Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection The Egyptian Museum owns one of the world's most important collections of Ancient Egyptian Art. Through its pieces of art, mostly taken from the time of King Akhenaton (around 1340 BC) from Tell el Amarna, the museum has reached world standing and renown. Famous works such as the bust of Queen Nefertiti, the portrait of Queen Tiy and the famous ‘Berlin Green Head’ belong to the collection. The collection The impressive collection of the Egyptian Museum includes masterworks belonging to different epochs of ancient Egypt: statues reliefs as well as monumental pieces of Egyptian architecture document the different time periods of ancient Egypt from 4000 BC up to the Roman Period. In addition to the bust of Queen Nefertiti, whose original colour is preserved without restoration since the Amarna period, other pieces such as the sculptured portraits of the royal family and members of the royal court are also unique. The most significant work of the late period is the so called Berlin "Green Head" named after its greenish stone (ca. 500 BC).

The Allied Museum tells a unique story full of excitement and drama. Almost like in a fairy tale, the forces of Good win in the end. Let's take a look back: in the summer of 1945, the troops of the USA, Great Britain and France marched into Berlin as victors and occupiers. Along with their war ally, the Soviet Union, they planned to occupy the German Reich, defeated in World War II, and liberate it from National Socialism. But a conflict ensued. The Western victorious powers wanted to rebuild Germany based on the principles of freedom and democracy. But the Soviet Union considered its own social system to be the desirable model. Berlin became the showplace of those conflicts which went down in history as the Cold War. More than once, the Cold War threatened to become "hot." Nonetheless, we were all surprised in 1989/90 when Germany was unified in peace and freedom. What role did the Western forces play in that process? And above all: how did it happen that the victors of the year 1945 left the city not quite 50 years later as friends and allies? In addition to the permanent exhibition, the Allied Museum also features special exhibitions and organizes events with interesting contemporary witnesses. The Web site will provide you with relevant information. We wish you enjoyable reading! The director and staff of the Allied Museum To conclude, a note on the Museum's name: since the Soviet blockade in 1948/49, the Berliners meant the Western forces when they spoke of the "Allies." The Soviet Union had withdrawn from the circle of war allies.

Old National Gallery The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) can be traced back to a sketch by Wilhelm IV. from the year 1841, and the design by Friedrich August Stüler who envisaged a temple-like building raised on a plinth, with a monumental exterior staircase and magnificent stairway inside. In 1866, building work began, and when Stüler died the same year Johann Heinrich Strack took over the site management. The National Gallery was opened on 21st March 1876. During the Second World War the building was severely damaged. Only in 1948 did the reconstruction of the ruined museum which up to this point had been exposed to the weather due to the lack of a roof begin. For the time being, only makeshift repairs of severe damage to the building substance were possible. In 1950, the second exhibition storey was re-opened to the public. In 1992, the contract for the general restoration of the Old National Gallery was signed, with the aim of creating a larger exhibition area for the now unified collection holdings of East and West Berlin, in addition to rectifying all damage. Reconstruction of the exterior began in 1995 and in 1998 the general restoration started. On 2nd December 2001 the Old National Gallery was re-opened.

Altes Museum The Altes Museum, built between 1823 and 1830 after the design by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, is one of the most important works in the architecture of Classicism. With a lucidly ordered exterior and an interior structure of great precision after the Ancient Greek style, Schinkel pursued Humboldt's idea of the museum as an educational institution open to the public. The monumental order of the 18 fluted ionic columns, the wide stretch of the atrium, the rotunda - an explicit reference to the pantheon in Rome - and finally the grand staircase are all architectural elements which, up to this point, were reserved for stately buildings. Originally built to house all of Berlin's art collections, the Altes Museum has accommodated the Collection of Classical Antiquities since 1904. Between 1943 and 1945 the building was severely damaged by fire. Reconstruction work continued up until 1966. Since 24 February 2011, ancient worlds are opened up for people to explore in a completely new display in the Altes Museum. Now that the Etruscans and Romans on the building's upper floor have already enthralled some 250,000 visitors since their unveiling in July 2010, the Collection of Classical Antiquities is about to present its world-famous collection of Greek art in a wholly new guise on the main floor.

By dealing with and presenting the life and the person of Anne Frank the Anne Frank Zentrum serves to keep alive the memory of the National Socialist crimes and carries the message of her diary into the present time. The Anne Frank Zentrum is committed to promoting a varied and lively society and to working against anti-Semitism, prejudice and any kind of discrimination against people. It is especially committed to encouraging personal decisions to act in everyday situations of exclusion or peer pressure. The main focus of the work of the Anne Frank Zentrum is on educational work with young people. The foundation of the Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin goes back to an initiative in 1994. At the time the showing of the international travelling exhibition »The world of Anne Frank. 1929-1945« was being prepared in Berlin. The exhibition was shown in six boroughs of the city to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation from National Socialism. Specifically to support the coordination of the exhibition and the extensive accompanying programme a Society of Friends was founded. With this organisation as a basis, efforts were made towards the founding of the Anne Frank Zentrum in Berlin so that the work on the topics of the exhibition could be continued. To this end the existing Anne Frank Centres in Great Britain and the USA offered guidance. On completion of a cooperation agreement with the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam the Anne Frank Zentrum was finally opened on 12 June 1998. Since then numerous visitors, youth groups and school classes have been coming to the Anne Frank Zentrum from Berlin and the whole country. Since September 2002 the Anne Frank Zentrum has been based next to the Hackesche Höfe at 39 Rosenthaler Strasse in Berlin.

Photographs and objects from the 1st and 2nd World War, modern arms, air-raid shelter from the 2nd World War.

Art Library The Kunstbibliothek (Art Library) has approximately 400,000 volumes and ranks among Germany's leading institutions specializing in literature concerning the history of art. The library attracts 35,000 visitors annually. The Art Library acquires and researches scientific literature on the history of European art from late antiquity to the present. It also subscribes to 1,400 current international periodicals. In addition, it collects drawings and prints in the area of applied arts and possesses a comprehensive collection of photographs. The library offers visitors a broad range of impressive collections including: architectural and ornamental prints and drawings, the Lipperheide costume library, posters and advertisements, graphic design, book design, photographs. All items are available to visitors in the reading rooms. Selections of works from the library's many collections are regularly presented in special exhibitions. The neighbouring Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) concentrates primarily on fine art drawings and prints.

Museum The Bauhaus Collection - Classic Modern Originals The Bauhaus Archive/Museum of Design in Berlin is devoted to the research and presentation of the history and influence of the Bauhaus (1919-1933), the most important school of architecture, design and art in the 20th century. The entire spectrum of the school’s activities is represented in the Bauhaus Collection: architecture, furniture, ceramics, metalwork, photography, stage pieces and student work from the preliminary course, as well as works created by the school’s famous teachers, including Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Vasily Kandinsky, Josef Albers, Oskar Schlemmer, László Moholy-Nagy and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Even today, the ‘Bauhaus Lamp’, the ‘Vasily’ armchair and Bauhaus wallpaper designs are regarded as modern classics. This presentation of paintings, drawings, sculptures and models by Bauhaus masters and students, comprising a selection from the world’s largest collection of Bauhaus artefacts, illustrates the lasting influence of the Bauhaus. The annual museum programme features special exhibitions, numerous lectures, podium discussions, workshops, readings and concerts.

A museum explains the history of the cathedral with models, paintings and construction plans.

The Berlin Medical Historical Museum is an institution of the Charité - University Medicine Berlin. It is the successor of Rudolf Virchow's Pathological Museum and is located in the former Museum Building of the Pathological Institute on the traditional grounds of the Charité (Campus Mitte). The permanent collection currently shows some 750 objects comprising pathological-anatomical wet and dry specimens as well as models, and graphics.

The first Berlin Clock-museum presents 2000 years of clock-history.

Permanent exhibition about the biotope forest

The Berlinische Galerie is one of the newest museums in the German capital and collects art from Berlin dating from 1870 to the present day – with both a local and international focus. Founded in 1975, the State Museum reopened in its own building close to the Jewish Museum in 2004, moving into a spacious industrial hall that has been rebuilt to provide 4,600 square metres of exhibition space. Fine art – painting, graphics, sculpture, multimedia – photography, architecture and artists’ archives provide a rich source, whose interdisciplinary relationships create exciting dialogues. Its outstanding collections include Dada Berlin, the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) and the Eastern European avant-garde. The art of the divided and reunified city of Berlin provides another focus.

Special exhibitions about the history of the districts Marzahn and Hellersdorf

The mill was constructed in 1993/94 after historical plans from 1900.

Bode-Museum For the design of the Kaiser Friedrich-Museum (renamed Bode Museum in 1956), the emperor Wilhelm II commissioned the head government building officer Ernst von Ihne, one of the best-known exponents of "Wilhelminian Baroque". In order to achieve the appearance of a building rising from water the architect arranged the three-winged building around several interior courtyards so that the exterior facades immediately bordered the banks of the river Spree. A dominating dome and two opulent staircases lend the building a stately air which is underlined further by the decorative elements such as the monumental pilasters, demi-columns and window surrounds. The former general director of the museums Wilhelm von Bode himself made suggestions concerning the lighting of the rooms and their proportioning. The art works were shown within the context of original ceilings, fire places, door jambs, tapestries and furniture. Bodes presentation concept, aimed at a general effect of authenticity, was influential throughout the world. The museum was opened in 1904. During the Second World War much of the building, especially the dome, suffered great damages. Beginning in the 1950s, step by step the museum was reconstructed and put back into use. In the 1990s, general restoration began with the first parts of reconstruction work; in August 2000 construction works for the basic restoration followed. The Numismatic Collection has been open to visitors at the Bode Museum since 22 October 2004, opened on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. On 19 October 2006, the Bode Museum was re-opened in its entirety, displaying the Sculpture Collection, the Numismatic Colletion and works from the Gemäldegalerie - Old Master Paintings.

The museum specializes in the display of botanical exhibits and is the only one of its kind in Central Europe. It is complementary to the botanic garden since models are highlighting morphological details that are not easily visible on living objects. Highly magnified algae and other cryptogams as well as the flowers, fruits, and seeds of higher plants are shown.

to the Britzer Garden, created for the National Horticultural Show in 1985. The 90-hectare Britzer Garden offers garden art, gastronomy, concerts, events, sports and health facilities, animals and a museum railway – above all, however, it offers beautifully manicured gardens and pristine nature. In 2002 it was voted one of Germany’s ten most beautiful gardens. 

The start of the season is marked each year by the opening of the spring trail, an approximately two-kilometre route lined with glorious blooming daffodils, crocuses, tulips, grape hyacinths and many other bulbs and spring flowers. 


From mid-April (depending on the weather) tulips bloom at the special show "Tulips in the Britzer Garden." Hundreds of thousands of magnificent tulips in a multitude of colours and shapes remain in full bloom until the end of April/beginning of May. In June and September the Rose Garden is a major attraction with hundreds of bed, shrub and climbing roses edged with neatly clipped box hedges. The accompanying murmur of the water features makes a visit a wonderfully soothing experience. Dahlias really come into their own in late summer and autumn. The “Major Dahlia Show“ takes place yearly in the Britzer Garden at the end of August/beginning of September and features over 10,000 dahlias in 200 varieties. A highlight of the many events staged in the park is the “Fire Flowers and Classic Open Air“ classical concert, which features a major firework display; this regularly attracts over 12,000 visitors. Other popular events include the Summer Solstice Festival, the Flight, Air and Dragon Festival and the summertime Sunday concert series on the Fairground Stage.

The Bröhan-Museum specializes in Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Functionalism (1889-1939) of international provenance. The collection has two areas of primary interest: decorative arts and painting. The art objects are arranged in room ensembles for presentation. These ensembles aim at giving a representative synopsis of the period from Art Nouveau – as a precursor of modern design – up to Art Deco and Functionalism by way of chosen pieces of glass, ceramics, porcelain, silver and metal work in combination with furniture, carpets and lighting as well as prints and painting. The collection illustrates the equal value of each area of artistic production. It gives priority to works of French and Belgian as well as of German and Scandinavian Art Nouveau besides ensembles of French Art Deco. The Bröhan-Museum houses an exceptionally rich collection of porcelain from distinguished manufactures (KPM Berlin, Royal Copenhagen, Meissen, Nymphenburg, Sèvres etc.) as well as pieces of metal and glass works from the most important artists and designers of the time including early industrial design. The spectre includes prominent examples from the work of the following artists and producers: Precious glass by Emille Gallé and Joh. Loetz Wwe, furniture by Eugène Gaillard, Hector Guimard, Louis Majorelle, Bruno Paul, Richard Riemerschmid, Peter Behrens, Joseph Maria Olbrich, examples of Art Deco in the metal works of Edgar Brandt, furniture ensembles by Jaques-Emile Ruhlmann, silver by jean Puiforcat, Paris, and Georg Jensen, Copenhagen, as well as Art Nouveau fayence from the Bohemian Amphora works. On the 3d floor a cabinet is dedicated to the Belgian Art Nouveau artist Henry van de Velde and another to the Vienna Secession artist Josef Hoffmann. Important designers of serial production of the period 1889-1939 are represented with exemplary works: Friedrich Adler, Albin Müller, Peter Behrens, Christopher Dresser, Jan Eisenloeffel, Hermann Gretsch, Archibald Knox, Trude Petri, Wilhelm Wagenfeld. The picture collection of the Bröhan museum places particular emphasis on the Berlin Secession. Important collections of paintings by Hans Baluschek, Karl Hagemeister and Willy Jaeckel are complemented by works of Walter Leistikow, Franz Skarbina, Lesser Ury and others. An extensive collection of works by the painter Jean Lambert-Rucki, who was influenced by the cubists, complements the French Art-Deco furniture. To mark the 25th anniversary of the museum in December 1998, paintings and drawings will be shown in a newly decorated picture gallery on the first floor. The Bröhan-Museum bears the name of its founder, Karl H. Bröhan, who donated his private collection to the city of Berlin on occasion of his 60th birthday. From 1966 onwards, he continuously built up his collection and made it public in a villa in Dahlem since 1973. On October 14th, 1983, the collection moved to its present site, a late classicistic barracks within the Charlottenburg palace ensemble. 1994, the Bröhan-Museum became a state museum. Due to the international significance of its collection, the Bröhan-Museum takes an important place within the Berlin museum landscape as well as beyond the national borders.

Expressionism, works by the "Brücke" (Bridge) group of artists, which was established in Dresden in 1905

The Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation is the non-partisan institution in Germany which serves to commemorate the Social-Democrat politician, outstanding statesman and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. It is one of five political memorial foundations which the Federal Republic of Germany has created. The name Willy Brandt is synonymous with democracy and freedom, understanding between nations and peace, justice, solidarity and social responsibility. His life and his policies demonstrate, - that courageous personal engagement in government and society is essential for a free and humane existence, - that conflicts are, insofar as possible, to be settled peacefully, - that Germany's future is best anchored in a united Europe and - that coming to terms with global problems requires collaboration among individuals and can succeed only in the context of worldwide co-operation. Our purpose is to keep the memory of Willy Brandt alive, to awaken interest in the history of the 20th century and at the same time to encourage engagement in contemporary politics. In doing that, we can contribute to consolidating the traditions of democracy and the rule of law. Our work centres primarily on historical and political education. We carry out this task in particular through the permanent exhibits at our two locations in Berlin and Lübeck. Willy Brandt’s personal and political life is closely linked to the city of Berlin. An exhibit here commemorates not only his dedication to the freedom of the once divided city but also his achievements as Foreign Minister and as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Willy Brandt House in Lübeck is the extra-scholastic learning centre for recent history in the Nobel Peace Prize recipient’s birthplace. We offer specific curricula geared to adults, younger people and children. With an orientation to the needs and wishes of our visitors, we employ well-selected media and innovative didactic concepts. Among the offerings are guided exhibit tours, lectures, readings, discussion sessions, seminars, school projects and activities for children. Our public events deal with recent history and with current political issues to closely link the commemoration of Willy Brandt to the examination of contemporary and future issues. To that end we host presentations by contemporary witnesses, politicians, scientists and publicists. We publish selected documents and papers by Willy Brandt and conduct research about him and the past century. Our task is to use the assets in the Willy Brandt Archives at the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and to assist in its scientific evaluation. We cooperate with domestic and foreign researchers and institutions and conduct workshops and conferences. Above all we support young scholars with their projects. Every other year we honour outstanding achievements in research with the Willy Brandt Prize. We feel strongly committed to Willy Brandt’s political legacy and to the basic values which guided him. To communicate the significance of his legacy, our historians, political scientists, museum pedagogues, visitor guides and administrative specialists bring their manifold competencies and experiences to bear. To fulfil our tasks we work together with both public and private partners. Our goal is to contribute to assuring that Willy Brandt’s insights and visions remain alive and are passed down to future generations.

The Daimler Art Collection with around 1300 works by artists of the 20th century is shown in changing exhibitions.

“Dalí – The exhibition at Potsdamer Platz”, a permanent museum exhibition with more than 450 exhibits from private collections from around the world, offers the most comprehensive insight into Salvador Dalí´s virtuous and experimenting attitude in almost all artistic techniques, right in the pulsating heart of Berlin.

The museum invites the visitor to meditate and concentrate on oneself, looking at the objects of art.

Das Verborgene Museum was founded in Berlin in 1986, its declared aim is to publicise the life's work and biographies of women artists who have fallen into obscurity for various reasons. Das Verborgene Museum is the only existing institution word-wide with a programme which focuses on public presentation and academic appraisal of women artists of past centuries, or of those who are no longer working within the art world.

Welcome to one the most interactive museums in the world! The DDR Museum is an unique and specific museum and one of the most-visited museums in Berlin. Specific because of three main reasons. 1. The topic The DDR Museum is the only museum which concentrates on everyday life in the GDR. We don't only show the crimes of the State Security or the border defences at the Berlin Wall but we display the life of the people in the dictatorship: Maybe you know the spreewald pickles, nudism beaches and the Trabi - the rest of the life in this socialist state is unfamiliar to most of the people in the world. 2. The concept A hands-on experience of history - the DDR Museum is not an exhibition to regard, but the visitor has to take part, to handle the exhibits and to look behind drawers and doors. For this reason we are one of the most interactive museums in the world - not the least point which nominated us for the European Museum of the Year Award 2008. 3. The institution The DDR Museum is privately financed to hundred percent. We don't spend one cent of public money and achieve no aid money. We finance probably as the only museum in Germany to hundred percent from the entrance fees of the visitor. Visitor orientation is not only a headword, but the guideline for our work. Thereby the DDR Museum has become one of the most visited museums in Berlin only one year after the opening.

German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

The museum creates a space at the historic location of the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht on 8 May 1945 where a critical analysis of history and how it is remembered, where learning and encounters, and where understanding between Germans and Russians can take place.

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We are the German-Russian Museum, located at the historic site of the surrender of the German Armed Forces on 8 May 1945 in Berlin-Karlshorst, a place where two former wartime enemies jointly recall some of their common history. We are a so-far unique bilateral institution sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Russian Federation. We are the only museum in Germany with a permanent exhibition recalling the war of annihilation against the Soviet Union. Along with the genocide of European Jewry and the murder of other populations, this war is part of the large complex of Nazi crimes to which millions fell victim through systematic extermination.

The Historic Location

World War II came to an end in Europe with the act of unconditional surrender which took place in our building. From 1945 to 1949 the former officers’ mess of the German Armed Forces’ Pioneer School served as the seat of the Soviet Military Administration in Germany. After being used for various purposes by the Soviet military, a Soviet surrender museum opened in 1967 and existed until 1994.

The Deutsche Bank and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation opened the exhibition hall Deutsche Guggenheim at the historical venue Unter den Linden in November 1997. In a very short time, the Deutsche Guggenheim has established a solid reputation for itself through its first-rate exhibitions and now constitutes an integral part of the ongoing cultural events of Berlin. More than 140,000 visitors per year take delight in a richly diversified program featuring Modern and Contemporary Art, complemented by a conceptually oriented supporting program.

The roof terrace and dome of the Reichstag Building can be visited by members of the public, and offer spectacular views of the parliamentary and government district and Berlin’s sights.

The museum shows a permanent historical exhibition about blind people, their life and education

The Currywurst has its own museum!

Currywurst (curried sausage) is as much a part of Berlin as Brandenburger Tor. Traditional and unconventional at the same time, it is the culinary emblem of Germany's capital city.

No German national dish inspires as many stories, preferences and celebrity connoisseurs as this one does. Deutsches Currywurst Museum in Berlin is dedicated to the curried sausage, its friends and fans, the legends and stories coming along with it: in a unique exhibition designed as a special event in itself.

On this website you find information, dates, the latest news and a lot more all about the interactive exhibit, the mascot QWoo, and of course about how we set the stage for the most popular sausage in all of Germany: Currywurst!

We're looking forward to your visit!

Concepts governing the Museum and its Exhibitions Enlightenment and communication are the central precepts of the conception, which also states: The museum shall in particular strive to help the citizens of our country to gain a clear idea of who they are as Germans and Europeans, as inhabitants of a region and members of a worldwide civilization. The future permanent exhibition, which will comprise some 10,000 square meters of exihibition space on the three floors of the Zeughaus, will contain artefacts and documents of German history that can be seen in as varied a frame of reference as possible. The basic principle for the permanent display will be to exhibit in three different types of rooms, in which German history will be presented within its European context and its regional diversity. From the 9th century to the present, the political, social, and economic aspects of German history will be depicted in reference to the history of Europe. The real core of these display spaces are the period rooms, in which visitors are walking through the epochs from the beginnings of German history up to the present. If they want to delve deeper into the chronologically arranged events and learn more about the history of their causes and effects, they can enterintensive information rooms for a more thorough review and reflection of the topics. The sweeping historical survey concentrates on focal points of German history, which correspond with the crucial developmental periods of European history. The seven stations are as follows: "around 1200", "around 1500", "around 1800", "around 1914", "around 1933", "around 1945", and "around 1989/90". The topic rooms offer a comparative look at the questions that crop up again and again in history, such as "The Relationship between the Sexes", "Changes in Work and Profession", or "Spirituality, Religion and the Church". In depicting social history and everyday life these rooms help to illustrate the development of different forms and structures of life.

The Deutsches Technikmuseum, founded in 1982, stands in a long tradition of scientific and technical collections. Many of these had their home in Berlin for more than 120 years, and some of these collections have been taken over by the Deutsches Technikmuseum. A great deal, however, was destroyed during the Second World War, or moved elsewhere. Close to Potsdamer Platz, the museum occupies a historical industrial site dating back to 1874: the site of the former goods yard of Anhalter Güterbahnhof. The large museum park – containing two windmills, a water mill, a smithy and a brewery – is also an oasis of green. The contemporary architecture of the new extension for the aviation and maritime collections fits perfectly into these surroundings to form a fascinating ensemble. The “raisin bomber” suspended from the façade makes the extension a prominent urban landmark. The museum presents a broad spectrum of old and new technology and demonstrates the various historical connections to culture and everyday life. Daily demonstrations, visitor activities and guided tours make the Deutsches Technikmuseum an interactive learning experience. The museum also has a well-stocked library on the history of technology as well as historical archives.

Peacock Island The 67 hectare Peacock Island, which Frederick William II acquired in 1793, is distinguished by its landscaped garden design, as well as a tree population of approximately 400, exceptionally old, picturesque oaks. Johann August Eyserbeck, Peter Joseph Lenné, and Anton Ferdinand Fintelmann accentuated the best advantages of the island by creating guided paths and wooded copses. The white palace, built in 1794, is visible from quite a distance and is characterized by its towers and their connecting bridge. From here, the extensive view meanders over the Havel River toward Glienicke, toward the New Garden and toward Sacrow, as well as to the white ruins of the dairy, the aviary, and a pond called the Wasservogelteich at the center of the island. Opposite the earliest rose garden in Prussia, which was restored in 1989, stone pedestals and leafy foliage in historical arrangements are reminiscent of the House of Palms that was destroyed by a fire in 1881.

More than 500,000 people visit the “Topography of Terror” each year, making it one of the most frequently visited places of remembrance in Berlin. Since 1987 a permanent exhibition at the site where the headquarters of the Secret State Police, the SS and the Reich Security Main Office were located during the “Third Reich” has been providing information to the public about the most important institutions of National Socialist persecution and terror. The documentary exhibition conveys the European dimensions of the Nazi reign of terror.

Exhibitions are about the history of agriculture and alimentation, on large open-air ground with information about ecological agriculture and animals, special exhibitions, mark

Lasker: Life and Work Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) is best known as a world wide renowned chess player and was one of the best known Germans abroad in the early part of the 20th century. No chess player since then has been able to match Lasker's 27 year run as chess world champion (from 1894 to 1921). Lasker had an extremely versatile personality. He received a doctorate in Mathematics in 1900, published philosophical and political works, was editor of Lasker's Chess Magazine, and contributed to many other journals on chess. He wrote not only about chess but also other games, which he played masterfully as well; he was interested in Bridge and especially fascinated by Go, a Japanese board game. Furthermore, he contributed to literature the narrative Wie Wanja Meister wurde (How Wanja Became Champion) and, together with his brother Berthold Lasker, the drama Vom Menschen die Geschichte (Human's History). After the Nazis' rise to power, Lasker, a German Jew, recognized early on that his homeland would no longer be a safe place to live. He abandoned most of his material possessions and emigrated from Germany in 1933. His stations of exile were the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, the Soviet Union, and the United States, where he died in 1941. Members The Emanuel Lasker Society was founded in Berlin on January 11th 2001, sixty years to the day after Lasker's death, during the prelude to the highly respected Potsdam international conference Homo ludens – Homo politicus. The conference instigator, cultural scientist Paul Werner Wagner, was elected as the Society's chairman. Among the approximately 130 members are former world champions Garry Kasparov (Russia), Anatoly Karpov (Russia); chess grand masters Viktor Kortschnoi (Switzerland), Wolfgang Unzicker, Lothar Schmid, Juri Awerbach (Russia), Wolfgang Uhlmann and Rainer Knaak; former correspondence chess champion Dr. Fritz Baumbach; politician Otto Schily; chess historian Dr. Isaak Linder (Russia); and the German Chess Association with its honorary presidents Egon Ditt and Alfred Kinzel. The eldest living chess grand master André Lilienthal (Hungary, born 1911) and Germany's multiple women's master Edith Keller-Herrmann were appointed honorary members. Whether they are prominent or not, chess masters or hobby players, the Society's members are united by a common interest in the life and work of the cosmopolitan Emanuel Lasker. This has resulted in manifold contacts and friendships which transcend the borders of countries, cultures, and philosophies. Goals and Activities The Emanuel Lasker Society's task is to preserve, explore, and popularise the spiritual and cultural legacy of Emanuel Lasker. To achieve this aim, it is required that Lasker's remaining original documents, manuscripts, photographies, books, etc. be brought together and analysed. The Society's objective, beyond the preservation of Lasker's legacy, is to organise scientific symposia on the history and culture of chess and to present them in the form of publications. An important concern of the Society is to increase the social recognition of chess, as both a contributor to cultural history and an ideal leisure activity. Lasker-Treffs (“Lasker meetings”), which take place monthly in Berlin, attended by a wide array of guests and speakers, and the Schachcafé (“chess café”), which are held on the last Tuesday of every month, have become fixed dates for friends of chess culture and that of other games.

Reconstructed rococo palace in the Nikolaiviertel. Temporary exhibitions on Berlins history of art and culture.

The Marienfelde Refugee Center Museum is the main museum in Germany documenting flight and emigration from the former East Germany (GDR). Unlike virtually any other site, the Marienfelde Refugee Center Museum highlights the interconnectedness of East and West German history. Migration from East Germany to West Germany exerted a profound impact on political, economic and social developments in both post-war German states. Located at the intersection of these two competing systems, the former refugee camp was a focus of considerable interest on both sides of the border. The dual nature of German history after 1945 is reflected not only in politics and society. It also makes itself known in the lives of the refugees and emigrants from the GDR, encompassing their experiences in the East and West. For this reason, Marienfelde is not only a political site of memory. For those directly affected by the events of the post-war period, it is a highly personal memorial as well. The main function of today’s memorial museum is two-fold: to keep alive the memory of Germany’s division and the border that ran through Germany and to relate this history to future generations. Through our permanent exhibition, a diverse set of educational and program events, special exhibitions and research projects, we wish to convey our knowledge of flight and emigration during Germany’s post-war division.

More than 140 motorbikes, motor scooters and mopeds from the former GDR

The district of Berlin-Dahlem is home to the Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnological Museum) and the Museum of Asian Art, which house the city's collections of non-European art and culture. This group of collections, internationally the most significant of its kind in terms of scope, quality and symmetry, was planned as a museum centre as early as the beginning of the 20th century, although its construction did not commence until the 1970s. The Museum of European Cultures has been housed in the same building since May 2005.

The museum of the fire brigade shows the history of fire brigades in Berlin during the last 150 years.

Welcome to Filmmuseum Potsdam! Experience film history from Babelsberg and around the world in the city‘s oldest building. The Marstall (the royal stables of the Prussian kings), built in 1685 as an orangery, was given its current look in the 18th century by Sanssouci′s architect Knobelsdorff. Since 1981, the film museum and a café reside in the beautiful baroque building. The museum, formerly the "Film Museum of the GDR", was put under the administration of the Federal State of Brandenburg after 1989. The permanent exhibition as well as travelling exhibitions introduce visitors of the Marstall to the world of film. The cinema offers several screenings per day. Our constantly growing collections on the Babelsberg film history are a rich source for scholars and exhibition curators. From the Marstall, the parks and palaces that are part of the UNESCO′s World Cultural Heritage can be reached by tram or bus, Filmpark Babelsberg can be reached by suburban train (S-Bahn) from the main station.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the French Cathedral and museum of Huguenots

Classicist sculptures from the early 19th century

The site of the main remand prison for people detained by the former East German Ministry of State Security (MfS), or 'Stasi', has been a Memorial since 1994 and, from 2000 on, has been an independent Foundation under public law. The Berlin state government has assigned the Foundation without charge. The Foundation's work is supported by an annual contribution from the Federal Government and the Berlin state government. The Memorial's charter specifically entrusts it with the task of researching the history of the Hohenschönhausen prison between 1945 and 1989, supplying information via exhibitions, events and publications, and encouraging a critical awareness of the methods and consequences of political persecution and suppression in the communist dictatorship. The former Stasi remand prison is also intended to provide insight into the workings of the GDR's political justice system. Since the vast majority of the buildings, equipment and furniture and fittings have survived intact, the Memorial provides a very authentic picture of prison conditions in the GDR. The Memorial's location in Germany's capital city makes it the key site in Germany for victims of communist tyranny. In 2010 332,000 people visited the Memorial and over half of these visitors were students. Tours of the prison are usually led by former inmates, who provide first-hand details on prison conditions and the interrogation methods employed by the GDR's Ministry of State Security (MfS).

The Berlin Wall Memorial is the central memorial site of German division, located in the middle of the capital. Situated at the historic site on Bernauer Strasse, it will eventually extend along 1.4 kilometers of the former border strip. The memorial contains the last piece of Berlin Wall with the preserved grounds behind it and is thus able to convey an impression of how the border fortifications developed until the end of the 1980s. The events that took place here together with the preserved historical remnants and traces of border obstacles on display help to make the history of Germany’s division comprehensible to visitors.

The German Resistance Memorial Center is a site of remembrance, political studies, active learning, documentation, and research. An extensive permanent exhibition, a series of temporary special exhibitions, events, and a range of publications document and illustrate resistance to National Socialism. The center's goal is to show how individual persons and groups took action against the National Socialist dictatorship from 1933 to 1945 and made use of what freedom of action they had.

A permanent exhibition about the happenings of June 1933 is installed in the former Prussian county prison in Berlin-Köpenick. The prison was a location of prosecutions and murders by Nazi of their political opponents in the wake of Reichstag fire. The place of SA terror at its peak.

The Plötzensee Memorial Center commemorating the victims of National Socialism is a site of quiet remembrance. From 1933 to 1945, nearly three thousand people unjustly sentenced to death by the National Socialist judiciary were executed here. Today, the execution chamber is a memorial. The exhibition in the room adjoining it documents the practice of the National Socialist judicial and penal system. This website displays the fourteen panels of the documents exhibition shown in the Plötzensee Memorial Center.

Decentralised Museum Concept The redesign of Sachsenhausen Memorial is based on a decentralised concept, which aims to communicate history to visitors in very places where it happened. Thirteen exhibitions on different sites examine the particular history of each and link it to a thematic presentation that sets it in a wider context. These are complemented by temporary exhibitions, held in the New Museum. There are also exhibitions by school groups, resulting from educational projects, as well as workshop exhibitions to present new acquisitions from the archives and depot. After completion of the remodelling work, Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum remains a place of mourning and remembrance in a European context, while facing up to the tasks of a modern museum of history.

One of the world's most important collections of European paintings from the 13th - 18th century with about 2,700 paintings.

The large number of excellent collections that Berlin has to offer tends to distract attention from some of the interesting museums, even amongst art lovers. In an effort to remedy this situation, we have decided to showcase some of Berlin’s museums which are not usually in the limelight, but which have outstanding artistic or historical collections. Our first stop is the Georg-Kolbe-Museum. Anyone who has been to the Georg-Kolbe-Museum will tell you about its idyllic location, the beautiful studio and the fine collection there. Visitors have a habit of returning. But there are still art lovers even in Berlin who do not know the Georg-Kolbe-Museum, mostly of two widespread misconceptions: people think either that the museum is a long way from the city center and difficult to get to (it is only the Berliners who are guilty of this, not visitors from further afield), or that it only collects and displays works by the sculptor Georg Kolbe, i.e. is basically a memorial to this particular artist. It is true that the Georg-Kolbe-Museum is located in a delightfully green area on the western edge of the city, well away from the well-worn tourist routes and the clusters of museums in he center. But it only takes a few minutes to get there by local train (S-Bahn) or by bus, from either of the stations Zoologischer Garten or Friedrichstrasse, without even having to change. The Georg-Kolbe-Museum is dedicated first and foremost to the oeuvre of its founder, but also concentrates on promoting and upholding traditional German sculpture. And the museum opened its doors a long time ago to newer, international sculptures and covers a broad range of sculptural expression of the twentieth century with its ever-changing exhibitions.

The former Reichssportfeld, built for the XI Olympic Games in 1936, is an important and yet difficult site. The documentary exhibition on the Olympic grounds offers information on the various phases in its construction and use. The Langemarckhalle at the foot of the Bell Tower is placed in this historic context for the first time.

Permanent exhibition about the history of water sports with around 200 objects on the regatta ground from the Olympic Games 1936

The beginning of what is referred to as the Gründerzeit, (usually meaning the period from 1870-1900, the German word “gründen” means: to establish, to found) was marked by two historic events. The victory over the French in the war of 1870-71 was followed by the long dreamt of formation of a united German “Reich”. The creation of a unified economic market and France’s forced payment of compensation in the amount five billion gold francs helped with the founding of huge numbers of new businesses, banks and shareholder-owned companies. Hence the name for this period: the “Gründerzeit”. The German economy experienced an enormous boom, with rapid industrialisation taking place. Science and research flourished and modern technology became a growing part of daily life. Those who profited from this most were the Bourgeoisie, whose wealth grew to proportions never seen before. Their great desire to establish an image and reputation for themselves was also reflected in their homes. In the age of the revival styles the art styles of earlier periods were reused and reinterpreted in furniture which were increasingly being produced on an industrial scale. In post-1870 Germany, the neo-renaissance in particular was adopted as the leading style, and was regarded as being a very German style. It remained dominant until the Jugendstil took over around 1900, but revival styles remained popular to a degree until World War I, following wich the modern movement gained more and more influence.

Painting, sculptures, graphics, photography, video, multimedia works, room, and light installations Museum History After a lengthy reconstruction by architect Josef Paul Kleihues, the Hamburger Bahnhof reopened on 2 November 1996 as the "Museum für Gegenwart" (Museum for Contemporary Art). The building was erected in the mid-19th century as one of the first terminal stations of the rail system. In the early 20th century, the structure was converted into a museum of transport and construction. The station's architecture, its impressive Neoclassical façade, flanked by two towers, the grand industrial hall of the entrance area, and the wings of the cours d'honneur flanking the garden of the inner courtyard: all of these elements constitute special attractions for visitors to Berlin. Only the east wing, the so-called Kleihues Hall, was reconstructed in the style of a high vaulted grand gallery on the occasion of the 1996 reopening. Impressive from without by virtue of the façade's lucid historicist style, the building is rendered even more striking by an ingenious dichromatic installation, designed by American artist Dan Flavin, which bathes both the main façade loggia and the transitions leading to the wings of the cours d'honneur in blue and green neon light. Particularly at night, Flavin's last work (whose completion he unfortunately did not live to see) is visible from afar, and has come to be seen as the museum's trademark. The Hamburger Bahnhof is the third location of Berlin's Nationalgalerie. The name, "Museum für Gegenwart" invokes the museum's former Department of Contemporary Art, which opened at the Kronprinzen Palais on Unter den Linden in 1919 and was shut down by the Nazis in 1937. Established by Nationalgalerie director Ludwig Justi in the aftermath of the fall of the German monarchy, the "Museum der Gegenwart" was one of the first state museums devoted to "living art." In this progressive spirit, it was decided that the new museum's collection would focus on art since 1960. The original impetus for the elaborate redesign and restoration was the acquisition of the Erich Marx collection, whose permanent home would henceforth be the Hamburger Bahnhof. Its premiere presentation in 1996 in a splendid selection of works by Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly eloquently pointed up the museum's program. These pioneering artists, who transgressed the boundaries separating traditional art forms, were the point of departure, soon to be joined by additional pivotal figures, and the museum's exhibitions and programs have consistently focused on the interdisciplinary character of contemporary art. In the context of this expanded conception of art, the Nationalgalerie collection is distinguished in particular by its holdings of artists' rooms, including ones by John Cage, Bill Viola, Peter Campus, Wolf Vostell, Rebecca Horn, Carolee Schneeman, Reinhard Mucha, Marcel Broodthaers, Fritz Rahmann, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Johan Grimonprez and Aernout Mik. In 2002, the collection was enlarged significantly by the acquisition of Egidio Marzona's study collection of Conceptual Art and Arte Povera. Among recent acquisitions, filmic works represent an additional focus for the Nationalgalerie, a sphere of activity reinforced further by the arrival of the Joseph Beuys Media Archive and by Mike Steiner's donation of a collection of 1970s video art, as well as by purchases of films by artists such as Marcel Broodthaers, David Lamelas and Matthew Buckingham In 2004, the museum was expanded by an additional 6000 m2, and now has a total exhibition surface of 13,000 m2. The former Lehrter Bahnhof, set behind the main building, was converted to become the so-called Rieckhallen, and now provides exhibition space for the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection. The museum is currently publishing this collection of over 1500 superlative works of contemporary European and North American art in changing thematic and monographic presentations such as "The Friedrich Christian Flick Collection in Hamburger Bahnhof" (2004), "Urs Fisher," "Fast nichts: Minimal Artworks from the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection" (2005), "Richard Jackson," "Beyond Cinema" (2006) and "Roman Signer" (2007).

Information about the history, biology an different uses of the plant cannabis

The Haus der Kulturen der Welt is a place for international contemporary arts and a forum for current developments and discourse. Located in the capital city of Berlin, it presents artistic productions from around the world.

On January 20th, 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt), chaired a meeting of high-ranking civil servants and SS-officers in this mansion. As the decision to murder the European Jews had been made earlier the »Wannsee Conference« was concerned with the organisation and implementation of "The Final Solution", the decision to deport the Jews of Europe to the East and to murder them. The meeting has become known as the "Wannsee Conference". In 1947 the minutes of the Conference recorded by Adolf Eichmann were found in the files of the German Foreign Office.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the district Köpenick

Permanent exhibition about the history of the district Reinickendorf

Documents, photographs and objects illustrating the history of the district Steglitz.

Permanent exhibition and archive about the history of the district Treptow

Permanent exhibition and archive about the history of the district Zehlendorf

Historical ships, permanent exhibition about the history of the boatman on inland waters

Permanent exhibition about the history of the electric light in Berlin with original lamps from the period 1850-1914.

Glienicke Palace The museum documents the history of the horticulturists at the Prussian court since the 18th century.

Berlins oldest remaining palace. Dutch and German paintings from the 17th century.

Specialists’ conferences, cultural events, language courses, exchange programs, a library and regular house publications – the Japanese-German Center Berlin (Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin JDZB) is dedicated to its work in German-Japanese and international exchange. The Foundation was established on January 15, 1985, by a proposal put forward by the then heads of government of the Federal Republic of Germany and Japan, Helmut Kohl and Nakasone Yasuhiro. It was a time when the both countries’ interest for the other country was growing strongly. The former Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi wrote in the Festschrift that was published in 2005 to celebrate the JDZB’s 20th anniversary: “German-Japanese relations are in general good and no special bilateral problems exist.” However he continued: “This brings with it a certain degree of complacency, which in the meantime could certainly be classified as a problem.” Thus, it is more important now than ever to hold fast to the tasks of the JDZB as set out in the Foundation Charter: “…to promote and deepen Japanese-German and international cooperation in the fields of science and culture and its connection to economic life.” Hence, the JDZB is a unique institution that is dedicated to this task in Germany – and in Japan. From the beginning not only were bilateral relations in the foreground, but also the entire Asia-Pacific region and the countries of Europe as well as Japan and Germany’s involvement in international institutions and formulations of problems were included in the work of the Foundation.

The permanent exhibition traces the high and low points of German-Jewish history from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The Building Since 1995, the "Million Villa", located on Haupt street, has had a special attraction for young people: the Young People's Museum in the Schöneberg Museum. Through careful work, exhibit and workshop rooms have developed here, in which not only children and youth feel at ease. The Young People's Museum invites visitors to experiment and promotes the desire to discover things on one's own. Using Schöneberg as an example, the Young People's Museum encourages its guests to get to know the history of the city and to perceive its environment with a new perspective. Activities The permanent program of the Young People's Museum offers exhibits, projects, history workshops, artistic workshops, competitions and city explorations. Furthermore, we offer trainings and seminars in the area of museum pedagogy for educators and others who are interested. The Room of Miracles ­ The Box of Miracles The heart of the Young People's Museum is the permanent exhibit "The Room of Miracles-The Box of Miracles" in the yellow rooms. This exhibit was granted the Children's Cultural Prize in 1999 from the Kroschke foundation. 54 high transport boxes show findings and treasures of various areas of city history and culture with precious, miraculous or everyday qualities. Displayed as a miracle box, they invite the visitor to decipher the language of things. Authentic objects, ranging from Germanic sacrificial cows to Barbie, awaken a detective feel for the exploration of the past and present. But not all things reveal their secrets easily. Those who have become curious can go down to the basement rooms of the museum.

The Käthe Kollwitz Museum, which opened in 1986, presents the work of Käthe Kollwitz on four stories.Sculptural works, drawings, printed graphics and posters.

In the eldest "Bürgerhaus" of Charlottenburg, a range of ceramics from the last 150 is presented in changing exhibitions to the public.

New permanent exhibition "Museum Knoblauchhaus - Berlin living in Biedermeier" with living room, bedroom, salon, and library.

The exhibition has opened to show tableware and other porcelain objects produced during the last three centuries.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the districts Kreuzberg and also about the district Friedrichshain since the Heimatimuseum Friedrichshain is closed.

Special Exhibitions

Museum of Decorative Arts. European arts and crafts from the Middle Ages until the present day

In addition to its main site at the Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, the Museum of Decorative Arts opened a second location at Köpenick Palace in May 2004. Built between 1677 and 1689 in Baroque style, the palace first became a museum in 1963. At Köpenick Palace, a new museum concept is devised: under the heading "RoomArt", furniture and decorative art from the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods are jointly presented.

Permanent exhibition with around 120 painting from the early period of the "Berliner Secession".

The Museum of Prints and Drawings is the largest collection of graphic art in Germany – and ranks among the four most important in the world. It contains over 500,000 prints and some 110,000 drawings, watercolours, pastels and oil sketches. This universe of ‘art on paper’ includes works by major artists ranging from Sandro Botticelli and Albrecht Dürer to Rembrandt and Adolph von Menzel up to Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.

Labyrinth Children's museum is a vivid culture-and learning place for children, following the motto "Learning by experience". Changing exhibitions.

Max Liebermann's summer house and garden in Wannsee.Built in 1910, with a garden that was shaped by his own ideas and which inspired Liebermann in more than 200 paintings

The world´s largest model railway with digital PHS-control in the scale of 1:87 (H0) In our 3,000 m2 showrooms we present to you uncountable lively scenes of Berlin and a vivid rain traffic with the Berlin S-Bahn, regional and long-distance trains, historical steamers as well as the highspeed ICE. Of course you may also discover numerous phantasy landscapes, a computer controlled car-system and a huge airport, on which airplanes are taking off and landing, including the sound of their engines. On our homepage you learn everything about our exhibition in the Grunerstrasse 20 in Berlin Mitte, near the Alexanderplatz. Experience the fascination of model railway in a dedicately arranged miniature landscape. LOCATED in ALEXA-Center, Alexanderplatz

Permanent exhibition about the history of the German airforce since 1884

MACHmit! Museum für Kinder – JOINin! Museum for Children is a museum like no other: endless opportunities to discover and try new things encourage children to learn through play, whilst also gaining new and exciting experiences that they would not come across in an average day. Arts and crafts activities draw the children’s attention to complex links and strengthen their awareness of their everyday environment. Our young visitors are constantly active during their visit to the museum.

Permanent exhibition "Look at this city!" - the history and cultural history of Berlin from the Middle Ages to the present day

Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin Sensational exhibitions such as Egypt’s Sunken Treasures (2006), Rebecca Horn – Drawings, Sculptures, Installations, Films, 1964–2006(2007), Man Ray: Unconcerned But Not Indifferent (2008), Bauhaus Model (2009) or the Mexico exhibitions Frida Kahlo – Retrospective and Teotihuacan – Mexico’s Mysterious Pyramid City (2010) have made the Martin-Gropius-Bau one of the world’s leading exhibition venues. Exhibitions on great themes of cultural history, often with spectacular archaeological finds and the latest research results, together with contemporary art and photography, are the main staples of the Martin-Gropius-Bau programme. The life work of great artists of the past alternates with current output. Museums in all parts of the world, state institutions and private lenders – usually for the first and last time –- open their vaults and send some of their greatest treasures off to Berlin. Since 2001 the MGB has been operated by Berliner Festspiele on behalf of the German government’s Coordinator for Culture and Media.

The first exhibition opened on the 19 October 1962 in an apartment with only two and a half rooms in famous Bernauer Straße. The street was divided along its whole length; the buildings in the east had been vacated and their windows were bricked up. We suggested that tourists be thankful to those border guards who do not shoot to kill: “See through the uniform!” Some guards saw that we understood, and after their own escapes came to work with us. The large number of visitors encouraged us to look for new premises: on 14 June 1963 the “Haus am Checkpoint Charlie” was opened and became an island of freedom right next to the border. From here, through a small window, escape helpers could observe all movements at the border crossing; escapees were always welcome and supported, escape plans were worked out, and injustice in the GDR was always fought against. The aim was to document the “best border security system in the world” (GDR armed forces general Karl-Heinz Hoffmann) and the support of the protecting powers— until the tank confrontation between the USA/USSR. Further exhibitions followed: 1973 “Artists interpret THE WALL”, 1976: “Berlin - from a front-line city to Europe’s bridge”, 1984: “FROM GANDHI TO WALESA - non-violent struggle for human rights”. Because of our friendly contacts with escape helpers we got hot-air balloons, escape cars, chairlifts, and a small submarine. We are grateful to resistance activists for a spring gun for the dismantling of which they had risked their lives and a piece of the wall’s tubular top-cladding, knocked off by “wall runner” John Runnings. We can also call ourselves the first museum of international nonviolent protest. Our exhibits include: The Charta 77 typewriter, the hectograph of the illegal periodical “Umweltblätter” (“Environmental Pages”), Mahatma Gandhi’s diary and sandals and from Elena Bonner the death mask of her partner Andrei Sacharov. There are over a hundred military museums in the world. But in an epoch of growing responsibility for our planet we can be sure that more museums of international non-violent protest will be established. “The world is so well built that against every injustice there are stronger, vanquishing forces. ...From every injustice arises justice, from every untruth truth, from darkness light.” – Words of Mahatma Gandhi.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the districts Mitte, Tiergarten and Wedding, special exhibitions

The miniature park shows more than 50 models of Berlin sights and buildings, from Brandenburg Gate to Spandau Citadel Fortress and Oberbaum Bridge. OPEN ONLY UNTIL 31 - OKT - 2011

The museum comprise some of the most comprehensive and important collections of European and non-European art and cultures in the world.

Since 1996, the Museum Berggruen is located in the so-called Western Stüler building opposite Charlottenburg Palace. This building, originally designed by August Stüler to house the stables of King Wilhelm IV, had been used by the Antikensammlung (Collection of Classical Antiquities) from 1960 to 1993 when, reunified with the collections in East Berlin, it moved back to Altes Museum on the Museum Island. The conversion of the Museum Berggruen was executed after plans by the architectural office Hilmer und Sattler.

During World War II, visually impaired broom and brush maker Otto Weidt employed many Jews in his workshop at Rosenthaler 39. As tensions in the country grew, Weidt endeavoured to protect his mostly blind and deaf employees from persecution and deportation, bribing the Gestapo, falsifying documents, and eventually hiding a family behind a backless cupboard in one room of his shop.

Changing exhibitions about the history of the districts Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf and about Berlins cultural history

Permanent exhibition with a collection of unusual objects with their own history as Walter Benjamin's typwriter or a piece of iron from the former GDR.

The cultures of the Orient, particularly those of India, China and Tibet, have always attracted the attention of the Europeans. But few can spare the time to visit these countries, or the museums that have the collections of Asiatic art, such as the Musée Guimet in Paris or the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, or those of Amsterdam and Berlin. Moreover, in these museums, the visitor must already be well informed in order to understand the works of art exhibited there. Here, in Biarritz, Musée Asiatica would fill a vacuum because it not only presents unique works of art, but the visitor is invited to sit in their shade and to consult the information cards on all these countries, the periods and the works of art that characterize them. And while he is doing so, he can admire all around him the arts of the region concerned. Musée Asiatica is thus a different kind of museum, the only one of its kind, in fact, where the visitor may spend hours in enriching himself.

Permanent Exhibition Film A journey through film history: from the pioneering years, to silent-film divas and the films of the Weimar Republic; from cinema under National Socialism, exile in Hollywood to the post-war years and contemporary cinema; and at the heart of the exhibition: Marlene Dietrich. Permanent Exhibition Television The Permanent Exhibition Television completes the profile of the Filmhaus at the Potsdamer Platz, making it a comprehensive “house of moving images”. Visitors are able to experience great moments in broadcasting history as well as how the medium developed in East and West Germany. Between Film and Art. Storyboards from Hitchcock to Spielberg The Museum für Film und Fernsehen and the Kunsthalle Emden are devoting themselves to a little-known art form through their collaboration on this exhibition. The two institutions are showing exceptional cinematic storyboards.

The museum presents changing exhibitions on the life and work of Helmut Newton, one of the most improtant fashion and portrait photograhpers of the 20th century

The museum exhibits in the permanent exhibition art and arts and crafts from the Islamic world from the 8th to the 19th century

The museum is a magnificent Wilhelmine building in the heart of Berlin which exhibits the past, present and future of communication in an interactive permanent exhibition.

Mineralogy, palaeontology, zoology. One of the world's most significant museums of natural sciences. With the largest exhibited skeleton of a dinosaur (Brachiosaurus)

Permanent exhibition about the history of the water supply and the dewatering of Berlin (1850-1950)

Exhibitions and events about the history, culture and architecture of the district and his former villages from the 13th century until nowadays

Special exhibitions about the district Neukölln and its habitants

The Museum of European Cultures possesses a specialised library with around 67,000 volumes and subscribes to 157 periodicals and magazines on the following subjects: folklore studies and European ethnology, folk art, German and European cultural landscapes, cultural anthropology, the history of agriculture, the cycle of years and life, children’s and young people’s literature and school books (especially 19th century), popular prints (in particular the Bilderbogen collection of popular picture sheets), cultural contacts, migration, textile techniques and clothing, the study of song and narration. The library, a reference library with a reading room of four seats, is located in the administrative building at Im Winkel 6-8.

The collection's core focus is European early history, spanning from the Palaeolithic Age to the Middle Ages. Highpoints in the collection include Heinrich Schliemann's Trojan Collection, the discovery of a Neanderthal from Le Moustier, the Berlin Gold Hat, dating from the Bronze Age, and a wealth of funerary objects from the time of the Merovingian dynasty. The Museum of Prehistory and Early History's exhibition is on display in the Neues Museum on the Museum Island Berlin.

The museum The Kennedys presents the history of the Kennedy family from their Irish origins to their rise as a legendary American dynasty.

Reconstruction of a mediaeval village from the period around 1200, demonstration of mediaeval craftmansship, permanent exhibition, mediaeval festivals

Permanent exhibition on middle-class life around 1900 in the former apartment of the fabricant Fritz Heyn (1849-1928). The listed house, garden and surroundings can also be visited.

The schoolbuilding, built in 1886, today hosts the adult education centre, a library and the main location of the museum Pankow with a permanent exhibition about the history of the schoolbuilding and about the history of the Jewish School Rykestraße.

Bach's harpsichord and its replicates, Carl Maria von Weber's pianoforte, transverse flutes and Frederick the Great's portable harpsichord, wind instruments, gambas, violins and oboes, as well as the biggest cinema and theatre organ in Europe.

n.b.k. shows exhibitions about contemporary art that are complemented by other events. “Visuality,” “transculturalism,” “publicity,” and “Berlin” are the thematic emphases. Solo shows and group shows, also in cooperation with guest curators and other institutions, open up aesthetic realms of experience for the public. The exhibitions and projects at n.b.k. contribute to discovering and actively helping to shape new European cultural landscapes in a global context in order to sensitize society to the phenomena of transculturalism. n.b.k. with its Artothek and Video–Forum is a place of aesthetic experience, of engagement with contemporary art, and open discussion on social topics. n.b.k. with its exhibition program, events, cooperation projects, and publication series sees itself as a workshop of ideas, and as a lively place for Berlin’s art world.

Special exhibitions about natural-historical aspects of Berlin and Brandenburg.

20th century art: Collection of expressionist works, Bauhaus works, new objectivity, art in the period after the war.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the New Synagoque and the Jewish life in its surrondings; special exhibitions.

The Neues Museum presents the history of the Ancient World from the Near East to the Atlantic. Visitors can admire masterpieces from the Ägyptisches Museum (Egyptian Museum), among others the famous bust of Nefertiti.

NGBK - The grass-roots principal Its structure is programmatic The New Society for Visual Arts (NGBK) – an art society with 850 members, people with different professions and ambitions: cultural workers, scientists, political activists, architects, artists, art theoreticians, sociologists, media studies experts, students… Through their work as volunteers they all go to make up the organisation's distinctive structure, in which all project-related decisions are taken at grass-roots and realized jointly. It is this organisational structure which makes the NGBK a unique institution, not only on the German art scene but internationally. The "other" art society – since 1969 The NGBK was founded in Berlin at a time when the quest for change and new kinds of working conditions and ways of life – for a "new society" – was all-pervasive. As an art society it was designed as a counter-model to hierarchically structured institutions with homogeneous programmes. For almost 40 years now it has engaged itself with a wide spectrum of exhibition themes, presenting positions developed by both regional and international artists. This work has been made possible thanks to the kind support of the lottery foundation, the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin, which has funded the NGBK since its inception. The NGBK programme is very varied and addresses social questions that feature little in the work of other institutions. This said, a number of issues can be seen to recur again and again in the society's exhibitions, events, and publications. They include the position of visual art within society, gender issues, issues of fascism and national socialism, participatory models in contemporary art, new forms of art education, future models of work and working structures, positions against racism and for freedom of movement within our society. As a charitable body, the NGBK is in a position to invite young international artists independent of commercial interests, to present their positions and to support them in their experiments to break conceptional new ground. The exhibitions are accompanied and supplemented by discussions, lectures and other events, which questions concerning all aspects of society are examined in greater depth The work of the project groups All NGBK exhibitions and events are conceived by project groups made up of members of the society. Each year, members submit projects, which are then introduced, discussed and voted on at the general meeting. In this way, each member has the opportunity of actively shaping the programme in cooperation with at least four other members. The project teams work independently of one another and are supported and given advice by the staff at the society's office, which can provide experienced partners to assist them in all aspects of organizing exhibitions and projects. In addition to changing project teams, a number of groups have long been engaged in continuous work. The NGBK's Realismusstudio has been existence since 1973, albeit with changing personnel, and continues to presents several exhibitions each year. It addresses contemporary artistic positions on current social questions, continuously examining the relationship between art and observer, the "exhibition" format as seen by experimental methodology as well as the presentation of art and art education in public space. In this way, young, less well-known and unknown artistic positions as well as internationally renowned artists enter into a dialogue. Anyone can become a member Anyone becoming a member of the NGBK can directly take part, bring in their own ideas and in addition receive *invitations to all NGBK openings and events *free admission (insofar entrance fees are charged) *all NGBK publications at the reduced rate for members *free admission to the exhibitions of art societies which are members of the Working Group of German Art Societies (ADKV) *invitations to the meetings where new projects are introduced and discussed *reduced rates for art society excursions and other activities

New permanent exhibition: History of Berlin's oldest Parish Church building. St. Nikolai's Church as the place where renowned Berlin personalities worked and venue for special exhibitions. Organ concerts on three organs.

The Berlin dependance of the Emil-Nolde-Foundation Seebüll shows special exhibitions with works by Emil Nolde on around 800sq.metres of exhibition space.

Permanent exhibition and special exhibitions about middle-class living around 1900 on the example of the family Fritz Heyn

The small museum is an originally furnished typical flat of the 1960s.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the Berlin police

Permenent exhibition about the history of the puppet theatre, special exhibitions

Opened in 1994, the room of silence wants to be an antipole to the noise of the city around. The room was modelled on a similar room which Dag Hammarskjöld had commissioned for himself and his colleagues in 1954 in the United Nations building in New York; this room is still in use The Room of Silence is located in the Brandenburg Gate.

Small museum in memory of Robert Koch (1843-1910)

Permanent exhibition about the history of the Berlin ambulance (Rotes Kreuz)

The Hoffmann Collection includes contemporary art from around the world, in all sorts of media. Erika and Rolf Hoffmann began collecting in 1968 – seeking personal inspiration and enrichment through living with art. Each Saturday Erika Hoffmann opens her home to the public in order to share this experience with others.

The Collection Scharf-Gerstenberg can be found in the eastern Stüler building and in the Marstall (stables wing) opposite Charlottenburg Palace. Paintings, sculptures and works on paper are being exhibited on three floors.

Historical rooms of the "Gründerzeit", special exhibitions

Schloß Charlottenburg, the largest and most beautiful palace in Berlin, is a shining example of baroque architecture. It was built from 1695-99 as a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, the consort of Elector Friedrich III

This pleasure palace was built in 1690 in a Dutch style and was extended in 1719 to create a prestigious residence.

Glienicke Palace is part of the ensemble of parks, gardens and palaces created by the landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné - a successful attempt to unite nature, art and architecture in a "Prussian Arcadia".

The Palace will open as a museum for the first time on 19 December, 2009. It was once the country estate of Queen Elisabeth Christine, the wife of Frederick the Great. It also served as the official residence of the President of the GDR and as guest quarters for state visitors.

Humboldt Museum - Tegel Palace. Castle in private property, built in 1558 for Hans Bretschneider.

The House The Schöneberg Museum is located in a villa from the 1870s in the historical center of Schöneberg. Temporary exhibits on the city's history and cultural history are shown here. They focus on individual city quarters - ranging from the neighborhood Friedenau to the North of Schöneberg - and historical and political topics such as the exciting history of bandits from 1810 who set fire in cities and villages in order to steal or the women's movement in the 19th and 20th century. We also recognize days of commemoration and anniversaries such as the founding of Schöneberg in 1898 or the end of World War Two in 1945. According to the topic, the high rooms on the Bel floor are continually presented to the visitor in a new way: sometimes as a secret darkroom of the past, sometimes bright and clear for the exact view of the present. Or as an intercultural labryrinth ... But we also gladly leave the site of our museum and present our research results to the outside. On-site history: at public places, cemeteries, the town hall, schools and cafes... Activities Our program supports active historical research and a dialogue between the past and present. We research, publish, and organize readings, concerts, and conferences. We invite the public to participate in city walks and to attend discussions with eye-witnesses of historical events. Furthermore, we provide various media that help to teach history as well as exciting educational offerings on museums. We view ourselves as part of a regional network and as a source of contact for local initiatives that deal with historical and current questions regarding city culture and development.

Permanent exhibition about the history of the gay between 1800 and 1970 with a focus on Berlin, special exhibitions, archive and library

One of the largest Science Centers in Europe with around 250 experiments explaining the physical phenomenons of our life and our environment.

The extensive collections on German and Berlin-Brandenburg sports history and history of the labourers sports, sports in the GDR and "AIMS-MarathonMuseum of Running" are presented in changing exhibitions.

Ground floor: permanent exhibition about the history of the district Spandau, first floor: special exhibitions

In the former Stasi head office (Stasi = State Security)you find the exhibition "opposition and resistance".

The House The Tempelhof Museum is located in an old school house in the former central part of the village named Alt-Mariendorf. An attractive cultural site has been created in this historical setting with a permanent exhibit on the history of Tempelhof and an appealing program. This includes temporary thematic exhibits in the museum and city surroundings, encounters with participants of historical events, discussions, city walks, readings, and lectures. The Tempelhof Museum cooperates with schools and other institutions in the district. We offer tours and projects for school classes and groups upon request. Permanent Exhibit In an attractive arrangement of rooms, our new permanent exhibit reflects the regional particularities of Tempelhof and its four districts, Alt-Tempelhof, Alt-Mariendorf, Marienfelde, and Lichtenrade. The spectrum of themes it offers spans from "the church in the town" to "cathedrals of industrial work", from living, free-time and amusement to forced work and opposition during National Socialism. The lives and work of people - enhanced through aspects of city development and cultural history - make up the primary focus of the exhibit. Numerous exhibits and "stories" make up a kaleidoscope of memory ­ of people, locations, and histories.

From November 1st, 2009, this new museum presents graphic prints and ceramics by Pablo Picasso as well as photographs by Edward Quinn and Andre Villers, showing the artist's multi-faceted personality from his political engagement, to his private life

A thrilling trip through 800-years of Berlin's history from its founding until the present time. The visitors cross the border from viewer to active participant due to the use of multimedia.

The open air exhibition "Topographie of the terror" documents the history of the terror-institutions of the Nazi-regime.

The Werkbundarchiv - Museum of the Objects presents its collections of exhibits from design and everyday culture of the 20th century as a walk-in storage.

The Zeughaus houses the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum). After the reopening on June 3rd 2006, the Zeughaus will house the permanent exhibition "Zeugnisse deutscher Geschichte".

Permanent exhibition on the life and work of Heinrich Zille, special exhibitions.

The Zitadelle in Spandau is a magnificent example of Renaissance fortress architecture. The original buildings, including the Juliusturm (Julius Tower) which is the oldest edifice in Berlin, were constructed around 1200.

For more than 100 years, the museum has shown the history of sugar with many objects and documents.

We are enthusiasts of vintage motorcycles and sidecars. Since 1987 we run a small private museum in Berlin-Kreuzberg. We show some 40 motorcycles from 1926 to the early sixties, German and English, restored and unrestored as well as engines, sidecars, bicycles and related items.