As a project of the Berlin Leben Foundation, URBAN NATION aims to make urban and street art visible and accessible to everyone through a variety of offerings. Participation and own creativity are asked for and strengthened in our educational formats.
Therefore URBAN NATION is more than a museum. With its diverse programming, URBAN NATION links indoor and outdoor space – museum and city – and promotes dialogue between art and neighborhood. The project Stadtraum!Plus of the Stiftung Berliner Leben facilitates the exchange between Berlin actors and URBAN NATION and creates a variety of educational opportunities.
URBAN NATION is a place of cultural education with workshops and other innovative educational formats. We are active in the museum, in the museum’s workshop and throughout the city – e.g. through participatory mural designs.
On 21 November 2025, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., the Martha Cooper Library invites you to two book presentations reflecting on the Berlin graffiti crews that emerged after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
From October 27 to 31, 2025, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., we are offering an exciting program for children and young people between the ages of 8 and 13. Trainers Ezgilu and Ezgi Ivy have prepared lots of great activities. There will be dance workshops, DJing, singing, poetry slams, and art sessions. The children will discover their talents and learn more about their cultural roots.
In September 2025, internationally renowned artist Jumu Monster will create a 50-meter-high mural at Magistratsweg 10, dedicated to the favorite places of residents in Heerstraße Nord. This portrait of the neighborhood tells a vivid visual story of urban diversity, everyday life, and community.
The Berlin Experimental Workshop at the URBAN NATION Museum starts on September 7, 2025.
The free and open workshop combines creative design with scientific discovery. Children and young people build their own spray bottle from everyday and harmless materials.
URBAN NATION offers free short tours and a workshop on International Museum Day, May 18, ,2025.
As part of a cooperation with Kulturprojekte Berlin and the Berlin Wall Foundation, posters were designed at the URBAN NATION Museum on October 8 and 9, 2024 to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989.
Thanks to the foundation Berliner Leben, the KinderKulturMonat was celebrated at the URBAN NATION Museum and the Satellite Gallery!
The URBAN NATION Museum presents an artistic program in public space that goes beyond the current exhibition LOVE LETTERS TO THE CITY.
Graffiti has always been more than just graffiti, colorful trains or painted walls. Like any subculture that emerges in social hotspots, it offers a place of retreat for those who need it. A safe space, a kind of parallel society that functions away from the imposed norms.
20 Kindergarten kids painted a tunnel at Sandstraße 64 together with Fresh A.I.R. Artist Maria Brudașcă.
