Welcome Reception

The INMA World Congress will open with an evening in the very heart of Berlin — on Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Under the elegant colonnades beside the Neues Museum, we gather in one of Europe’s most extraordinary cultural settings. The Colonnade Courtyard itself is a masterpiece of neoclassical architecture — proportioned, dignified, and timeless.

From here, the skyline unfolds around you: The Old National Gallery, the majestic dome of the Berliner Dom rising above the city, the rebuilt royal palace — today’s Humboldt Forum — and the Spree River flowing quietly past the museums.

This is Berlin at its most cinematic: history, architecture, water, and light — all within a few steps of each other. It is the kind of setting that reminds you why this city has always been a crossroads of ideas, art, and political change.

And inside the Neues Museum awaits one of the world’s most famous cultural treasures: the bust of Nefertiti — timeless, precise, and quietly powerful.

Drinks, light bites, and relaxed conversation will accompany an evening designed not just to welcome you — but to immerse you immediately in Berlin’s character. Elegant, layered, unforgettable.

A true Berlin opening night.