The Humboldt Forum, embodying the cosmopolitan world view of the brothers Humboldt, is to be housed in the historic, reconstructed Berlin Palace on Berlin's Museum Island. It will be a unique space for art, culture, education and science. This publication provides a glimpse behind the scenes of this great construction project, developed by Italian architect Franco Stella. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and two of its state museums, the Ethnological Museum and Museum of Asian Art, will be housed in this innovative centre for exhibitions, science and events, together with the Central Library Berlin and the Humboldt University of Berlin. The volume describes both the concept and the planning for the Humboldt Forum with illustrations of its planning and design, both inside and out.