Family outings in Berlin’s Pankow district can combine children’s museum activities, creative workshops and planetarium programmes. Compare upcoming events at MACHmit! Museum für Kinder, Zeiss-Großplanetarium and other local places, paying attention to the activity and age recommendation rather than the venue name alone.
287 shows and events

Children take part in STEM workshops with changing topics, including Osmo, Scratch and BlueBots.


Traditional Greek fairy tales are told in Greek and translated into German.

Federico Albanese marks ten years of his album "The Blue Hour" under the planetarium dome.



Children and families hear Eric Carle's caterpillar story read in German and Yiddish.

A puppet show where the wolf tricks Little Red Riding Hood and swallows her and her grandmother.

Participants portray themselves and their group.

Drop by and try out the Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset.

Children craft keychains or coasters from iron-on beads, using own ideas or templates.

Children make lanterns with Nadine, then Rumpelmärchen tell a story with a fire show.

Participants use a VR headset to play games and explore virtual worlds.

Lantern procession with music, starting and ending at the library with refreshments.

Children visit Lucia's house by candlelight and explore questions about light and warmth.

Visitors explore microscopic worlds live, using microscopes and projections in the planetarium dome.

A frog retrieves a princess’s golden ball, but she runs away after making him a promise.

Children build whatever they imagine using colourful LEGO bricks during this building activity.

Children and parents celebrate the opening of a new Hirsch Heinrich exhibition.

Explore the Solar System through space probe discoveries, from Mars and comets to distant Pluto.

A clown ensemble follows Britta the chocolate-loving rat on a magical book journey.

The Vietnamese language café presents a Vietnamese fairy tale in German and Vietnamese.

Children and adults craft small artworks from straw and natural materials.

Georg Weisfeld combines songs, juggling, magic, mime and clowning with help from children.