The DDR Museum is an educational but also interactive experience, with many objects from actual DDR residents and institutions. One of the many highlight is a life size DDR prefab apartment with actual objects, so you can see how people lived. Also included is a Trabant driving stimulator, with which you can race through the streets of East Germany. Also included are authentic school materials, a closet full of DDR closes, and real materials from the State Police and other government institutions. The exhibition is fully interactive, you can touch most objects, and walk through real recreations of DDR buildings, for an up-close view. Interesting for all age groups, the museum comes with information with which both people arriving for the first time and history buffs can learn from. The museum has been nominated for the European Museum of the Year award twice, and is the most popular among international visitors, so definitely a quality experience. With your Berlin CityTourCard you get a 15% discount on the full price ticket. Karl-Liebknecht-Str. Explore Berlin's cultural heritageDiscover what life was like behind the Wall while Germany was still under communist rule at the DDR Museum Berlin. Interactive exhibits bring this fascinating period of recent history to life. One of Berlin's top attractions, the museum's 250,000 exhibit collection preserves the enthralling cultural heritage of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).Germany's capital city has one of the richest histories in Europe. In Berlin, you'll discover cultural heritage spanning Germany's glittering Prussian empire, its globally influential Bauhaus movement and fascinating memorials from the time of the Nazi regime. Your Berlin CityTourCard gives you discounted entry to the city's most significant museum about the Stasi era, the DDR Museum Berlin.Travel back to communist Germany at the DDR Museum BerlinThe DDR Museum Berlin is one of the world's most interactive museums. Be transported back in time and immerse yourself in everyday life during the GDR era. History comes to life through interactive games and simulators that put you in the driving seat on your historical tour. Walls and barbed wire sequestered the GDR from the outside world, but now you can experience this enthralling epoch first hand. Museum highlights include the monumental wall painting "In Praise of Communism", and an authentically furnished five bedroom apartment, just as it would have been during the GDR era. The museum is the largest in Berlin. Presented on an area exceeding 1000m², it is divided into three areas; Public Life, State and Ideology and Life in Prefabricated Buildings. As you move through more than 35 themed galleries, life under socialism unfolds through exciting documentary material, authentic replicas and original artefacts. Don't miss the Departure to Utopia exhibition which showcases futuristic objects from the GDR era, offering you an insight into a fantastic vision of the future past. Meanwhile, the museum's Visitor Centre regularly organises themed events exploring aspects of the GDR era. Benefits of the Berlin CityTourCardYour Berlin CityTourCard is the affordable tour ticket to Berlin's top attractions. With your Berlin CityTourCard, you can enjoy free public transport throughout Berlin, making it easy to discover the numerous cultural treasures around every corner of the city. Your ticket also offers you a 30% discount on Berlin's top attractions, besides the DDR Museum. Get yours online or at any Berlin ticket office.Reg. CURRY WOLF serves original Berlin currywurst, made with the utmost care and according to its own recipe directly in Berlin. An active, yet comfortable way to explore Berlin! Fitted wall cabinets, retro wallpaper, an old Erika typewriter alongside everyday items made from plastic and synthetic rubber: this is your typical East German living room. The DDR Museum brings the German Democratic Republic back to life. Visit a typical, 120 square metre Plattenbau flat and, at the same time, learn about Stasi surveillance techniques, the history of East Germany, and about the everyday life of people in the former Soviet occupied zone.Everyday life & living in the GDRThe Wall & The StasiDiscover everything about living in the GDR356 days a year open for youHighlights of the DDR museumThe GDR exhibition shows many sides to everyday life, private as well as social. In 27 themed areas, you can see, for example, postcards sent home by children attending a Free German Youth holiday camp. In the media section, listen to East German music and stories about visits to the West. There is a five room flat furnished with astonishing attention to detail: look through the school jotters in the children's room, and see the GDR produced hats, skirts and shirts hanging in the wardrobe. Walk through into the kitchen, and you'll see the typical Resopal cabinets, spice racks and the ultra-modern pressure cooker - or revel in memories on the living room sofa. Get in - in a Trabi!After leaving the house, you'll be in the Trabi area. Now a cult vehicle, you'll forget all about your own car. Turn the key in the ignition, hear the engine rattle and the pedals squeal as you press down on the accelerator. The 3D simulation in windscreen makes you feel like you're really driving past the shopping malls and prefabricated Plattenbau buildings of East Berlin. Finally, leave East Germany through a hole in the Wall.Discover "Erich's lamp shop"A special highlight is a model of the Palace of the Republic, built in great detail on a scale of 1:125 (200 cm x 130 cm). The Palace of the Republic was once the seat of the and a representative place for state ceremonies. The base of the model is made of original materials and the exhibition showcases display a variety of objects that convey the history of the place. An imposing lamp construction hovers above the heads of the visitors - also originals of the palace, which also went down in history ironically as "Erich's lamp shop".Brand new at the DDR Museum: the "Economy of Scarcity" installation. Find out more about topics such as state-subsidised prices, the recurring supply bottlenecks and regional differences. A special focus is on the many original objects that the DDR Museum has received directly from the population, for example a touching"shortage diary".Things not to be missedA ball used in an East-West Germany football match.A Volvo 264 TE from the ministerial fleet.A Socialist Unity Party conference table in the boardroom with touch screen.Prison cell with original items from Erfurt and Bautzen.the exhibition "Economy of scarcity"The largest and most detailed model of the Palace of the RepublicExciting: the DDR Museum Depot Did you know what a Hühnerschreck was in the former GDR? Nothing more and nothing less than an auxiliary motor for ferry bikes, also known as a "Hackenwärmer", which was mounted next to the rear axle. Discover many amazing things from the GDR era in the new DDR Museum Depot in Berlin-Marzahn: all the everyday objects that the museum has collected over the past decades can finally be exhibited here - from folding cups to Walter Ulbricht portraits and the Sandman. The museum has collected around 360,000 objects.Other points of interest in the areaThe DDR Museum is located directly opposite Museumsinsel. The five museums here are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are recognised the world over for their valuable collections. Opened in 1830, you can see some of the best in art and culture from ancient Greece and Rome here. In the Neues Museum, meet one of the most famous women in Berlin: the bust of Nefertiti - a definite highlight of the Egyptian Museum. Then pay a visit to the late classicist building of the Altes Museum with its impressive staircase, where you can travel back in time to the early Romantic period and enjoy landscapes by Caspar David Friedrich. At the top of Museumsinsel, you will find the sculpture collection, the Museum of Byzantine art and the coin collection in the Bode-Museum. If you head in the direction of Alexanderplatz, it takes around 10 minutes to walk to the Fernsehturm (TV Tower). Take a 35 second ride in a glass lift to the top of Berlin's trade mark tower for fantastic views across city.Our tips for your visit to the DDR museumThe DDR Museum is open daily, including Mondays. The best day to visit for a long tour is Saturday, as the house is open until 10pm. Groups, including school groups, pay a discounted price, and the Berlin WelcomeCard gives you a 25% discount. The Alexanderplatz junction is close to the museum, from where underground, trams and buses arrive, and it's 10 minutes' walk from there to the museum. Alternatively, take a tram to the Spandauer Straße/Marienkirche stop - the M4, M5 and M6 lines bring you almost to the entrance. There is an underground car park in Alexanderplatz. The GDR Museum offers visitors a hands-on history experience, helping people to understand what life was like under East German rule. Get behind the wheel of the iconic Trabi for a simulated drive through East Berlin, take a seat in a 1970s East German living room, and hear about how the state spied on millions of ordinary East Germans. Providing a unique learning experience, this museum encourages visitors to touch, interact and ask questions. Unsurprisingly, this is one of Berlin's most popular museums for families with children of all ages.Delve into Berlin's not-so-distant pastIt's only a couple of decades since Berliners were living with the reality of a divided city. The Berlin Wall is perhaps the defining symbol of the Cold War, and history buffs will find plenty of other reminders of Berlin's fascinating past around the city. The city's main museums cover all periods of human history from the earliest times to the Cold War era, while the city also boasts numerous world-class art galleries - visit the Hamburger Bahnhof for exciting contemporary art, or the Gemäldegalerie to peruse work by Renaissance masters. For outdoor fun, head to Tiergarten park where there are forested areas, formal gardens and waterways to discover. Informative, fun and centrally-located, the GDR Museum is a great place to start a Berlin adventure.Everyday East German lifeThe GDR Museum isn't simply a museum, but rather an experience - a visit here is like stepping back in time, to witness life through the eyes of ordinary Berlin residents. Most of the exhibits in the museum are interactive, and visitors are encouraged to pick things up and see how they work. Throughout the museum, visitors will find draws and cupboards that when opened, reveal everyday East German artefacts, letters and images. DDR Museum: Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1, 10178 BerlinDDR Museum Depot: Pyramidenring 10, 12681 BerlinSupersize your visit with a Berlin WelcomeCardOver 12 million visitors to the German capital have already enjoyed the benefits of a Berlin WelcomeCard. Discounts of up to 50% at more than 200 attractions mean that you're guaranteed to save money. And getting between the sights is made easy and cost-effective too, as you'll enjoy free travel on public transport, including the train, bus and tram networks. The DDR Museum is unique, extraordinary and one of the most visited museums in Berlin. We show the everyday life of a bygone state at your fingertips. Experience the history of the GDR up close. Numerous interactive installations in the DDR Museum invite you to join in. The volume »Work, Economics and Politics« brings the series »GDR in Objects 1949-1990« to a close. One of the core tasks of our museum is to collect and preserve GDR cultural artefacts. Our collection now comprises over 360,000 different objects, and new ones are added almost daily.
Hoofddelen en atomaalstaande thema's
Ontdek dagelijks leven in de GDR en hoe jeugd, beleid en burgers samenleefden achter de Muur. The Wall & The Stasi belicht de scheidslijn tussen oost en west en de toezichtmethoden van de staat. Everyday life & living in the GDR toont realistische scènes zoals een 5-kamer flat met details in de keuken en woonkamer, inclusief schooltjes, kleding en Resopal-kasten.
De tentoonstelling bevat interactieve elementen zoals de Trabi driving simulator en authentieke objecten uit het dagelijks leven, plus bijzondere installaties als Economy of Scarcity die schaarste en prijssturing belicht. Palace of the Republic model en Erich's lamp shop illustreren monumenten en symbolen uit de GDR-periode.
Welke delen vind je in het DDR Museum?
Interactieve ervaring - The DDR Museum is one of the world's most interactive museums. Be transported back in time and immerse yourself in everyday life during the GDR era. History comes to life through interactive games and simulators that put you in the driving seat on your historical tour.
Drie hoofdgebieden - Presented on an area exceeding 1000m², it is divided into three areas; Public Life, State and Ideology and Life in Prefabricated Buildings. As you move through more than 35 themed galleries, life under socialism unfolds through exciting documentary material, authentic replicas and original artefacts.
Hoogtepunten - Museum highlights include the monumental wall painting "In Praise of Communism", and an authentically furnished five bedroom apartment, just as it would have been during the GDR era. The Trabi area biedt een 3D-ervaring van autorijden door Oost-Berlijn.
Bezoeken en praktische tips
With your Berlin CityTourCard you get a 15% discount on the full price ticket. Your Berlin CityTourCard is the affordable tour ticket to Berlin's top attractions and includes free public transport in the city.
The DDR Museum sits opposite Museumsinsel, onderdeel van een UNESCO-werelderfgoedsite. Vanaf Alexanderplatz vertrekken trams en ondergrondse lijnen die je dichtbij brengen. Open dagelijks, ook op maandag; zaterdag is ideaal voor een lange route tot 22:00.
Driving a virtual Trabant at the DDR Museum in Berlin
Extra attracties en nabijgelegen bezienswaardigheden
DDR Museum Depot in Berlin-Marzahn toont vele objecten uit de GDR-periode. De museumopslag biedt een kijkje in dagelijkse voorwerpen, waaronder portretten van Walter Ulbricht en de Sandman.
Bezoek ook Museumsinsel met de Neus-des-Nefs en andere musea in de UNESCO-werelderfgoedzone en wandel naar de Fernsehturm voor een panoramisch uitzicht over de stad.
