The Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien is an institution of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district office. The Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien has its own art collection of 450 works, including pieces by Hans Baluschek, Erich Büttner, and various artists who lived in Kreuzberg such as Hanefi Yeter, Akbar Behkalam, Luise Grimm, or Christa Eichler. The Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien is located in the former deaconess hospital built in 1847 at Mariannenplatz.

The Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien presents group and thematic exhibitions on social and cultural contemporary processes in relation to contemporary arts.