ğ - the soft g - is a multidisciplinary art project featuring mostly Berlin-based artists and cooperation partners, that will take place more
Siegfried Wagner: Bayreuth’s ‘Fairy’ Crown Prince
17. February 2017 – 26. June 2017
Change of Scenery 2.0: Rock Hudson and the AIDS Crisis
9. December 2016 – 1. May 2017
Krista Beinstein: BIO PORNO PHOTO GRAPHIES
11. November 2016 – 27. February 2017
“So, It’s a Girl”: Homage to Erika and Klaus Mann
28. October 2016 – 30. January 2017
Stage Design: Peter Kothe. An East-West German Life
15. July 2016 – 17. October 2016
Am I Dandy? Instructions on How to Lead an Extravagant Life
24. June 2016 – 20. November 2016
MILLIONAIRES CAN BE TRANS* // YOU ARE SO BRAVE*
20. May 2016 – 3. October 2016
Sara Davidmann – Ken. To be destroyed
17. March 2016 – 31. October 2016
SuperQueeroes – Our LGBTI* Comic Book Heroes and Heroines
22. January 2016 – 26. June 2016
Change of Scenery – An expedition through 30 years of the history ...
14. December 2015 – 30. May 2016
The Art of Beautiful Appearance – Dragstar, Make-up artist, collector of lipsticks ...
14. December 2015 – 8. May 2016
Homosexuality_ies
26. June 2015 – 1. December 2015
30 YEARS OF POSITIVE LIFE
2. April 2015 – 17. May 2015
And that’s a good thing – 13 Years of Klaus Wowereit As ...
8. December 2014 – 17. May 2015
Leonard Fink Coming Out
7. December 2014 – 10. May 2015
New in the Collection
7. December 2014 – 29. March 2015
Porn That Way
6. December 2014 – 17. May 2015
30 Years of Siegessäule – The exhibition
11. October 2014 – 23. November 2014
The Magical World of the Moomins – a Troll Adventure at the ...
14. September 2014 – 10. November 2014
MY COMRADE – THE DIVA. Theater on the front lines and at ...
5. September 2014 – 30. November 2014
Philipp Gufler: Gauweilereien
17. August 2014 – 3. September 2014
Dragan Šimičević: Dream Within a Dream
25. July 2014 – 13. August 2014
Naked Shame and Pretty Disgrace – Lothar Lambert’s Underground: Images, Films, Life
11. July 2014 – 6. October 2014
MakeUpStories – Drags, Trans* und Tunten – Photographs by Ronka Oberhammer
4. July 2014 – 25. August 2014
exhibiting queer
3. July 2014 – 21. July 2014
“I go my own way…” Sascha Schneider – Art and Homoeroticism ca ...
28. March 2014 – 30. June 2014
The Schwules Museum* presents a comprehensive show of works by Sascha Schneider (1870-1927), an unjustly forgotten German painter and sculptor.
Zanele Muholi. Photography
22. March 2014 – 30. June 2014
The Schwules Museum* in collaboration with Amnesty International present an extensive exhibition of South African artist Zanele Muholi's photographic works.
If the sand could talk
7. December 2013 – 10. March 2014
A live documentary exhibition on corrective rape against lesbian women in Cape Town
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau – Private Photographs
7. December 2013 – 10. March 2014
At last, the photographic works of the legendary film director Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau can be seen in the Schwules Museum.
New in the Collection
7. December 2013 – 10. March 2014
The Schwules Museum thanks its benefactors with an exhibition.
Desire, Love, Passion – Wilfried Laule
25. October 2013 – 1. December 2013
The exhibition presents a selection of the artistic output of a publicly gay life. At first, Laule's art was coming-out: "Make your more
elledorado e.V.: artCHARITY
14. October 2013 – 19. October 2013
elledorado is a non-profit fundraising organisation and the group behind the annual artCHARITY art auction. All works in the auction are donated more
Rinaldo Hopf – TRICKSTER
11. September 2013 – 10. October 2013
Ades’ Wonderland – 50 Years of Cult Comedy
10. August 2013 – 12. August 2013
Ades Zabel is turning 50! The Schwules Museum congratulates the Berlin cult comedy star with the birthday show Ades’ Wonderland – 50 more
lesbian. jewish. gay
7. June 2013 – 9. September 2013
The Schwules Museum participates in Berlin's memorial year for 2013: Zerstörte Vielfalt (Destroyed Diversity), with an exhibition on lesbians and gay men more
Update* – Artistic Photographs
18. May 2013 – 2. June 2013
On occasion of the museum´s move, artistic photographies of the changing of Schwules Museum itself will be on view.
Transformation
18. May 2013 – 17. November 2014
Transformation means more than just the process of transforming: it also means renewal and the overstepping of limits. This chronological show is more
Between Tradition and Modern- Early Paintings of Jochen Hass 1950 to 1955
18. May 2013 – 19. August 2013
This exhbition represents the first comprehensive presentation of Jochen Hass' (1917-2000) artistic output from the years 1950 to 1955.
Mädchen in Uniform – Christa Winsloe (1888-1944)
29. November 2012 – 3. March 2013
Christa Winsloe has been nearly forgotten up to now. This fall, a first biography was published by AvivA-Verlag: "Meerkatzen, Meißel und das more
Trans*_homo – of lesbian trans* gays and other normalities
16. August 2012 – 17. November 2012
Sex Education and Scandal – 50 Years of Gays and Lesbians in ...
11. May 2012 – 6. August 2012
How did a magazine, which was formative for so many young people, deal with the theme of homosexuality? Were lesbians and gay more
Photography – Petra Gall – Rüdiger Trautsch
11. May 2012 – 6. August 2012
Two photographers: one man, one woman and their different subjects over several decades. From May in two solo shows, the Schwules Museum more
Madame Kio – The Illusion of the Sexes
15. April 2012 – 23. September 2012
On the occasion of her 70th birthday the Schwules Museum celebrates Madame Kio with a exhibition documenting the artist's life.
Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) – 90th ...
27. January 2012 – 1. May 2012
Pasolini’s life was supposed to end on a day when All Saints Day fell on a Sunday, as was the case in more
Exile and Return – Harry Raymon
27. January 2012 – 1. May 2012
A local celebrity from Munich at the Schwules Museum in Berlin? Harry Raymon has roots in Berlin, too. In 1957, he starred more
Magnus Hirschfeld – a life in objects, books & documents
6. December 2011 – 31. March 2012
Photos from India, a suitcase from Hong Kong, a guest book from France, crockery from Berlin and a passport from 1928 – more
(Self)-Portrait: Images and Networks
7. October 2011 – 16. January 2012
“The Self-Portrait in the Visual Arts” is the subject of works by contemporary artists in the realms of photography, painting and sculpture more
on the other hand: Artistic Throw-ins about the 2011 Women’s Football World ...
24. June 2011 – 25. September 2011
On the occasion of the Women’s World Cup, held this year in Germany, the LGBT Museum (“Schwules Museum”) has invited artists who more
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Contextualizations of a Genius
18. March 2011 – 13. June 2011
The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (24 April, 1889 – 29 April, 1951) is considered amongst the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. more
GENET: Homage on the occasion of his 100 birthday
6. December 2010 – 12. March 2011
On 19th December Jean Genet would have been 100 years old. Schwules Museum honours the ingenious, scandal-embroiled author with a great biographic more
Emma Trosse, married Külz – Teacher, head, author: An exhibition on the ...
22. October 2010 – 22. November 2010
Emma (Külz) Trosse (1863-1949) was a teacher and autodidactical author of medical matters. In the Leipzig publishing house of Max Spohr she more
Spectators and Actors. Actresses and Spectators: Four Centuries of Portrait Painting
7. October 2010 – 16. January 2012
This exhibition explores the history of the portrait, its functions and transformations, based on 100 selected paintings from 1600 to 1945.
Gender_Gap: Sadie Lee und Martina Minette Dreier – Zwei Positionen zeitgenössischer Porträtmalerei
5. October 2010 – 22. November 2010
Die Berliner Malerin Martina Minette Dreier malt Porträts von Menschen, denen die bipolare Geschlechterwelt zu eng ist und die sich nicht eindeutig more
“I feel like some kind of ridiculous cartoon character!” – On occasion ...
14. July 2010 – 15. November 2010
For decades his bulbous noses have kept the gays company. They suffer and prance, they party and screw, they mourn and age more
Glitter and be Gay: Erik Charell and the Homosexuality of Operetta”
8. July 2010 – 27. September 2010
Schwules Museum will present the first exhibition on "the German Mr. Ziegfeld": stage director and theatrical legend, Erik Charell (1894-1974), the creator more
“Bewitched in North-East”: The history od lesbians, gays and trans* in Prenzlauer ...
11. June 2010 – 12. December 2010
The androgynous look. Elfi Mikesch: directing, camera, photography. Hommage on the occasion ...
24. March 2010 – 28. June 2010
Maria, Magdalena and all the others: Hommage on the occasion of the ...
24. March 2010 – 28. June 2010
The central point of Werner Schroeter’s creation are women. Women are in the centre of his attention. Women are his closest co-operators more
Rio Reiser: Allein unter Heteros
10. January 2010 – 8. March 2010
Prosecution of Homosexuals in Hamburg 1919-1969
7. December 2009 – 15. March 2010
The theme of the exhibition is the prosecution of homosexual women and men from Hamburg during the era of the Weimar Republic, more
Working on a miracle: Nine attempts through photographs of HIV-blood and saints
14. November 2009 – 4. January 2010
FIRST SERVICE – Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst
14. November 2009 – 8. March 2010
Inwieweit beeinflusst die sexuelle Identität eines Menschen dessen künstlerische Produktion? FIRST SERVICE will sich dieser Frage über acht individuelle Positionen annähern und more
Against loneliness and hermitage: History of the International Homophile World Organisation (IHWO) ...
1. October 2009 – 30. November 2011
There are pearls that swine never find: A re-installation of the Siegmar ...
27. August 2009 – 16. November 2009
Upon entering the attic flat it smells like essential rose and traffic noise from outside penetrate the insulated windows. Glass cases with more
Women and boys: Drawings by Herbert List 1940 to 1946
11. July 2009 – 12. October 2009
For the first time drawings by the important photographer Herbert List (1903-1975) are presented in an exhibition more than 60 years after more
Biographies of women and Berlin lesbian scene in the permanent exhibition: Schwules ...
20. May 2009 – 30. September 2009
Schwules Museum shows homosexual life in all its facets since 1985. This is demonstrated by cultural and political-historical focal points, but by more
Not making your mind up – like it should be: Golo Mann ...
27. March 2009 – 29. June 2009
For a long time Golo Mann was considered to be a non-practising homosexual. His biographers did not want to admit anything else. more
Spermaportraits – Martin von Ostrowski
19. December 2008 – 16. March 2009
Rochus Gliese – Director, Stage actor, Stage designer: Tribute 30 years after ...
19. December 2008 – 16. March 2009
Even the most genial stage designers are subject to the fate, that although their designs contribute a lot to performances, they are more
Marlene´s best friend: Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
19. December 2008 – 16. March 2009
L-project: Lesbians in Berlin from 1970s to the present
22. August 2008 – 7. December 2008
Under the title L-project the Schwules Museum in a special exhibition presents for the first time politics and culture of lesbian women more
Brucks. life. collect. art – The life and creating way of Eberhardt ...
11. April 2008 – 11. August 2008
In 2004 the Schwules Museum obtained the enormous collection of the Berliner graphic designer Eberhardt Brucks who was then 86 years old. more
Rosa is retiring – Tribute to the 65th birthday of Rosa von ...
25. November 2007 – 31. March 2008
Rosa von Praunheim is one of the rare artists who succeeded in changing the reality of society with one work of art. more
Gertrude and Alice: 100 years, 100 roses
18. September 2007 – 31. October 2007
A Multi-Sided Talent: Costume Designer Paul Seltenhammer (1903-1987)
12. September 2007 – 12. November 2007
To mark the 20th anniversary of his death, the Schwules Museum presents an exhibition about the homosexual costume designer Paul Seltenhammer as more
Frenchy: Female impersonator, drag club owner, costumier
11. July 2007 – 31. December 2007
Frenchy was born Harald Linss in 1936 in Wolfshagen near Kassel. By the age of 15 he knew that he wanted to more
Are you man enough to be a woman! Photographs from the Sternweiler ...
7. June 2007 – 3. September 2007
For the first time the Schwules Museum is devoting an exhibition honoring the special contributions made by certain gay photographers to the more
Outsiders: Hans Mayer – Homage on his 100th birthday
16. March 2007 – 28. May 2007
"Come out of the closet!" was one of the claims raised by the newly formed gay movement in the 1970s. A radical more
Kann denn Liebe Sünde sein? – To Zarah Leander on her 100th ...
16. March 2007 – 28. May 2007
Visconti (November 2nd 1906 – March 17th 1976) – Homage in celebration ...
7. December 2006 – 5. March 2007
Visconti's homosexual inclinations were obvious to his contemporaries. Even in his film work his preference for the male can hardly be overlooked. more
River Dillon: Thornmen and other Portraits
27. September 2006 – 27. November 2006
River Dillon uses superimposed images to create his photo compositions, taking the negative of a cactus or thistle and laying it over more
Es war einmal: Zeit – Fotografien von Martin E. Kautter
27. September 2006 – 27. November 2006
Einmal danach gefragt, welche Rolle bei seiner Arbeit die Vergänglichkeit spiele, antwortete er: "Sie gibt mir den Anlass." Martin E. Kautter verweigert more
Intimate Spaces – performance art exhibition
2. August 2006 – 18. September 2006
The Schwules Museum Berlin presents the performance art exhibition Intimate Spaces. Guest curated by the artist collective postspace, this exhibition invites international more
Paradise – Treasures from the Sternweiler Collection
2. June 2006 – 18. September 2006
Throughout the ages human beings have conjured up all manners of unique, ideal worlds where they feel they originated and to where more
Heino Hilger: Make-up artist at the Berliner Ensemble theatre – Biographical display ...
14. April 2006 – 18. September 2006
Born in August 1941 in an East German village, Heino Hilger was a youth during the early years of the German Democratic more
My Queer Eye 3 – International artists invited to the Gay Museum
12. March 2006 – 14. May 2006
My Queer Eye 3 gathers together artistic and sexual adventurers and exotics of every shade, featuring many new talents side by side more
Hilde Knef “Hold me tight”- Memories, Perceptions, Impulses
7. December 2005 – 27. February 2006
Hildegard Knef, an ambitious artist with the courage to take risks, with the courage to be made a fool of. Her life more
The artist Eberhardt Brucks – Biographical display in the permanent exhibition
29. November 2005 – 5. April 2006
Eberhardt Brucks belongs to the generation of German homosexuals who grew up in the liberal era of the Weimar Republic, but whose more
The Divine One – Homage to Greta Garbo on the occasion of ...
14. September 2005 – 28. November 2005
Neither in Garbo's papers nor in those of her friend Mercedes De Acosta are any explicit love letters to be found. Nevertheless, more
Elisabeth Leithäuser (1914-2004), journalist – biographies in the permanent exhibition No. 2
17. August 2005 – 27. November 2005
The Schwules Museum participates in this season of commemorating the end of WW II by paying tribute to a journalist of the more
Applause – a must! Homage to Thomas Mann
1. June 2005 – 5. August 2005
Why in particular is Thomas Mann in the Schwules Museum? In 1922 Mann was one of the signatories of the Hirschfeld Petition more
Photos by Jim Karlheinz Weinberger
24. February 2005 – 16. May 2005
Self-awareness and persistence
6. December 2004 – 5. March 2005
On December 6, 2004 the Schwules Museum opened its new, permanent exhibition. The display occupies the entire first floor, long-term rental of more
Rinaldo Hopf: AMORE
7. November 2004 – 14. February 2005
Hopf has turned the chamber of the Schwules Museum into a wonder cabinet filled to the brim with photos. For nine years more
Sharp vision — photos from the museum’s collection
27. October 2004 – 16. May 2005
Ever since the invention of photography gays have used the medium for the purpose of self-affirmation. The young fishermen of Wilhelm von more
Homage to Michel Foucault marking the 20th anniversary of his death
16. June 2004 – 18. October 2004
To mark the 20th anniversary of his death, the Schwules Museum is dedicating an exhibition to the life and work of Michel more
Four Decades — Four Artists
2. April 2004 – 4. October 2004
Up until now, the Schwules Museum has presented group exhibitions. Side by side with these, we will now stage more informal exhibitions more
Zeichnung – 19 Künstler zu Gast im Schwulen Museum
25. February 2004 – 31. May 2004
In einer Gruppenausstellung präsentieren wir im Schwulen Museum aktuelle Arbeiten von 19 Künstlern, die das Medium Zeichnung als Ausdrucksform nutzen.
Drawing – 19 guest artists at the Schwules Museum
3. October 2003 – 15. February 2004
The display on the ground floor consists of recent drawings created by 19 artists. It reveals the essential character of the contemporary more
A magnificent late developer – Homage to O. E. Hasse
6. June 2003 – 15. September 2003
In our homage series we now turn to the personal and professional life of O. E. Hasse (11.6.1903-12.9.1978). The theatre critic Friedrich more
Hans Anton, dancer
26. February 2003 – 26. May 2003
Once upon a time, Wolfgang Theis saw a costume he couldn't forget. It was shown at Martin-Gropiusbau during the 750 years Berlin more
Fuck Gender – Photos by Annette Frick 1995-2003
26. February 2003 – 26. May 2003
At issue is the current gender debate with its danger of equalizing everything, everyone. Allegedly, censhorship is no more. But the slogan more
String of Pearls – in the new galleries of the Schwules Museum
8. December 2002 – 31. August 2003
On December 8th, 2002, the Schwules Museum could mark its 17th birthday by opening the new floor for the public. The first more
“It could be a fever, because of me, because of you, because ...
7. November 2002 – 17. February 2003
"We are all in danger", Pier Paolo Pasolini said in an interview shortly before his murder. His statement, at that time, was more
21X5 – PRODUCING Porno
7. November 2002 – 17. February 2003
PRODUCING porno is an exhibition to highlight certain aspects of gay pornography, both past and present. It also analyses the significance of more
“C’est mon homme” – French Male Nudes by the artist group Passage ...
7. August 2002 – 28. October 2002
This group of French artists called Passage à l'acte exists since 1998. The common subject of the 15 members is the male more
Factory of Feelings: Homage to Rainer Werner Fassbinder
29. May 2002 – 28. October 2002
The Schwules Museum honors the greatest German post-war film director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder (born May, 31, 1945) who died 20 years ago, more
The literary salon at Richard Schultz
25. April 2002 – 29. July 2002
Richard Schultz (1889-1977) was born in Rehna/Mecklenburg and moved to Berlin in 1914. After training in London, Paris and Luxor he found more
Marlene and the Third Sex: Homage on Marlene Dietrich’s 100th Birthday
5. December 2001 – 15. April 2002
On the 100th birthday of Marlene Dietrich on december 27th, 2001, the Schwule Museum presents in a new exhibition Germany's only international more
Ronald M. Schernikau: Poet, Diva, Communist
3. October 2001 – 18. November 2001
Society for the reform of sexual rights in Berlin during the 1950s
14. July 2001 – 18. November 2001
Public Enlightenment through Publishing Policy – Max Spohr (1850-1905): Publisher in Leipzig
7. April 2001 – 2. July 2001
The Völklinger Kreis e.V. Bundesverband Gay Manager is an association of managers, the self-employed, and the independently wealthy from the areas of more
Oscar Wilde: An homage on the 100th anniversary of his death
1. December 2000 – 26. February 2001
"People like Oscar Wilde" was long a euphemism for "gay." No scandal has impressed itself so indelibly on the unconscious of entire more
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs – protagonist of the gay emancipation
28. September 2000 – 19. November 2000
Peter Flinsch: Pictures of men. Private photos 1900 – 1950
9. August 2000 – 19. November 2000
The persecution of homosexual men in Berlin 1933-1945
26. March 2000 – 30. July 2000
The years of the Weimar Republic brought a greater social acceptance of homosexuals. lt seemed only a matter of time before decriminalization more