Public Guided Tour on the history of KW:
KW, a hike
with Raoul Zöllner
Tour through the streets into the past of KW.
12 May 24, 11–12.30 pm, in German
Meeting Point: KW courtyard
Register via Museumsdienst Berlin
Free admission. Limited number of participants.
In cooperation with Museumsdienst Berlin.
Also bookable as a private tour for groups via the Museumsdienst Berlin:
Duration: 120 Minutes
Price: 120 € / reduced 105 €
Museumsdienst Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 247 49 888
Mo–Fr: 9–4.00 pm, Sa–So: 9–1.00 pm
E-Mail: museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2023. Photo: Frank Sperling
In the early 1990s, KW Institute for Contemporary Art was founded in a former margarine factory. Their history is inseparably linked to that of their neighborhood, the surrounding streets and its buildings.
To understand KW’s historical entanglements, we embark on a walking tour of boarded-up buildings, underground garages, distant domes over burial chambers, communist clubhouses, and the courtyard of a collector who lives in a former nationalized factory. A view of a distant skyscraper overshadowing Soviet-era relics on Alexanderplatz marks the end of our tour of KW’s neighboring streets.