The Berlinische Galerie is one of the newest museums in the German capital and collects art from Berlin dating from 1870 to the present day. In addition to the permanent collection, the State Museum of Modern Art, Photography, and Architecture offers a varied program of special exhibitions.

Founded in 1975, the State Museum reopened in its own building close to the Jewish Museum in 2004, moving into a spacious industrial hall that has been rebuilt to provide 4,600 square meters of exhibition space.