Berlin Museums & Exhibitions

 

Berlin Museums & Exhibitions

 
 
In Berlin, the capital of Germany, there are more than 175 museums. Therefore it is obvious that is it is not possible to cover all of them. However, there is a museum for nearly everyone and every subject.


On the "Museumsinsel", there are clustered quite many interesting Berlin museums. They will be mentioned under "M".
On this site, we will list the most favourite and important museums in alphabetical order.
 
     
 
Checkpoint Charlie Mauermuseum  

Checkpoint Charlie Mauermuseum

Checkpoint Charlie used to be one of the major crossings between East and West Berlin for allies, foreigners as well as diplomats where people were checked when they wanted to cross the border.
 

   
     
     
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Heimatmuseum Berlin  

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Heimatmuseum

The exhibitions in the "Heimatmuseum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf" near the Charlottenburg Palace deal with the history of the Berlin areas Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.
     
     
     
Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin  

Deutsches Historisches Museum

The "Deutsches Historisches Museum" ("German History Museum") deals with the history of Germany over a period of more than 2000 years.
     
 
     
     
DDR Museum Berlin  

GDR Museum

In the DDR-Museum you get to know the life of people in the GDR and during socialism.
     
 
     
Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin  

Martin-Gropius-Bau

Named after its architect Martin Gropius, the Martin-Gropius-Bau of Renaissance style was opened in 1881.
     
     
     
Berlin Museumsinsel Altes Museum  

Museumsinsel

On the Museumsinsel in Berlin that became UNESCO World Heritage in 1999, there are clustered five interesting museums and exhibitions: "Altes Museum", "Neues Museum", "Alte Nationalgalerie", "Bode-Museum" and "Pergamonmuseum".
     
     
     
Musikinstrumentenmuseum Berlin  

Musikinstrumentenmuseum

In the "Musikinstrumentenmuseum" next to the Berlin Philharmony, there is a large collection of music instruments from the 16th to the 20th century.
     
     
     
Story of Berlin  

Story of Berlin

In the "Story of Berlin" at the Kurfürstendamm you experience the history of Berlin in an interactive and therefore really entertaining way.
     
     
     
Berlin Topographie des Terrors  

Topographie des Terrors

The exhibition "Topographie des Terrors" deals with the horrible crimes by the NS-Regime that had their headquarters near that area.
     
 
 
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