Individual group tour
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Get out of the office or the classroom. See and hear for yourself how the past still influences our lives and our society today.
Find out more about Germany's colonial history and how we are still feeling the after-effects of colonial systems and structures today, in the "post-colonial" era.
Advantages of a group tour
- Select date and time
Individually arranged from Monday to Sunday. Please note the opening hours of the Humboldt Forum if required.
- Flexible duration
Between 1.5 and 2.5 hours
- Just for you
Ideal for your club, family, company, foundation, association, course or school class.
Choose one of the following tours
Discover the African Quarter
Your tour experience
- Discover the so-called African Quarter in Berlin on our special city tour.
- Join us on an enriching tour that leads along seven stations.
-Immerse yourself in the fascinating past of this area monument and learn how colonial narratives reverberate in the present through allotment associations and supermarkets.
- Our interactive tour promotes awareness and understanding of topics such as street renaming, everyday racism and colonial continuities. Book now for an unforgettable experience: your key to a deeper insight into the capital's history and identity.
Take a step back in time and explore the African Quarter and its fascinating history. Find out why the streets in Wedding are named after African cities or countries such as Togo, Cameroon or Windhoek. Discover how the African continent has influenced German history over the last 500 years. Exchange views on the topic of street renaming and learn about the resistance against German colonial rule through pioneers such as Rudolph and Emily Manga Bell, Anna Mungunda or Cornelius Fredericks. Experience a change of perspective as we discuss the impact of past events on today.
Black & Queer Feminism in Berlin
Your tour experience
- Learn more about the historical connections between botanical gardens and colonialism.
- Discover traces of industrialization in Berlin's urban space.
- Explore Germany's global connections to the African and American continents from the perspective of important women.
- Experience the neighborhood's relationship to important queer, feminist personalities of the 20th century.
- Discuss Audre Lorde and her views on intersectional feminism.
- Visit the graves of important Afro-German personalities such as Ika Hügel-Marshall and May Ayim and learn about the fascinating life stories of influential activists.
Museum tour in and around the Humboldt Forum
Experience a change of perspective in one of Berlin's newest historical and cultural sites. Explore the debates surrounding the reconstruction of the palace, the exhibition of cultural artefacts from the African continent and the topic of restitution.
Your tour experience
Discover the history of the palace, which reopened in 2021, from a decolonial perspective. Understand why some people criticize the reconstruction of the Berlin Palace.
Learn some important facts about colonialism and how it is intertwined with the Berlin Palace.
Find out more about the brothers Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt.
Discuss the topic of restitution with us. Explore the Humboldt Forum from an Afrocentric perspective.
Analyze the curation of the ethnological collection on the second floor together.
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