So apparently Berlin has like, a lot of art or something.

Every year there is an event called "Lange Nacht der Museen" which translates to "Long night of the Museums". This entails every museum in Berlin putting on special events and displays, that they stay open until 2:00 am, and that 10 minute bus routes connect all of them together. As it so happens, last Saturday evening was just that night. Each Hampshire student got a ticket and we met together near Potsdammer platz, the center of the bus routes, at the Gemäldegalerie.
Here's the website. If you use Google Chrome I know you can translate the whole site. http://www.lange-nacht-der-museen.de/
First I went to an exhibit on Greek and Christian mythological/religious art, which was exquisite. The halls made a kind of loop, with one direction starting in Greek art and the other with Christian. In the back they met together, where deities went from being nude to clothed and religious figures the opposite. I was not surprised to see a lot of depictions of humanity imbued with immortality; gods behaving badly or innocents being soothed of their pains. What did surprise me was the degree of imagination used to portray the manner of demons, devils and ghosts that are meant to "come and get you" for doing the wrong thing (or sometimes just being the victim of unfortunate circumstances). To be honest, I would not have thought that Christians had it in themselves to entertain that kind of imagination and still refer to it as religious (rather than refusing to acknowledge it). I found it very intriguing.
Then I went to an exhibit on a proposal for architecture and landscaping on an island in one of the rivers in Berlin, which is currently barren. The exhibit was small and underwhelming.
I went to the "Film und Fernseher Museum" where they had many displays, including an exhibit dedicated to The Jungle Book and other nature oriented tv shows. They had a great tribute to Marlene Dietrich, the famous German actress. Here are some famous pictures of her -1- -2- -3- -4-. The building it was hosted in was completely defective as a museum. It took the space of 4 floors, two exhibition rooms per floor that could each hold 30-45 people. Too much stair climbing, considering that all TV watching is done sitting down.
From there I took a bus to The Kennedy Museum, erected in Kennedy's honor (either after he went to Berlin or after he was killed). The museum was featuring JFK (of course) but Jakie was actually on the main stage for that evening. There was a small tribute to the Obama's as well as one for James Dean.
After that I went to the Komputerspiel Museum, or Museum of Computer Games. They had on display the history of gaming as inspired by the west and then later by Japanese companies as well. They also had some interesting interactive displays, like game related trivia questions while playing Pong. In the back was probably their most successful display, an interactive game of Pong where each player must place and keep his or her hand on a pad on the console. According to who is winning and losing, the players will get shocked, burned, or slapped with a rubber tube repeatedly. If you remove your hand before the game of Pong is over, you lose. I think I have about one game in me, ever, so I'm waiting to take Alex there to try it out.
Afterwards I went to the planetarium, but the line was so long to see the show that they were no longer admitting new people. I got to walk around the foyer and grab a pamphlet, but I'll have to go back some other time to see the show.