Claudia Stein - Museum Guide Berlin 2015

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The capital has far more museums than rainy days and a vibrant art scene. This is precisely one of the many reasons why from a cultural point of view Berlin is hard to beat.

This museum guide reflects the current scene of the capital. I did my best to take all museums into account, but I might have missed some. The museums are sorted by district and listed alphabetically with their original German name.

Two of the museums are located outside the city borders, but thematically, they do belong to Berlin. The “Berliner S-Bahn Museum” (commuter train museum) is located in Potsdam, right on the border with Berlin. The Olympic Village from 1936 belongs to the municipality of Wustermark.

Berlin, July 2015

Claudia Stein

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In this book, you will only find links to online maps from Google. The links to Google Maps comply with Google’s terms of use. Showing these maps in the book would not be legal. You can print or downloaded them to a smart phone, for example. This also facilitates route planning.

On the website of the Berlin transport company ( http://www.bvg.de), you can see how to reach your destination by public transport. It might be easier to use Google Maps if you decide to navigate through the museums with the help of the maps I listed for smart phones. A good app is “moovit”, it operates in several languages and uses very little data volume.

The so-called „Welcome-Card“ combines public transport with the entrance to several museums. It also contains discount vouchers for shops and restaurants. The card is sold in hotels, the official tourist information centers and at the box office of the participating museums. For more information, please visit http://shop.visitberlin.de/

Many foreign tourists are quite astounded that credit card payment is rarely offered in Germany. And most of the time, only the German debit card is accepted. Make sure you have enough cash on you before you get in the line of the box office.

All public museums are free of charge for minors (up to 18 years of age). These museums are labeled “Staatliche Museen Berlin – SMB”.

The following museums are free of charge for everybody:

Charlottenburg

• Abgusssammlungantiker Plastik der Freien Universität Berlin

Cast Collection of Ancient Sculptur

• Architekturmuseumder Technischen Universität Berlin

Museum of Architecture at the Technical University of Berlin

• Bröhan-Museum (1st Wednesday of the month)

• Gedenkstätte Plötzensee am Gefängnis Plötzensee

Memorial Plötzensee at the Plötzensee prison

• Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis Kirche

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

• Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Dahlem

• Alliierten-Museum

Allied Museum

• Bernhard-Heiliger-Stiftung/ Offene Ateliers

Bernhard-Heiliger-Foundation/ Open Studios

Gatow

• Militärhistorisches Museum, Luftwaffenmuseum der Bundeswehr

Museum for Military History/ German Airforce Museum

Grünau

• Grünauer Wassersportmuseum

Grünau Watersport Museum

Grunewald

• Gleis 17 – Memorial for the deportation of the Jews

Platform 17 – Memorial for the Deported Jews

Hellersdorf

• DDR Wohnung

GDR flat

Hohenschönhausen

• Mies-van-der-Rohe Haus

Karlshorst

• Deutsch-Russisches Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst

Köpenick

• Gedenkstätte Köpenicker Blutwoche Juni 1933

Memorial for the Köpenick Blood Week June 1933

• Hauptmann von Köpenick Exhibition

The Captain of Köpenick Exhibition

• Museum Köpenick

Kreuzberg

• FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum

• Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Artists‘ House Bethanien

• Kunstraum Kreuzberg/ Bethanien

Art Room Kreuzberg/ Bethanien

• Topographie des Terrors

Topography of Terror

• Zweirad-Museum

Bicycle Museum

Lichtenberg

• Museum Lichtenberg

Marienfelde

• Erinnerungsstätte Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde

Memorial Marienfeld Refugee Transition Camp

Marzahn

• Bezirksmuseum Marzahn-Hellersdorf

District Museum Marzahn

• Bockwindmühle Berlin-Marzahn

Post Mill Berlin-Marzahn

Mitte

• Akademie der Künste (Tuesdays 15.00-19.00)

Academy of the Arts Berlin

• Berliner Rathaus

Berlin City Hall

• Blindenwerkstatt Otto Weidt

Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind

• Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

• Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle (Mondays)

Deutsche Bank Art Hall

• Deutscher Dom

German Dome

• Deutsches Historisches Museum (on 3 Oct.)

German Historical Museum

• Ephraim-Palais (1st Wednesday of the month)

• Forum Willy Brandt

• Gedenkstätte Stille Helden

Memorial Place Silent Heroes

• Knoblauchhaus

House of the Knoblauch Family

• Mendelssohn Remise

• Märkisches Museum (1st Wednesday of the month)

History of Berlin Museum

• Nikolaikirche (1st Wednesday of the month)

Nikolai Church

• Stasi-Unterlagen / Dauerausstellung

Stasi Archives / permanent exhibition

• Tränenpalast - Haus der Geschichte,

“Palace of Tears“ – House of History

Moabit

• Classic RemiseOldtimer-Automobilzentrum

Classic Remise (Oldtimer automobile center)

Neukölln

• Museum Neukölln

Niederschöneweide

• Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit

Documentation Center Forced Labor under the Nazis

Pankow

• Pankow Museum

Prenzlauer Berg

• Museum in der Kulturbrauerei – Haus der Geschichte

Museum in the Kulturbrauerei, House of History

• Pankow Museum Prenzlauer Berg

Schöneberg

• Gedenkort SA-Gefängnis Papestraße

Memorial Site SA Prison Papestraße

• Haus am Kleistpark

House at Kleist Park

• Jugendmuseum Schöneberg

Youth Museum Schöneberg

• Museum der unerhörten Dinge

Museum of Outrageous Things

• Schöneberg Museum

• Schwerbelastungskörper

“Heavy Load Object“

Steglitz

• Deutsches Blindenmuseum

German Blind Museum

• Heimatverein Steglitz