An integral part of any tourist program is visiting museums. It is here that the most valuable, memorable and historically significant artifacts are collected. History comes to life here and seems to take each guest into the thick of distant events. That is why we have prepared a list of must-see and visit museums in Berlin.
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This unusual name hides one of the most delightful complexes of the German capital. It is unlikely that there will be at least one tourist who has never heard of this unique place before. Pergamon is located in the very center of the city and includes a whole complex of colossal architectural buildings.
In the center is the altar of the same name (age dated 160-180 BC), which thousands of people come to cling to every day. To understand the popularity of the exposition, it is worth at least once to be in the company of these monumental buildings.
The collection of masterpieces collected in one place is also impressive. All of them are divided into three subspecies and allow you to plunge into different eras. Here are collected masterpieces of antiquity, Islamic states and countries that belong to the front of Asia. It is difficult to say where else such an amazing collection of creations from Greece and Rome is collected. And the Procession Road, which was brought here from Babylon (6th century BC), evokes a unique feeling for visitors. Pergamon is open daily and the ticket price is only a few euros.
Jewish Museum
We advise you to set aside time to visit galleries dedicated to the history of the Jewish community. The halls are dedicated to various periods and themes. Here you can get acquainted with the history of the first Jews, find out the names of the most famous representatives of this nationality, who made a significant contribution to the development of the German state. It seems that the Germans feel the full burden of responsibility for the hardships that the Jews had to endure during the war years. The main exhibit of the historical exhibition is the building itself, the author of which is the brilliant architect D. Libeskind. It includes the Holocaust Tower, the Garden of Exiles and Emigration. All this makes a very serious impression, so visitors with weak nerves should think carefully before crossing the threshold of the institution. Daily opening hours are from 10 am to 8 pm (Monday is 2 hours longer), and you will have to pay only 8 euros for a ticket.
Kulturforum
Under this name, several cultural and historical institutions are united at once. To visit all the museums, it is worth allocating a whole day. All art lovers will enjoy a walk through the halls of the art gallery and the national gallery. Admirers of musical arts will be able to have a great time in the Philharmonic (the oldest building of the complex, founded in the 1960s and capable of accommodating up to 2.5 thousand people at a time) or the chamber music hall. Well, connoisseurs of quality literature are recommended to go to the state library, which contains the works of hundreds of authors of all times and peoples. The Berlin Cabinet of Engravings contains a collection of more than 100,000 artists known throughout the world. Without any doubt, this museum complex is worth it to be included in the must-visit program for every Berlin tourist.
Berggruen Museum
Another interesting monument of art is located in the Charlottenburg district. The impressive collection of exhibits presented at the Berggruen Museum belongs to the style of classical modernism and is considered the largest in the world. The collection was donated by the writer and journalist H. Bergrün and today is part of the cultural heritage of Prussia. Particularly valuable exhibits are paintings painted by the brilliant P. Picasso, of which, by the way, there are more than a hundred. The largest collection of his works allows us to trace how the style of painting changed, how a professional gradually grew from a simple sixteen-year-old boy, whose canvases are still among the most coveted both by private collectors and expositions around the world.
It will not be possible to pass by the paintings of another genius of his time - the German representative of the avant-garde style - Paul Klee. About 60 of his best works are presented in the halls. But the collection is not limited to these names. In addition to dozens of the most famous paintings by modernist artists, works by less venerable artists are often put on display here. The museum is open every day except Monday. The ticket price ranges from 4 to 10 euros.
Bode Museum
One of the most beautiful buildings in Berlin, which is located northwest of the Museum Island, belongs to the Bode Galleries. The institution is very popular among the indigenous people of the city and guests of the capital. The presented exhibits are divided among three complexes: the art of Byzantium, the Coin Cabinet and the collection of sculptures. Although the idea of creation belonged to Emperor Frederick the Third, it was named after the chief art critic, who was able to correctly place accents in the collection of valuable exhibits. As soon as visitors enter one of the galleries, many people immediately take their breath away from the rich interior decoration of the gallery and the abundance of unique artifacts and works of art presented.
Here you can find the most successful works of the sculptors Schluter and gave Robbia, chic staircases and statues of first-class marble, which depict the above-mentioned emperor. But the hall, which presents exhibits telling about different periods of the existence of two strongest empires - Roman and Byzantine, is especially popular with visitors. Although it will be very entertaining to get acquainted with the 500,000th collection of coins that are stored in neighboring galleries. The exhibition is open daily, and a pass can be purchased for just a few euros.
Museum of the GDR
This museum can be called a museum of the history of German socialism, because its expositions fully illustrate the way of life of a democratic republic for 40 years. The pedantic Germans did not squeamishly abandon it after unification with the FRG, and in 2006, at the initiative of the far-sighted political scientist Kanzelmann, the above-mentioned museum was opened on the banks of the Spree. It proved to be very popular with East and West Germans, as well as with tourists from other countries. The museum exists only on funds received from visits and from the sale of souvenirs. If we take into account that since the opening day it has managed to double in size, then we can be convinced of the great popularity of the institution.
All aspects of the life of the state are meticulously recreated here: family life, culture, art, politics, industry, law, fashion, economics, ideology. The expositions include items of clothing, dishes, alcoholic beverages, literature of that period, magazines, newspapers - everything that surrounded East Germans. In the museum, it is allowed to touch the exhibits with your hands, open the lockers, examine the contents. You can even sit behind the wheel of a unique car "Trabant" (Sputnik), similar to a children's toy. Such cars were produced at the Horch factories. Tourists are offered a huge number of souvenirs.
Ticket price: adults - 6 euros, det. – 4.FS
Opening hours: daily - 10.00-20.00, Sat - until 22.00.
Museum of Homosexuality
The name of this museum immediately causes a certain rejection due to the prevailing negative stereotypes, but after visiting it, the attitude changes. The only such museum in the world presents evidence of the problem of physiological transformation resulting from genetic failure. The museum exhibits trace the history of homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders, queers and intersex people. Among the exhibits there are photographs - evidence of a sex change - the transformation of a man into a woman and vice versa. There are documents telling about the persecution of sexual minorities by the National Socialists. The tragic fates of 24 Jews reflected on the posters, who suffered from their unconventionality and tried to convey their pain through literary works, arouse sympathy.
An example of this is the lesbian Erica Mann, daughter of the famous writer T. Mann; master mime, actor Raymonds, who is still alive. The famous Marlene Dietrich did not hide her male inclinations, despite traditional marriages. Their fates are also reflected in the exhibits of the museum. Of particular interest and understanding arise when visiting the exhibition of the GDR artist Hass, the main theme of whose paintings was his own unconventionality. Looking at his self-portrait depicting a spiritual, beautiful young man, you understand that he is not to blame for his inclinations and you begin to treat such people differently. But this delicate deviation should not be made the object of general attention and publicity, the subject of propaganda, as is happening now in Europe.
Address: Luetzowstrasse 73.
Open for visits: Wed.-Fri., Sun.-Mon. – from 14.00 to 18.00, Sat. – until 19.00,; out. - Tuesday.
Entrance ticket - 6 euros.
Luftwaffe Museum
The Museum of the German Air Force Luftwaffe was organized after the closure of the RAF base at the airfield in Gatow. In the early 1930s, high ranks of German aviation trained and trained here, after the Victory, the Soviet Air Force also managed to visit. In 1994, left out of work, the Gatov airfield turned into a parking lot for aircraft of different eras and designs, helicopters and airships. In the hangars of the museum and in the open air, fighters and MiGs, MI-8 helicopters, pre-war light models, attack aircraft and bombers of the Second World War, modern examples of crashed aircraft are presented.
A large exposition presents Soviet aircraft equipment, mainly left over from the presence of Soviet troops in Germany: airplanes, helicopters, air defense systems, radars. Part of the air base is now operational, so the smaller exhibits of the museum are located in 3 hangars, large aircraft are in the open air. The area of the museum is separated by a fence and guarded. The museum provides an opportunity to make virtual tours of its territory, if you go to its official website. All exhibits of the museum can be carefully examined and satisfy your curiosity.
Address: Kladower Damm 182
Open for visits: Tuesday-Sunday, from 10.00 to 18.00, entrance closes at 17.00. The visit is free.
Website address: www. Luftwaffenmuseum. de
museum island
Not every capital of the world can boast of such luxury as the whole Museum Island. Berlin has every right to be proud of an invaluable asset - 5 museums that have collected in their unique expositions a visual history of 6 millennia. This wealth is located on the island of Spreeinsel, located on the Spree River and dividing it into 2 branches. The formation of the museum complex began at the end of the 18th century as the embodiment of the idea of Friedrich Wilhelm - to create a museum of antiquity on the picturesque island. But its implementation came true only in the 30s of the 19th century, when the Old Museum of ancient collections was opened, from ancient Greek art to ancient Roman.
In 1859, the funds of the Prussian Royal Museum, later renamed the New Museum, were formed, keeping in its bowels ancient papyri and art objects of the Egyptian Museum, valuable relics of the Museum of Primitive and Early History. The next step was the opening of the Old National Gallery (1876), which brought together paintings and sculptures by European artists of the 19th century. After 26 years, the Bode Museum arose, exhibiting rarities of Byzantine art (13-19 centuries), works by German and Italian sculptors from the early Middle Ages to the 18th century. The Pergamon Museum, founded in 1930, combined ancient, Islamic and Western Asian art, in fact - 3 museums in one. It will take more than one day to see all the exhibits briefly, but it's worth it.
How to get there: trams M 1, M 2, M 2 - stop. Hackescher Markt, metro - st. Alevanderplatz, walk from the Brandenburg Gate to the island - 15 min.
S-Bahn: S3, S5, S7(S Hachescher Markt); S1, S2, S25 (Oranienburqer Str).
Erotic Museum
This private museum was opened by a woman - the only female stuntman in Germany in the past, a former Luftwaffe pilot Beata Uze, who was left without work after the collapse of the Nazi troops. The adventurous lady ventured to open the world's first erotic supply store and achieved considerable success in this field, for which she was awarded the Federal Cross for her contribution to sexual education in 1989. From one sex shop, a huge empire of erotic establishments has grown: special stores, adult cinemas, and an online shopping network. The museum occupies 4 floors, on which there is a sex shop, 3 cinema halls for adults with individual video booths, extravagant exhibits (more than 5000). Among them are paintings, panels, tapestries of frankly erotic content, utensils with drawings of a sexual theme, all kinds of erotic attributes. Setting the goal of education and education, the museum has placed dioramas with a visual explanation of the varieties of sexual desire.
Address: Joachimstaler St. 4
Open: Monday-Saturday, from 9 am to 12 am, Sun. – from 11.00 to 00.00.
Ticket price: from 18 years old - 9 euros, doubles - 16.
Museum Center Berlin-Dahlem
Berlin can be proud of another museum complex, opened in the former Dahlem estate, in the southwest of the German capital, which has the status of a state institution. 3 museums of the complex exhibit objects of art and culture of Asia, the East and Europe:
- The Museum of Asian Art contains the richest collections of Indian art (20 thousand rare exhibits). Among them there are real masterpieces that are not found in any other museum in the world. In 2006, amazingly interesting exhibits were exhibited in the newly opened halls - products of various crafts and applied arts from many Asian countries from antiquity to the present day.
- The ethnological museum, which occupies a huge area, gives a clear idea of the life and way of life of peoples of different nationalities: the living quarters of representatives of ethnic groups with characteristic details and surroundings are decorated with reliable accuracy. In total, the museum has almost a million objects of past eras.
- The Museum of European Cultures is a center designed to demonstrate, through its expositions, the ever closer convergence of art and culture of European countries. There is a constant search for exhibits, various exhibitions, research searches are held, as a result of which a collection of objects is created that clearly illustrates the cultural and historical process of development of the peoples of Europe.
Address: Lansstrasse 8.
Opening hours: Tue – Fri. from 10.00 to 18.00, Sat - Sun, from 11.00 to 18.00.
Entrance ticket - 6 euros.
German Technical Museum
The glass building of 5 floors, built on the site of the former depot, looks very impressive. Extravagance is given to it by a symbolically important exhibit on the roof - the C-47 Skyrain bomber, which delivered food to blockaded Berlin in 1948. Founded in 1982, it essentially became a technical park, where on an area of 25 thousand square meters. km, a huge number of different units, technical devices, many types of aircraft, auto and marine equipment are widely represented.
Life-size windmills, watermills, a forge, a mini-brewery are located here. Separate expositions fully demonstrate the achievements of the energy industry, shipbuilding, the aviation industry, the film and photo industry. The territory of the museum accommodates modern buildings surrounded by a park, where scientific and educational classes are held with children. Together with the Archenhold Observatory, the Technical Museum conducts research in the field of space, organizes joint exhibitions and lectures. It is impossible to see all the exhibits of the museum of technology in a few hours; you can come here many times, as if for the first time.
Address: Trebbiner Strasse 9 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberq.
Working hours: Tue-Fri.: 09.00-17.30, Sat-Sun: 10.00-18.00; holiday – 10.00-18.00; mon. - day off.
Tickets (in euros) - adults - 6 (with a discount - 3.5); group (from 10 people) - 4, with a discount - 1.5.
Family (1 adult and 2 children up to 14 years old) - 7; (2 adults and 3 children up to 14 years old) - 13.
For Russian tourists, this point of the program can be called a cult.In May 1945 Reichstag stormed the Soviet troops, hoisted a red banner on it and left commemorative inscriptions in Russian.
The palace was built at the end of the 19th century, but in 1933 a fire broke out in the building, which was blamed on the Communist Party. This gave rise to political opponents for accusations, repressions and arrests.
After the collapse of the III Reich Reichstag remained in ruins for a long time, then it was restored, the last reconstruction took place in 1991 according to the project of the architect Norman Foster. Foster retained the historic façade, but completely redesigned the interiors, inscribing original fragments, such as inscriptions in Russian, into them.
Reichstag. Berlin.
Reichstag. Berlin.
Above Reichstag a glass dome was erected, into which you can climb up along the inner spiral, admiring the views and reflections in the broken mirror cone.
Reichstag. Berlin.
Reichstag. Berlin.
Reichstag. Berlin.
Now in Reichstag The Bundestag, the German Parliament, sits.
And Reichstag is a tourist attraction that can visit for free by pre-registering on the site.
Registration allows you to enter Reichstag skip the queue, climb the dome, listen to a tour of Reichstag visiting various places (we recommend choosing this option, there are excursions in Russian) or get to a meeting of parliament.
https://visite.bundestag.de/BAPWeb/pages/createBookingRequest.jsf?lang=en
2. Climb the TV Tower and enter the Red Town Hall.
TV tower was erected on Alexanderplatz in 1969. This tallest building in germany. An elevator lifts visitors to a height of 203 meters, from here a panorama of. If you climb a little higher up the stairs, you will find yourself in a revolving restaurant.
TV tower. Berlin.
TV tower. Berlin.
The ticket costs 10.5 euros. Usually there is a long queue. A VIP ticket worth 17.5 euros entitles you to an extraordinary ascent to the tower.
Five steps from the TV Tower is red town hall located in geographical center of Berlin.
Red Town Hall. Berlin.
red town hall made of red brick, but not only this circumstance gave her a name, in the days of socialism there was a city council, “red power”.
Today, the town hall houses the office of the ruling mayor of Berlin and the Berlin Senate. Entrance to the town hall during the working day is free.
Red Town Hall. Berlin.
3. Admire the pieces of Ancient Rome in the Pergamon Museum and take a walk around the island of museums.
museum island- This is part of the island on the Spree River, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The largest museum complex in Europe was created in 1830 according to the project of the architect Schinkel. There are five museums here - Pergamon, Old National Gallery, Bode Museum, New and Old Museum, which store about 1.5 million works of art.Pergamon Museum- one of the most important archaeological museums in Germany and the world, built in 1910-30. designed by the architects Wessel and Hoffmann. The most famous and important exhibit of the museum is the Pergamon Altar (180 BC), which is considered one of the wonders of the world. It was discovered by the German engineer K. Human in the ancient city of Pergamon in Turkey, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Pergamon.
The huge altar is surrounded by a frieze depicting the battle of the gods and the titans.
Open: Tue-Sun from 10 am to 6 pm, Thu from 10 am to 10 pm.
Pergamon Museum. Berlin.
4. See the modern architecture at Potsdamerplatz.
In the XIX-XX centuries. Potsdamerplatz was one of the busiest squares, with heavy traffic, shopping centers and office buildings, during the Second World War the square turned into ruins, as Hitler's underground bunker was located nearby. After the war, the movement Potsdamerplatz was blocked, and later the Berlin Wall appeared, running along the square, which, having become a no man's land, overgrown with weeds and turned into a wasteland.But after the unification of Germany, it was decided to return the square to its former glory. A grandiose construction project unfolded and Potsdamerplatz postmodern skyscrapers made of glass and concrete have grown, the most famous of which is Sony-Center, which covered 7 ultra-modern buildings with a tented roof.
Potsdamerplatz. Berlin.
5. Walk along Unter den Linden to the Brandenburg Gate.
Street Unter den Linden stretched for 1,400 m from the Palace Bridge to the Brandenburg Gate. In the 17th century thousands of lindens were planted, which grew, forming a green alley, hence the name of the street - "under the lindens". Along the Unter den Linden there are outstanding architectural monuments of the 18th-19th centuries.The medieval one was surrounded by 14 gates. Brandenburg Gate originally there were ordinary gates in the city wall, but in 1788-91. a gate was erected in the style of classicism with 12 Doric columns 26 m high. Two extensions in the form of Greek temples adjoin the gate on both sides. Thus, the Brandenburg Gate looks like a triumphal arch and symbolizes the victory of the German nation. From the top of the gate is decorated with a quadriga with a winged goddess.
Brandenburg Gate. Berlin.
6. See the remains of the Berlin Wall.
For 28 years, the wall divided into two parts - East and West. The wall appeared on August 13, 1961 and stretched for 155 km. In 1989, the wall was dismantled, only small parts of it were preserved as a memory.
Wall. Berlin.
Wall. Berlin.
7. Go to the Bauhaus Museum.
bauhaus- the world-famous school of design and art, operating from 1919 to 1933 in Germany. The school was opened in Weimar, in 1925 the school moved to Dessau, and in 1932 to Berlin.Over the years in Bauhaus created its own, recognizable style, which had a huge impact on modern industrial design, architecture and art.
Among teachers Bauhaus there were brilliant creators and art theorists, innovators who were at the forefront of European art, including Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, Otto Linding, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer and others.
IN Bauhaus Archive in Berlin you can see art works, photographs, ceramics of some teachers of the school, models of buildings, interior items. There are also exhibitions dedicated to the work of various teachers. Bauhaus.
Museum address: Klingelhoferstrae 14
Open: Wednesday - Monday from 10 to 17, closed - Tuesday.
Ticket 7 euros - on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, ticket 6 euros - on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
8. Wander the streets of the Nikolaivirtel quarter.
Nikolayviertel quarter- This is a piece of old Berlin, several narrow picturesque streets running along the Spree River.Back in the XII century. on this place around the church of St. Nicholas there was a trading settlement. During the war, the area was badly damaged by bombing, but was rebuilt in 1987. Modern layout Nikolayviertel very accurately reproduces the historical scheme of streets, in the center of the quarter on a tiny square rises the church of St. Nicholas, which houses a museum of medieval art.
Many buildings of the quarter are stylized as German baroque, the streets are full of cozy cafes, restaurants and pubs, souvenir shops and antique shops.
Nikolayviertel quarter. Berlin.
Nikolayviertel quarter. Berlin.
9. Taste German cuisine and drink beer.
It so happened historically that German cuisine is hearty and solid with a wide variety of meat dishes - pork knee, schnitzels, steaks, schnelklops and cutlets, they also like potatoes - boiled in their uniforms, baked, fried and with herring, mashed potatoes, potato salads, vegetables often served as a side dish - stewed cabbage, bean pods.A special place is occupied by sausages and sausages. And the most popular fast food in Germany is sausage with ketchup and curry (currywurst).
Currywurst. Berlin.
A truly German drink is beer, but do not forget that great Riesling wines are also produced in Germany.
"Meter of beer". Berlin.
There are a great many cafes, restaurants, snack bars and pubs, including those with very low prices.
- a huge and multinational metropolis, this has also left its mark on gastronomic life: there are many restaurants in Berlin with cuisines, perhaps, of all nations of the world. Don't skip them either!
10. Go shopping in Berlin.
Shopping in is designed for different tastes and wallet thickness.So Kurfuerstendamm- the main shopping street of West Berlin, and Friedrichstrasse- the shopping artery of the eastern part of the city offers luxury shopping. Here you can find Chanel, Gucci, Sonia Rykiel, Jil Sander, Max Mara, Prada, Louis Vuitton and other top brands.
On the Kurfuerstendamm next to the underground station Wittenbergplatz located the largest shopping center KaDaWe, which turned 100 years old, and is located on Friedrichstrasse Gallery Lafayette.
Cheaper shops can be found around Alexander Platz where the TV tower rises.
Alexanderplatz- the center of the East. The history of the square began in the 14th century, at that time cattle and wool were traded here. On October 22, 1805, the Russian emperor Alexander I came to conclude an alliance with Emperor Frederick III against Napoleon, after this visit the square was called Alexanderplatz.
In the 19th century the area became an important transport and commercial center. But during the war, Alexanderplatz was badly damaged during the bombing. Later, the square was completely rebuilt, a TV tower, a tall hotel appeared here, in the 1970s. formed a unique architectural ensemble.
Now Alexanderplatz is one of the liveliest and party places, there are shops, shopping galleries and restaurants in high-rise buildings, young people and a motley crowd gather on the square, here you can meet singers, musicians, freaks, representatives of all youth movements, whose meeting point is the fountain in the center Alexanderplatz with the eloquent name "Friendship of Peoples".
The democratic department store Kaufhof offers a wide selection of clothes, dishes, food, and there is a self-service restaurant on the top floor.
You should also remember about the tax-free system - the return of value added tax on goods that are exported from Europe by persons who are not residents of Europe.
In Germany, tax-free is refundable on purchases over 25 euros.
Berlin, like other European capitals, offers tourists a wide selection of museums on various topics. There are more than 170 cultural institutions in the city. There is even a museum island in Berlin, where five major museums are concentrated. Art connoisseurs will be able to enjoy world masterpieces in art galleries. There are also thematic cultural institutions in Berlin: the Erotic Museum, the GDR Museum, the Technical Museum, the Jewish Museum and others.
museum island
This is the northern part of the Spreinsel Island, located on the Spree River. Here is a complex of famous and important museums in Berlin. Since 1999, the museum island has been under the protection of UNESCO and is included in its heritage. This is the main center of attraction for tourists. The complex includes: Pergamon, the New and Old Museum, the Old National Gallery and the Bode Museum. They tell the story of the development of mankind over the past six thousand years.
pergamon
The Pergamon Museum is located on Museum Island. This is one of the most visited museums in Berlin. Founded in 1901, and opened to visitors in 1909. The exposition consists of three main areas: the ancient collection, the Museum of the Islamic State and the Western Asian collection. The collection includes architecture, sculpture, mosaics, inscriptions found during archaeological excavations.
Bode Museum
This is a large art museum, which is located on the museum island. It was founded in 1904 and occupies an architectural monument built in neo-baroque style. The exposition consists of three major sections. Museum of Byzantine Art, represented by sarcophagi, sculptures, icons and ritual objects from the 3rd to 15th centuries. The sculpture section includes a collection of sculpture from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. The collection of coins - the largest in the world, consists of half a million exhibits.
old museum
This is an art museum on Museum Island. Until the middle of the 19th century, it was called royal. The museum was built to display works of art collected by the Prussian kings. Since 1966, it has housed a collection of antiquities. The exhibition contains works of art from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Here are sculptures, a collection of silver and gold jewelry, military attributes made of precious metals.
New Museum
The museum was founded in 1855 and is located on the museum island. It was built because the old museum did not have enough space for the exhibition of exhibits. The building was badly damaged during the war, it was restored and opened only in 2009. It houses the Egyptian collection and the collection of papyri. The most popular exhibits are Egyptian statues (including the bust of Nefertiti), everyday items, etc. The museum houses an exposition of the prehistoric period and early history.
Old National Gallery
This is the fifth museum located on Museum Island. It was founded in 1861. The gallery houses works of art from the 19th century. It exhibits paintings and sculptures created in the style of classicism, romanticism, impressionism and early modernism. The most valuable exhibits: "The Monk by the Sea" by Caspar Friedrich, "Iron Rolling Plant", written by Adolf von Menzel.
German Historical Museum
The permanent exhibition opened in 2006. The exposition includes eight thousand exhibits telling about the history of Germany. The time period covers just over two thousand years: from the first century BC to our times. It is one of the most visited museums in Germany and has a popular museum website.
Berlin Museum of Applied Arts
The museum was founded in 1867. It is an important and visited art gallery in Berlin and throughout Europe. Museum guests will be able to see different areas of applied art, from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Products are made of bronze, ceramics, porcelain, gold, enamel and other materials. Works in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles are exhibited.
Berggruen Museum
This is an art museum that opened in 2000. It exhibits an impressive collection of works of art in the style of modernism. It was collected by the collector and writer Heinz Berggruen and donated to the city. The pride of the museum is a collection of works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Mattis, Paul Klee. The museum regularly hosts temporary thematic exhibitions.
Museum Center Berlin-Dahlem
It houses several museum collections. This is a museum of Asian art, including masterpieces of Indian art (20 thousand of them are rare). Ethnological Museum, which tells in detail about the life of different ethnic groups on the territory of the Rhine. The Museum of European Cultures is a center demonstrating the cultural and historical development of European countries.
Berlin Art Gallery
The gallery was founded in 1830 and is part of the Kulturforum complex. It contains paintings by masters of the 13th - 18th centuries. The gallery's collection contains masterpieces of painting by Raphael, Titian, Sandro Botticelli, Rubens, Rembrandt and others. The exposition includes German, English, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, Spanish and French paintings.
New National Gallery
The museum was opened in 1968 and is part of the Kulturforum. This is the only museum building in Berlin built after the war. It contains collections of paintings and sculptures created in the twentieth century. The exposition starts from the French cubists who worked at the beginning of the twentieth century (Picasso, Gris) to the surrealists (Dali, Miro) and abstractionists (Kandinsky, Klee). The gallery regularly hosts exhibitions of contemporary artists.
Modern Art Museum
The museum is located in the Hamburg railway station. It was founded in 1996. The exposition presents the works of contemporary masters. Among them are Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Richard Long and others. The collection includes over two thousand exhibits. This is shocking contemporary art: an airplane made of drainpipes, unusual portraits, abstractions.
Museum of Musical Instruments
The museum houses various musical instruments. The most expensive exhibit is the harpsichord of Marie Antoinette's favorite. This harpsichord miraculously did not die during the French Revolution. The flutes of Frederick the Great (King of Prussia), Italian violins, and a cabinet piano made by Josef Brodmann are kept here. The museum often hosts classical music concerts.
Cinema Museum
The museum was created by director Gerhard Lamprecht in 1968. The exposition tells about the history and technologies of film making. Film equipment is presented in 13 halls: from the first film cameras to the latest digital devices. There are halls dedicated to cinema during the Nazi regime, during the war and after the war.
photography museum
The museum dedicated to photography opened in 2004. The exposition presents the works of famous German photographers: James Nachtveit, David LaChapelle and other masters. The collection includes the life and work history of Helmut Newton, a German and Austrian photographer. The museum contains photographic equipment, work suits and home clothes of the photographer, newspaper clippings.
Tegel Palace
This remarkable architectural structure was built on the shores of Lake Tegel in Berlin. In the 18th century, the Humboldt family bought the palace. Alexander and Wilhelm, prominent scientists of a famous family, rebuilt the mansion and laid out a huge park. Today, tours are held in the palace, and there is a museum that tells about the life of the great dynasty. Tourists can see the mansion, the park, the Humboldt family cemetery.
Museum of the GDR
This is an interactive museum of Germany, dedicated to life in the German Democratic Republic. It scrupulously tells about life in socialist eastern Germany. The museum was opened in 2006, it contains 10 thousand exhibits. The institution consists of 18 thematic departments. Among them: the daily life of the inhabitants of the GDR, cultural, political life, and so on. The museum tells about the Stasi secret police, the Berlin Wall and other secrets of the republic.
Jewish Museum
The museum is dedicated to German-Jewish relations. It first opened in 1933 and was closed in 1938. The new museum was opened in September 2001. It consists of two buildings. The old one was built in the style of classicism and the new one - in the form of a zigzag. The permanent exhibition includes photographs, documents, household items of Jewish families, rare books in Hebrew, textiles and more. The collection that tells about the life of Jews on the banks of the Rhine during the Middle Ages is of value.
Berlin-Karlhorst
This is the only Russian-German museum in Germany. It tells about the relationship between the two states. The museum occupies a small building in which the act of unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany was signed in 1945. The main exposition of the museum is World War II and the Great Patriotic War. It contains military equipment, documents, wartime photographs.
Berlin Wax Museum
The museum opened at the beginning of the 21st century. There are 80 wax figures of politicians, actors and actresses, athletes, artists, writers and other famous people in nine halls. Exhibited figure of Hitler, despite the negative attitude of the Germans. The museum has a section that clearly shows how wax figures are created.
Erotic Museum
This is a private museum, opened by Germany's only female stunt performer. At first, the museum was a store of erotic accessories, later it expanded, and the owner even received a medal for her contribution to sexual education. The museum has four floors with erotic attributes: paintings, tapestries of a sexual nature, extravagant exhibits (vibrators, toys). The complex has sex shops, cinemas with individual booths.
Museum of Homosexuality
This is the only museum in the world dedicated to gays, lesbians and the LGBT movement. Opened in 1985. The museum is engaged in scientific research on homosexuality. The exposition contains paintings, photographs, official documents dedicated to people of non-traditional orientation. A special place is occupied by an exposition telling about the persecution of gays by the Nazis. The museum regularly hosts exhibitions dedicated to the life of famous gays and bisexuals.
Stasi Museum and Prison
A tour of the former prison is conducted by prisoners previously imprisoned in it. The Stasi is a spy organization that identifies citizens who are dissatisfied with life in the GDR. Those who tried to leave the country were kept here. Tourists are shown interrogation rooms and cells of prisoners, instruments of torture, interrogation techniques. An exposition of spy equipment built into ties, watches, glasses is presented.
Topography of terror
The memorial complex highlighting the crimes of the National Socialists is located on the site of the Gestapo prison and the headquarters of the Gestapo. The museum was opened in 1987 and contains exhibits about the Nazi regime. These are official documents, photographs, diaries of concentration camp prisoners, data on the structure of the state of terror. The complex includes the preserved barracks for workers and the cellars of the Gestapo.
Luftwaffe Museum
This is an aviation exposition of Berlin, it occupies three hangars and an open-air platform. There is a variety of equipment here: aircraft of the 19th century, airships, airplanes, helicopters, gliders serving technical devices. A third of the exposition is made up of Soviet equipment that served the GDR. In the museum you can see the uniforms of pilots, household items of officers.
German Technical Museum
The museum opened in 1983 and is dedicated to modern technological achievements and the history of their development. The museum houses the Z1, the first computing device built in 1938. The first machines are presented - the predecessors of computers, created by Konrad Zuse. There are expositions demonstrating the achievements of energy, shipbuilding and so on.
Natural History Museum
The museum was founded in 1810 and is a German cultural institution dedicated to natural history. About 30 million objects are stored in the museum's funds. The most famous exhibit is the restored Giraffatitan skeleton. This is a giant dinosaur that lived in the Upper Jurassic era. The museum has a collection of minerals, meteorites, expositions on zoology and paleontology.
Berlin Metro Museum
The museum is stylized as an old metro station from the 1930s. It exhibits pantographs, carriages, control mechanisms of the first underground electric trains. All exhibits are in working order. On display are subway maps from different years, the uniforms of subway drivers and workers, even old chewing gum vending machines used decades ago at subway stations.
Berlin is a city of wonderful museums. Our list of the best Berlin museums will help you not to get lost in a wide variety of art spaces. The program includes an underground bunker, Marlene Dietrich and the largest dinosaur skeleton.
museum island
In the bend of the Spree in Berlin there is a whole island on which there is a complex of five museums: the Pergamon Museum, the Bode Museum, the Old and New Museums and the Old National Gallery. Now here you can see a collection of papyri, the Pergamon altar, a bust of Nefertiti and other Egyptian, Greek and Roman relics. In the coming years, transitions between museums will be completed - this will turn the Museum Island into a single whole, which will allow you to see the entire history of the development of civilization.
Berlin History Museum
This museum has 23 thematic halls, which visually represent the entire history of the city from the moment of its foundation to the present. All information is presented in an interactive form using multimedia technology, which appeals to guests of all ages. Also attracting visitors is the fact that deep underground, under the museum building and nearby streets, there is a Cold War atomic bomb shelter. The corridors of the bunker and the atmosphere of a secret facility will not leave anyone indifferent.
Museum of computer games Computerspielemuseum
The Museum of Computer Games has a main permanent exhibition that tells the history of the development of computer technology and the entertainment industry in general. In addition, from time to time about 30 different international exhibitions take place here. The surroundings of the museum and its interactivity attract lovers of electronics, and the museum will also be of interest to fans of computer game characters.
German Historical Museum
The exposition of the German Historical Museum is located in two places: in an old baroque building on Unter der Linden and in a modern exhibition hall. Both buildings are connected to each other by an underground tunnel. The permanent exhibition has about 8,000 exhibits and represents almost two thousand years of the history of the German state. It should be noted that the German Historical Museum is one of the most visited in Germany.
German Technical Museum
By the amount of technology, this museum is the largest in Europe. Here are exhibits dedicated to scientific achievements from ancient times to the present: the first calculators, robots, airplanes, combines and cars, various devices, instruments and mechanisms that can not only be looked at, but also touched, twirled, and carried out experiments with them. Here you can see Foucault's pendulum and look through the camera obscura, and in the optics hall you can experience various optical illusions. From the German Technical Museum, not only children, but also adults will be delighted.
Berlin Art Gallery
The art gallery will impress all connoisseurs of art, because there is a huge collection of paintings by such great masters as Titian, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens, Botticelli and many others. This is truly a treasure trove of world painting. In addition to the main exhibition, which has about 3,000 paintings, the gallery often hosts exhibitions of contemporary artists, designers, photographers, and in addition, the building also houses a library, an archive and an art school.
Jewish Museum
The building of the Jewish Museum, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, is made in the form of a curved line. The floors of the premises are inclined, and visitors, passing through the halls, feel the heaviness of the rise, which symbolizes all the difficulties of the life of the Jewish people. The exhibits of the exhibition are dedicated to the life and culture of the Jews: dishes, documents, clothing items and much more. Also of interest is the "Holocaust Tower" installation - a small space with high black walls and a small hole at the top instead of a roof, through which a piece of the sky can be seen.
Berlin Wall Museum Checkpoint Charlie
Now Checkpoint Charlie is just part of the Berlin Wall Museum, but from 1961 to 1990 it was a checkpoint for crossing from West to East Berlin. The Checkpoint separated the territories of the sectors of influence of the USA and the USSR, so now its windows show portraits of a Russian and an American soldier. In one of the houses standing nearby, there is the Museum of the History of the Berlin Wall, whose expositions are devoted to the events of those years, the international struggle for human rights, photographs of escapes and how the wall was destroyed.
Film and Television Museum
The Berlin Film Museum opened not so long ago, in 2000, but immediately gained numerous fans. The museum is divided into 13 halls, which are dedicated to the history of the development of German cinema: outstanding actors, directors and their films. Here you can touch the film, watch fragments of pre-war German films, see how modern special effects are created. An entire hall is dedicated to the great Marlene Dietrich and directors such as Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene and Leni Riefenstahl. As with many other Berlin museums, the exhibition space is multimedia and interactive, so you won't get bored browsing the exhibition.
Berlin Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum in Berlin is famous for having the tallest original dinosaur skeleton at over 13m in height. It also houses one of the largest and oldest natural science collections in the world. The exhibits demonstrate the stages of development of the Universe, nature and man. In the halls there is a collection of meteorites and a workshop where you can see how animal models are created. Viewing the expositions is accompanied by the voices of birds and animals, the sounds of nature.
In Berlin, you can see both Van Gogh paintings and unique paintings by local artists. A visit to Berlin's art museums will leave a lasting impression on you as it has gained an international reputation as a city of museums. Immediately striking is the huge number of international artists working here, as well as the many studios and ateliers in the city. Accordingly, in Berlin you can visit many art museums. In this list you will learn about the most popular places in the artistic capital of the world.
Breana Museum
This impressive museum showcases three floors of Art Nouveau and Art Deco work. Brohan Museum is located in the beautiful western district of Berlin - Charlottenburg. Most of the works in this museum belong to the period 1889-1939. Porcelain, paintings and some pieces of furniture were once part of Carl Brehan's collection. The paintings of Hans Balušek and the portraits of Willi Jakel are also the pride of the exhibition. In addition to their extensive permanent collection, there are always special exhibitions. 
Museum of Applied Arts
The Kunstgewerbemuseum, or Museum of Applied Arts, is one of the oldest museums in Berlin. Ranging from the medieval period to Art Deco times, this museum collects the work of skilled craftsmen. The collection spans all styles and periods in art history and includes silks and costumes, tapestries, furniture, glassware, enamel and porcelain, silver and gold works, as well as contemporary crafts and design objects. All exhibits are of excellent quality. Many items were donated by representatives of the church, the royal court and the aristocracy. The closest metro station to the museum is at Potsdamer Platz. 
Kaethe Kollwitz Museum
At the end of May 1986 the Berlin painter and art dealer Hans Pels-Leusden opened the Käthe Kollwitz Museum. The permanent and most complete exhibition of her work opened four decades after the death of Kathe Kollwitz, thanks to this patron. It was in Berlin that Kollwitz lived and worked for more than fifty years. Its subject matter reflects on life, death and poverty. Her strong feelings are expressed through lithography, sculpture, drawings and graphics. 
Georg Kolbe Museum
This museum is located in the former studio of the sculptor Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) in East Berlin, near the Olympic Stadium. The museum was built in 1928 according to the design of Ernst Rench Kolbe and borders on the sculpture garden, making up a single protected ensemble with it. All works in this studio were created by a famous sculptor in the 1920s. Visitors can clearly see the change in mood of his sculptures as they reflect the happier times of his younger years and less colorful times during the Nazi regime. Most of Kolbe's sculptures are dedicated to the natural human body.
Berlin Art Gallery
The Art Gallery collection was founded in 1830 and has since been systematically updated and expanded. The exhibition includes masterpieces by artists from the pre-18th century including Van Eyck, Brueghel, Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens and Vermeer, as well as paintings by other French, Dutch, English and German artists from the 13th to 18th centuries. . Among the most outstanding works are the "Fountain of Youth" by Lucas Cranach, "Leda with the Swan" by Correggio, the largest collection of Rembrandt canvases in the world. The closest metro station to the museum is Potsdamer Platz. 
German Guggenheim
Despite being one of the smallest branches of the Guggenheim, the museum is a must-see for any art lover. He puts on several significant exhibitions each year. Both works by contemporary artists and works by classics such as Warhol and Picasso are on display. The stylish gallery was designed by Richard Gluckman and takes its name from the building it houses: a 1920 Deutsche Bank. The museum always has a free den on Monday when most other museums in the city are closed. 
House of Culture der Welt
The House of Culture der Welt, or the Chamber of World Cultures, lives up to its name, as it is a leading center for contemporary art and a venue for projects that push all possible boundaries. There is always a rich and varied program of avant-garde art, dance, theater, literature and live music. This museum in Berlin is also known for having the largest collection of bells in Europe, with 68 pieces. Visiting hours and exhibitions are constantly changing, so it's best to plan ahead through the museum's website. 
Bauhaus Archive - Design Museum
Housed in a modern white building, this museum is dedicated to the projects of the talented Bauhaus artists. Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school, hired a group of famous artists to teach at his Dessau school. Contemporary exhibitions showcase the work of this modern movement between 1919 and 1932, when the Nazis put an end to the group's progression. Objects on display include furniture, sculptures, ceramics and architecture by renowned artists such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Wassily Kandinsky and Martin Gropius himself. 
New National Gallery
The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) always hosts some interesting exhibitions. Here you can see retrospectives by Hiroshi Sujimoto and Gerhard Richter. Most of the works date from the 19th and 20th centuries. German Expressionism is represented by artists such as Kirchner and Heckel. They are highlighted alongside the classic modernist works of Dali, Picasso, Dix and Kokoschka. In the basement of the building there is a cafe and a gift shop. Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed a unique glass and steel structure especially for this museum 
Hamburg train station - Museum fur Gegenwart
Located in the refurbished railway station of the Hamburg station fur Gegenwart is famous for the work of many famous artists. This museum in Berlin contains a rich permanent collection inherited from Erich Marx. Here you can see the work of artists such as Amseln Kiefer, Joseph Beuys, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol and Bruce Nauman. During the evening hours, unique lighting is turned on, making the museum even more unusual.
