Museums about Berlin's history

   Bwerlin is rich in history. There were good times and there were evil times in our past. Do you want  to get an overview of Berlin’s history or to study it deeply ? No matter what! The most fun and entertaining way is to visit one of our many museums. The following give you a good insight of our past.

Märkisches Museum
This museum has excellent town models of Berlin as well as pictures, weapons, coins and artefacts about Berlin’s history. It is housed in a building that resembles a cathedral, but was really built to house the Märkisches Museum!
Am Köllnischen Park 5
10179 Berlin
Tel:030 24 002 162
S5,S7,S75 (Jannowitzbrücke)
U2 (Märkisches Museum)
Bus 165,265 (Märkisches Museum/Inselstr.)
Website

This impressive Roland figure stands in front of  Märkisches Museum




















 The Story of Berlin
The Story of Berlin is a multimedia museum. In 20 theme rooms you will learn about Berlin's past from the Middle Ages to the fall of the Berlin wall. Among the exhibits you can study the contrast between a typical Berlin backyard and a Berlin salon in the 19th century. See how life was in Berlin during World War II and the divided city. You can also make a guided tour through a nucelar bomb shelter that is left from the Cold War, an experience that could you make feel a little bit unconfortable!
Kurfürstendamm 206
10719 Berlin
Tel: 030 887 20 100 
S6, S7, S75  (Savignyplatz) 
U1 (Uhlandstr.)
Bus: 109,110,M19, M29 ( U Uhlandstr.) 
website

Similar to the Story of Berlin is Berlin Story Museum. It ist also an interactive museum, where you can delve into the history of Berlin with the help of audio guides (in 10 languages).
It is housed in a former air raid shelter, together with the Gruselmuseum (creepy museum).
Schönebergerstr 23a
10963 Berlin
Tel: 03020454673  
S1,S2, S25 (Anhalter Bahnhof)
U1,U7 (Möckernbrücke)
M29, M41 (Anhalter Bahnhof)
Website 


DDR Museum (GDR Museum)
Germany was devided into the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR for over 40 years. In this museum you can learn about the history of the GDR the interactive way. You can experience the most common car in the GDR, the Trabi, through a driving simulator, stay in an original GDR living room, learn about the education system, and of course, you will also find out about the Stasi.
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1
10178 Berlin
Tel: 030 847 123 73 1
S5, S7, S75 (Hackescher Markt) 
Bus: 100, 200, M48 (Spandauer Str./Marienkirche)
Tram, M4, M5, M6 (Spandauer Str./Marienkirche)
Website
You will find more GDR history in the Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg.

Berlin Dungeon
Here you can experience the history of the German capital in a scary way. Actors accompany you through your journey through Berlin’s dark past. You will meet a bunch full of  “nice” caracters like Pater Roderich and the mass murderer Carl Grossmann, a torturer and the White Lady, who haunted Berlin’s castle. You will cross the Spree to escape the plaque and you will be part of the revolution of 1848.
Spandauer Str. 2
10178 Berlin
0180 6 255544
S5,S7, S75 (Hackescher Markt / S Alexanderplatz)
U2,U5 (Alexanderplatz)
Bus: 100, 200, TXL, M48 (Spandauer Str./ Marienkirche)
Tram: M4, M5, M6 (Spandauer Str./Marienkirche)
If you are interested in the history of a special district, I recommend you to visit a local history museum. Each district of Berlin has one. The entry is free!

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