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Responsibilities: Planning, strategy and implementation of the museum’s outreach and educational activities

Pay scale: TVL 13
Full-time
Permanent

Immediate start

Application deadline: 24 June 2026

Full details of the job vacancy and the application process can be found here.

We look forward to receiving your application!

From the bed that Ernst Ludwig Kirchner skillfully carved, to a cushion that Karl Schmidt-Rottluff sewed with abstract shapes, to a peacock embossed into silver sheet metal on a brooch by Erich Heckel – the creative drive of the Brücke artists knew no bounds. In addition to painting, drawing and …

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, *Bett für Erna Schilling*, 1919, Arven- und Lärchenholz, bearbeitet und geschnitzt, Kirchner-Museum Davos

Thanks to the generous support of the HERMANN REEMTSMA FOUNDATION and the Friends of the Brücke-Museum, the Brücke-Museum has been able to acquire two outstanding paintings by Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller.

The paintings come from the collection of the Jewish art collector and patron Hugo Simon, who was persecuted by the Nazi regime and deprived of a large part of his collection. Both works were restituted from European museums to Simon’s heirs and have been on long-term loan to the Brücke-Museum since 2022.

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Expressionist painting, four naked women lying and standing around a single tree, forest in the background — Max Pechstein, *Vier Akte in Landschaft* (Four Nudes in a Landscape), 1912, oil on canvas, Brücke-Museum

With Percy Nii Nortey (artist) and Ximena G. Toro (assistant curator outreach, Brücke Museum) How can textiles challenge colonial hierarchies of value? In this talk, the artist Percy Nii Nortey and the curator Ximena G. Toro, reflect on textiles as both artistic medium and site of labour, memory, and embodied knowledge. …

The photo shows three large church windows covered with colorful, translucent fabrics, each depicting a figure — Percy Nii Nortey *Break from Reality* Ausstellung Nikolaikirche

With Mirsini Artakianou (artist), Jenny Contreras (artist) und Camilla Spadaccino (project assistant) While the women wove, their work often remained unseen. Which of your creations remain unseen? Even today, sewing and embroidery are often considered “feminine” activities. Yet these techniques continue to be passed down through families and communities. This workshop offers …

Lise Gujer, Black Spring, after 1954-65, after a painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Brücke-Museum, Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Stiftung © estate Lise Guj er

Public tours give visitors the opportunity to jointly discuss the current exhibition Kunst Hand Werk Brücke. The Applied Arts of the Brücke Artists with art educators, who offer tours from diverse perspectives grounded in art history, visual art, contemporary history and pedagogics. Based on the backgrounds of our museum guides, visitors …

Photograph of an abstractly designed wall tapestry with geometric ornaments in bold blue and red tones. — Elisabeth Nielsen-Georgi, Teppich mit blau-rotem Ornament, 1958, Wollzwirn, Smyrna-Arbeit (aufgeschnittener Plüsch-Steppstich) auf Stramin, Brücke-Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Public tours give visitors the opportunity to jointly discuss the current exhibition Kunst Hand Werk Brücke. The Applied Arts of the Brücke Artists with art educators, who offer tours from diverse perspectives grounded in art history, visual art, contemporary history and pedagogics. Based on the backgrounds of our museum guides, visitors …

Silver Brooch by the artist Erich Heckel — Eriche Heckel, *Brosche mit Pfauenmotiv*, 1911, Silberblech, getrieben und ziseliert, Brücke-Museum © VG Bild-Kunst 2026

The Brücke-Museum, built in 1967 to a design by Werner Düttmann, will undergo a sensitive renovation, modernisation, and a purpose-built extension – creating more space for Brücke art, encounters, inspiration, and new projects. More about the competition →

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In 1964, the artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff initiated the establishment of a museum in his city of residence Berlin to honour the artists’ group Brücke. With a donation to the State of Berlin, he laid the foundation for its collection. Just three years later, on 15 September 1967, Brücke-Museum opened in a new building designed by Werner Düttmann in Berlin’s Dahlem district. …

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