Totaling more than 2,500 objects by artists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the museum’s holdings include strengths in German Expressionism and postwar German art. The collection continues to grow. With the recent purchase of “Sunburst in the Riesengebirge,” the museum joined a small number of American museums to own a painting by Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), widely regarded as the leading figure in German Romantic painting.

“Storm of Progress” will showcase a wide range of media, including paintings, sculpture, photographs, prints and decorative arts. Highlights include the Friedrich, as well as works by Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, Joseph Beuys, Isa Genzken, Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz. The exhibition features many objects on view for the first time, including a recently acquired painting by Gabriele Münter.

Although the exhibition is free, visitors will need to secure timed tickets, which will be available starting Oct. 13. Tickets are available in person at the museum, or through MetroTix, which charges a service fee.