Where are the main museums in Berlin located? Museum Island on the map
Berlin is a city of wonderful museums. Our list of the best will help you not to get lost in the wide variety of art spaces. Berlin museums. The program includes an underground bunker, Marlene Dietrich and the largest dinosaur skeleton.
Museum Island
In a bend of the Spree River in Berlin there is an entire 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 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, in which the entire history of the city from its founding to the present is clearly presented. 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 an atomic bomb shelter from the Cold War era. The corridors of the bunker and the atmosphere of the secret facility will not leave anyone indifferent.
Computer games museum 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 there are about 30 different international exhibitions. The museum's surroundings and its interactivity attract electronics lovers; the museum will also be of interest to fans of computer game heroes.
German Historical Museum
The exhibition of the German Historical Museum is located in two places: in an ancient 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 contains about 8,000 exhibits and represents almost two thousand years of 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
In terms of the amount of equipment, this museum is the largest in Europe. Here are exhibits dedicated to scientific achievements from ancient times to the present: the first computers, robots, airplanes, combines and cars, various apparatus, instruments and mechanisms that you can not only look at, but also touch, twirl, and conduct experiments with them. Here you can see a Foucault pendulum and look through a camera obscura, and in the optics room you can experience various optical illusions. Not only children, but also adults will be delighted with the German Technical Museum.
Berlin Art Gallery
The art gallery will impress all art connoisseurs, because it houses a huge collection of paintings by such great masters as Titian, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rubens, Botticelli and many others. This is truly a treasury of world painting. In addition to the main exhibition of about 3,000 paintings, the gallery often hosts exhibitions of contemporary artists, designers, photographers, and in addition, the building also houses a library, archive and art school.
Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum building, designed by the architect Daniel Libeskind, is designed in the form curved line. The floors of the premises are inclined, and visitors, walking through the halls, feel the weight of the climb, which symbolizes all the difficulties of the life of the Jewish people. The exhibition exhibits are dedicated to the life and culture of Jews: dishes, documents, clothing items and much more. Also interesting is the installation “Holocaust Towers” - 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"
Checkpoint Charlie is now just part of the Berlin Wall Museum, but from 1961 to 1990 it was a checkpoint for crossing from West to East Berlin. “Checkpoint” separated the territories of the sectors of influence of the USA and the USSR, so now its windows depict 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, the exhibitions of which are dedicated 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 many 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 German films of the pre-war era, and 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. Like many other Berlin museums, the exhibition space is multimedia and interactive, so viewing the exhibition will not be boring.
Berlin Natural History Museum
The Berlin Natural History Museum is famous for housing the tallest original dinosaur skeleton - more than 13 m in height. It is also home to 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. The halls display a collection of meteorites and a workshop where you can see how animal models are created. Viewing the exhibitions is accompanied by the voices of birds and animals, and the sounds of nature.
Let's start with how to save money and not waste time waiting. If you plan to actively visit museums, the Museum Pass Berlin may come in handy. The card costs €29, is valid for three days and allows skip-the-line access to more than 30 Berlin museums and exhibitions.
Charlottenburg
A Baroque palace built in 1695-1699 by order of King Frederick I for his wife Sophia Charlotte, who did not like social events and sought privacy. This residence was supposed to house the famous Amber Room, which eventually went to the Russian Tsar Peter I and mysteriously disappeared during the Great Patriotic War.
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Walking around the palace, you will see the personal chambers of the king and queen, the library and other rooms that will amaze your imagination. Luxurious chandeliers, crystal and porcelain dishes, mirrors different forms and sizes, perfectly preserved furniture of that era - everything testifies to the high status and excellent taste of the owners.
In Charlottenburg there is a tomb where Queen Louise of Prussia, her husband Frederick William III and other members of the royal family are buried.
There are now museums in the Old Palace, the Schinkel Pavilion, the New Wing, the Belvedere Tea Palace and other buildings that are part of the complex. All of them can be visited with a single “charlottenburg+” ticket, valid for one day.
The most famous exhibits: the crown used during the coronation of the first Prussian king, the snuff box of Frederick the Great, inlaid precious stones, and a collection of dishes made of precious metals.
Address: Spandauer Damm 10-22.
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 10:00 to 17:00 (18:00).
Ticket price: €10-12, free entry for Museum Pass Berlin holders. The park can be visited for free.
Old Museum (Altes Museum)
The building was built on Museum Island in 1822-1830 to store the collection that belonged to the Prussian royal family. During the Great Patriotic War it was badly damaged; in 1966 it was restored and again opened to visitors.
Works of classical ancient art are stored here: works of Greek, Roman and Etruscan masters (busts, statues, vases, weapons).
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The most famous exhibits: busts of Caesar (“Green Caesar”), Cleopatra and Caracalla.
Address: Am Lustgarten.
Ticket price: €10, free entry for Museum Pass Berlin holders. All exhibitions on Museum Island can be visited for €18.
New Museum (Neues Museum)
Built in 1843-1855 to store exhibits that did not have enough space in the Old Museum. During the Great Patriotic War, the building was badly damaged, for decades it bore the title of “the most beautiful ruins,” and only in 1986 restoration work began here. The museum was reopened to visitors in 2009, and in 2014 received the status of a monument of engineering and architectural art.
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It includes several exhibitions:
- Egyptian Museum. Here you can see objects related to the ancient Egyptian and Nubian cultures: figurines, sarcophagi, priestly clothing, a model of a pyramid, copies of wooden boats, a valuable collection of papyri and, of course, famous bust Nefertiti, which the Egyptian government is still trying unsuccessfully to return.
- Museum of Prehistory and Early History, which houses busts of ancient Roman philosophers, tools and household utensils of Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals, musical instruments, coins and other interesting exhibits from different eras.
- Ethnographic Museum, which displays archaeological finds from different corners. The most valuable of them is the Golden Hat, supposedly belonging to a priest; scientists date it back to 1000-800 BC. This exhibit has a dark past; it came to the museum from an underground antiquities market.
The most famous exhibits: the bust of Nefertiti, discovered in 1912 during excavations in the city of Akhetaten, and the Golden Hat, allegedly found in Swabia in the early 90s of the last century.
Address: Bodestraße 1-3.
Ticket price: €14, free entry for Museum Pass Berlin holders. All exhibitions on Museum Island can be visited for €18.
Pergamon Museum
The building, built on Museum Island in 1910-1930, was intended to house the Pergamon Altar, one of the most famous monuments of the Hellenistic period that has survived to this day.
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Now the museum includes:
- An antique collection, including the Pergamon Altar (180-160 BC), the Miletus Market Gate (100 AD), as well as works of art from the ancient Greek and Roman periods: sculptures, mosaics, jewelry, bronzes.
- Museum of Islamic Art, which displays miniatures, ivory, carpets and other valuable objects created in the 8th-19th centuries. Pearls of the collection: a frieze from the Mshatta Palace in Jordan, a dome from the Alhambra (Granada, Spain), mihrabs from Kashan (Iran) and Konya (Turkey), the Aleppo Room.
- Museum of Western Asia - a collection of archaeological finds related to the Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian cultures. The Babylonian Ishtar Gate is preserved here, and a section of the Processional Road that once led to it has been recreated.
The most famous exhibits: the Pergamon Altar, the Miletus Market Gate, the Babylonian Ishtar Gate.
Address: Bodestraße 1-3.
Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00 (20:00).
Ticket price: €12, free entry for Museum Pass Berlin holders. All exhibitions on Museum Island can be visited for €18.
Technical Museum (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)
One of the largest museums of its kind in Europe, which has been operating in a former railway depot since 1983. Its roof is decorated with an American Douglas C-47 Skytrain fighter, nicknamed the “raisin bomber” - such aircraft supplied the residents of West Berlin with food during the blockade of 1948-1949. Some pilots dropped bags of sweets for children (including raisins) on parachutes made of handkerchiefs - hence the unofficial name.
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The museum has 14 thematic exhibitions dedicated to photography, cinema, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, brewing and other industries. One of the most visited exhibitions tells the story of Konrad Zuse, a German engineer who created the first workable programmable computer in 1941, and in 1948 the first high-level programming language (“Plankalküll”).
The museum has an experimental center called Spectrum, where you can, for example, create a tornado or lightning with your own hands. It will be interesting for both adults and children.
The most famous exhibits: the “raisin bomber” Douglas C-47 Skytrain, model Z1 computing device.
Address: Trebbiner Straße 9, D-10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg.
Opening hours: daily except Monday from 9:00 (10:00) to 17:30 (18:00).
Natural History Museum (Museum für Naturkunde)
One of the largest museums in the country, within its walls 30 million exhibits are stored. Among them are minerals (65% of all studied to date, about 200,000 specimens in total), dinosaur skeletons, including the largest in the world, fossils with imprints of prehistoric creatures, masterfully made stuffed mammoths and other animals, a collection of insects... A day spent in this museum, will replace tens of children school lessons and will help adults fill knowledge gaps!
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Most famous exhibit: the world's largest restored dinosaur skeleton.
Address: Invalidenstraße 43.
Opening hours: daily except Mondays from 9:30 (10:00) to 18:00.
Ticket price: €8, free entry for Museum Pass Berlin holders.
Berlin Art Gallery (Berliner Gemäldegalerie)
One of the most famous art museums Europe, where a collection of paintings from the 13th-18th centuries is stored - consistent and maximally full review European art. There are works by Titian, Caravaggio, Bosch, Bruegel, Rubens, Durer and other recognized masters. The pride of the gallery is one of the world's largest collections of Rembrandt's works, 16 canvases.
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The most famous exhibits: paintings by Rembrandt.
Address: Matthaikirchplatz 4/6.
Opening hours: daily except Mondays from 10:00 to 18:00 (20:00).
Ticket price: €10-12, free entry for Museum Pass Berlin holders.
Bode-Museum
Located in a building built on Museum Island between 1897 and 1904 and undergoing major restoration in 2000-2006.
One of the largest collections in Germany, which after the end of the Second World War was divided between the Western and Eastern parts of the country and was brought together again only in 2006.
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The Museum of Byzantine Art presents works of Roman and Byzantine art of the 3rd-15th centuries: sarcophagi, sculptures, ivory, icons, mosaics, religious objects.
Deutsches Historisches Museum Zeughaus / Museum of German History
Museum of German history from the mid-17th century to the present day.
The German Historical Museum is housed in the Zeughaus, a former arsenal built in 1706. It was the first large Baroque building in Berlin. The building was originally used as a warehouse for storing war trophies and weapons. The museum's permanent exhibition includes more than 8,000 historical exhibits telling about persons, events, ideas and processes in almost two thousand years of German history: from the first century BC. e. and to this day.
Address: Zeughaus, Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin
Opening hours: Friday - Tuesday 10:00-18:00; Thursday 10:00-22:00; Wednesday is a day off.
Entrance fee: 2,00 €
; children (up to 18 years old) - for free.
Neue Wache / Former guardhouse building
Mausoleum-monument to the victims of fascism and militarism.
The design of the Neue Wache building, the main creation of German classicism, was carried out by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Since 1993, on the initiative of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl, an enlarged copy of Käthe Kollwitz’s sculpture “Mother with her Dead Son” (also called “Pieta”), made by Harald Hacke, has been installed in the spacious premises of Neue Wahe.
Address: Unter den Linden 4, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Opening hours: daily 10:00 - 18:00.
Pergamon-Museum / Pergamon
The first architectural museum in the world, which presents the art of antiquity, Asia and Islamic peoples.
Ancient Greek and Roman culture - architecture, sculptures, vases, manuscripts, mosaics, bronzes and jewelry. The Asian part (along with the Louvre and the British Museum) houses one of the most significant collections of ancient oriental art in the world. The exhibition area is 2000 sq. m You will get a comprehensive impression of the history, culture and art of the East. Exhibits of the art of Islamic peoples from the 8th to the 19th centuries come from different countries, from Spain to India. The pearls of the collection are exhibits from the East, Egypt and Iran.
Address: Kupfergraben, Eingang Pergamonmuseum, 10178 Berlin
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 17:00; Thursday 10:00 - 22:00.
Entrance fee: 6,00 €
Neues Museum / New Museum
Modern Art.
Address: Bodestraße 1-3, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Bode-Museum / Bode Museum
Museum ancient egypt+ Museum of Early Christian and Byzantine Art + Art Gallery + Museum of Sculpture + Numismatic Cabinet.
This museum includes the Egyptian Museum, the Museum of Prehistory, an impressive art gallery, large collections of Byzantine art, and the Coin Cabinet. Therefore, you can get acquainted with the museum’s collection for more than one day.
Address: Bodemuseum, Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 09:00 - 17:00; Monday is a day off.
Travel: by metro (U6), skytrain (S1,2,25), bus No. 147 to Friedrich St., by skytrain (S5,7,75), tram (M4,5,6) to Hackescher Markt station ; by tram M1, 12 - to the Am Kupfergraben stop, by TXL buses to Staatsoper and No. 100, 200 to Lustgarten park.
Alte Nationalgalerie / Old National Gallery
Painting, sculpture of the 17th - 19th centuries.
Address: Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 18:00; Thursday 10:00-22:00
Treptow park / Treptow park
The park was created in 1876 and its development was continued by Johann Gustav Meyer. In 1919, 15,000 workers gathered here for a strike led by Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. The park is also famous for its monument dedicated to the 5,000 Soviet soldiers who died and were buried here. This place is the largest cemetery Soviet soldiers in Germany after the cemetery in Niederschonhausen. It was built in 1947 - 1949. in the monumental Stalinist style with tombstone panels and frescoes depicting scenes of war.
Address: Am Treptower Park 14, 12435 Berlin
Working hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 - 20:00; Sunday 08:00 - 18:00
Berliner Zoo
occupies an area of 160 hectares, a park with spacious enclosures, the most interesting buildings are a pavilion for elephants, a pavilion for wild animals, a snake farm, and much more.
Address: Am Tierpark 125, 10307 Berlin
Opening hours: January - February 09:00 - 17:00; March 09:00 - 18:00; April - September 09:00 - 19:00; October 09:00 - 18:00; November - December 09:00 - 17:00; December 24 09:00 - 14:00
Entrance fee: 9,00 €
, preferential = 4,50 €
, child = 7,00 €
Dahlem / Dahlem Museum Complex
Fully functioning farm in the southwestern part of Berlin, in the Zehlendorf district. History and prospects for the development of agriculture and food + history of villages now part of Berlin, including the history of Dahlem + Art Gallery
Address: Königin-Luise-Straße 49, 14195 Berlin
Opening hours: daily from 10:00-18:00; Tuesday is a day off.
Entrance fee: 2,00 €
, children under 14 years old - for free, on Wednesday - free entry
Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin Wall; history of origin, authentic evidence of escapes under, above and through it.
The first exhibition opened on October 19, 1962 in a two-room apartment by Rainer Hildebrandt, who was the head of the museum until his death. The museum is based on the site of the legendary Check Point Charlie, hot spot The Cold War is where the division of the world began and where it ended. The Wall - history and events, original objects of successful escapes on, under and above the ground, the worldwide struggle for human rights. All texts in the museum are presented in English, German and Russian.
Address: Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10969 Berlin
Opening hours: daily 09:00 - 22:00.
Directions: U-bahn line no. 6 Kochstrasse / U-bahn line no. 2 Stadtmitte
Bus M29
Entrance fee: 12,50 €
, schoolchildren and students = 9,50 €
Schloss Charlottenburg / Charlottenburg Palace
Summer residence of Sophia Charlotte, wife of Elector Frederick I: a state chamber in the Baroque style, a porcelain cabinet, a gallery of family portraits, a palace chapel. In the building: a museum of early history, a gallery of romance, a molding department.
Address: Luisenplatz, 14059 Berlin
Working hours: Tuesday - Friday 09:00 - 17:00; Saturday - Sunday 10:00 - 17:00; daily break 12:00 - 13:00
Brücke-Museum / Brücke-Museum
Painting, sculpture.
Paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, sculpture from the Expressionist period, primarily from the Brücke group.
Address: Bussardsteig 9, 14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Opening hours: daily 11:00 - 17:00; Tuesday - closed
Beate Uhse Erotic Museum / Museum of Erotica
Chinese and Japanese erotic art(illustrations from the 18th century), Indian sculptures, Bali culture, European erotic art.
Four floors, 5,000 exhibits and a quarter of a million visitors annually.
Address: Kantstraße/Ecke Joachimstaler Straße, 10623 Berlin
Opening hours: daily 09:00 - 24:00
Gemäldegalerie / Picture gallery
Collection of European art of the XIII - XVIII centuries. takes about 7 thousand. sq. m of exhibition space. The exhibition includes masterpieces by artists from different eras: Van Dyck, Brugel, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens, Vermeer, Rembrandt...
Address: Matthaikirchplatz 8 (Kulturforum)
Directions U-Bahn U2 (Potsdamer Platz)
S-Bahn S1, S2, S25
bus M29; M41; M48, M85; 200, 347
Opening hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 - 18:00; Thursday 10:00 - 22:00
Topographie des Terrors / Topography of Terror
History of the SS and police in the Third Reich, occupation in Europe after the 2nd World War.
This is an information and exhibition center and an open-air museum. It has existed in Berlin since 1987, when an exhibition about the crimes of the Nazis was opened in the dilapidated basements of the Gestapo. In 2010, a special building was built for the center. More than 500 thousand people visit the open-air exhibition every year.
Address: Niederkirchstrasse 8, Berlin
Opening hours: October - April 10:00 - 18:00; May - September 10:00 - 20:00
Führerbunker/ Fuhrer's Bunker
An area with an information board about the history of the “Führerbunkers”, which was blown up in December 1947, the entrances were covered with soil.
The bunker was the headquarters of the Fuhrer, in which he and a number of other Nazi leaders (including Goebbels) committed suicide. The site of the emergency exit is now a parking lot. After many years of research, the "Berliner Unterwelten" (Berlin Underworlds) Association, in cooperation with the Senate Office for Urban Development, succeeded in establishing June 8, 2006 on historical place Gertrud-Kolmar-Straße information board with history and information about the Führer Bunker (in the Ministergärten near Potsdamer Platz). This board provides an opportunity for those interested in modern and military history from all over the world to find this significant, albeit negative history, place. The designation of the area of the former “Führerbunkers” should counteract the generation of myths and historical transformations.
Address: Gertrud-Kolmar-Straße, Berlin
Das Stille Museum / Museum of Silence
Painting.
Here is a collection of paintings by Russian artist Nikolai Makarov.
Address: Linienstrasse 154 A, 10115 Berlin
Ticket price: 2 euros 50 cents
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 14:00 - 18:00
Jagdschloß Grunewald / Hunting castle
Art of the XV - XIX centuries.
Address: Hüttenweg 10 (am Grunewaldsee), 14193 Berlin
Working hours: 15.05 - 15.10 Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 17:00, Monday - closed; 16.10 - 14.05 only on weekends and holidays and only with a guided tour at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00
Entrance fee: 2,00 €
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Egyptian Museum
2000 masterpieces tell the story of Egypt. Monumental works and Egyptian architecture, as well as statues, reliefs, small plastic objects (bust of Nefertiti, portrait of Queen Thea and the famous “Berlin Green Head” attract up to 500,000 visitors).
Address: Schloßstraße 70, 14059 Berlin
Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Madame Tussaud Berlin / Madame Tussauds Museum
In the summer of 2008, a branch opened in Berlin on the central boulevard Unter den Linden famous museum Madame Tussauds. This is the eighth Merlin Entertainments museum in the world. Here you can see famous politicians, figures of Germany's present and past, and outstanding people from other countries. The exhibition includes more than 70 figures, which are exhibited in 8 thematic halls on an area of 2500 square meters. The first hall is dedicated to the history of the German state. The second is culture. The third exhibits legends of the scene, next to it is the hall of sports champions, there is a VIP hall of Hollywood stars and much more. The museums exhibit figures: Angela Merkel, John Kennedy, Mikhail Gorbachev, Adolf Hitler, the head of the SED, Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Becker, Pope Benedict XVI, Robbie Williams, Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman, Karl Marx, Barack Obama, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, George Clooney and many others.
Entrance fee: 20 EUR/person
AquaDom / Aquadom
- The world's largest, at the moment, cylindrical marine aquarium, which is located in the center of Berlin. “AquaDom” is located in the courtyard of the five-star Radisson hotel. An aquarium is a tank made of acrylic glass 16 m high and 11.5 m in diameter. The height of the structure as a whole is 25 meters. An elevator shaft runs along the axis of the monumental glass cylinder. The elevator gliding along it is a transparent 2-story cabin, delivering visitors and tourists from the 1st floor hall through a giant aquarium to the upper observation deck. All fish for him were selected very carefully. The most unusual inhabitant of the aquarium is the Napoleon wrasse, an inhabitant of the Indo-Pacific region. The volume of AquaDom is one million liters of sea water.
1 - Spree
2 - Wannsee
3 - Havel and Elbe
4 - Port of Hamburg
5 - Circular aquarium
6 - North Sea
7 - Rocky Shore
8 - Aquarium where you can touch starfish, anemones, etc.
9 - Seahorse Paradise
10 - Stingrays
11 - Depths of the Atlantic
12 - Jellyfish
13 - cinema hall
14 - Mirror Maze
15 - Gift shop
16 - AquaDom - pipe aquarium
Directions: S-bahn Alexanderplatz & Haeckischer Markt (S5/S7/S9/S75)
U-bahn Alexanderplatz U2,U5,U8
Bus 100/M48/200/248/TXL
Tram M1,M2,M4,M5,M6
Berliner Grusselkabinett / Berlin Panic Room
Three unique attractions:
- a fear room with live ghosts and brownies
- cabinet of figures on the history of medicine
- museum-bomb shelter from the Second World War
The former air-raid shelter has now been converted into a cabinet of horrors, and at the very least, you are guaranteed to get mild goosebumps. Everything is shown here: witches and ghosts, gravestones and graveyard tools, vampires and a talking headless horseman figure. Address: Schoneberger Str. 23 A
Opening hours: Mon: from 10 to 15
Tue, Thu, Sun: from 10 to 19
Sat: from 12 to 20
Entrance fee: 9.50
Entry for children under 10 years old is NOT RECOMMENDED!
Directions: S-Bhf Anhalter Bahnhof
U-Bahn Gleis Dreiech Potsdamer Platz
Bus M29 and M41
Panic room website - www.gruselkabinett.com
Gärten der Welt im Erholungspark Marzahn / Gardens of the World
Japanese, Chinese, Italian gardens, labyrinth garden, etc.
Opening hours: daily
November 1 to February 30: 9-16
April 1 to September 30: 9-20
Entrance fee: 3 euros
Address: Eisenacher Str. 99
S Marzahn and take bus 195 to "isenacher"
Str.” U Hellersdorf and take bus 195 to “isenacher Str.”
Jacks Fun World / Adventure and recreation park "Jacks Fun World"
- the largest children's game complex in Berlin in the Reinickendorf district. A unique world of entertainment for children and adults. Attractions for every taste: cylindrical slides, mini golf course, sledding hill, climbing walls and towers, trampolines with bungees, the longest cable car in Berlin (100 m) at a height of 8 meters above the ground. For the little ones (1-5 years old) there is a large soft play complex with an area of 1,500 sq. m. m with a dry pool, wave slide and rope nets. Jacks Fun World is a great place to celebrate a child's birthday.
Address: Miraustrasse 38
Directions: S Eichborndamm
U Holzhauser Str.
U Rathaus Reinickendorf
Opening hours: Tue-Fri from 14.00 to 19.30
Sat, Sun, holidays and holidays: from 10.00 to 18.00
park website - www.jacks-fun-world.de
Deutsche Currywurst Museum Berlin / Curry sausage museum
Sausage - this delicacy in Germany has long been a subject national pride. Original museum, everything is dedicated and decorated accordingly: furniture in the shape of sausages, installations in the shape of French fries, drops of ketchup hanging from the ceiling, etc. In the museum you can get an idea of what was in the refrigerator of the average German family in the 60s, prepare sausages for a while, get acquainted with various seasonings, etc. There are 2 types of entrance tickets to the Museum: simple entrance ticket, which includes a sausage treat.
Entrance ticket SNACKticket, its price includes a menu set of 3 curry sausages + bun + mineral water). The museum is designed for both adults and children.
Address: Schuetzenstrasse 70 (100 meters from Check Pont Charlie)
Directions: U Friedrichstrasse/Leipzigerstrasse
Opening hours: 10:00-22:00
Admission ticket: simple ticket - 11 euros/adult, child x 8.50 euros.
Snackticket - 13.90 euros/adult, 12.50 euros x child
Bunte SchokoWelt /RITTER-SPORT / The colorful world of chocolate Ritter-sport
is a complex of 2 cafes, a chocolate museum and a chocolate shop. In the shop you can buy different types of chocolate, and in one of the cafes you can create your own personal chocolate. On the lower floor, little friends of Ritter Sport can visit the chocolate workshop and realize their own fantasies by creating their own chocolate bar - from the selection of products to the design of the packaging. At the master class, children and young people from 7 to 18 years old will learn all about the path of cocoa beans to chocolate.
Address: Französische Straße 24
Opening hours: Mon. – Wed: 10.00 – 19.00, Thu – Sat: 10.00 – 20.00, Sun: 10.00 – 18.00
Free admission!
Restaurant "Zur letzten Instanz"
- this is the oldest (1621) and one of the most popular restaurants in the city. According to existing legend, this medieval tavern received its name because it was located not far from the criminal court building, and criminals sentenced to execution here had the opportunity to drink the last shot of vodka for free before execution. The interior decoration of the restaurant is similar to that of a village tavern. It can accommodate 120 guests and also has a beer garden with seating for 50 people. Scenes were filmed here famous film“Seventeen Moments of Spring” (dinner of Stirlitz and Pastor Schlag). This restaurant is mentioned in the novel "Major Whirlwind". Many prominent people visited this establishment - Napoleon Bonaparte, Heingrich Zille, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wilhelm Raabe, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jacques Chirac, Engelhard Humperding, Jack Nicholson, Eva Mendes, Nicolas Cage, Jackie Chan and many others.
Reserving a table in advance is mandatory!
Address: Waisenstrasse 15-16.
Opening hours: Mon. - Sat. 12.00 - 01.00
Badeschiff / Pool Badeschiff
In the Badeshiff pool, which is located directly on the Spree River, above the river water. A small bridge leads to the pool, and around it visitors sunbathe on sun loungers and hammocks. Badeshiff is open even in winter - it is covered with a special awning that perfectly maintains the temperature.
Address: Eichenstraße 4
Opening hours: in summer 08:00-00:00, in winter 12:00-00:00
Entrance ticket - 3 euros/person/day
Pfaueninsel / Peacock Island
The palace of Frederick William II is located in a picturesque forest park with peacocks. Entrance from Pfauinsel Highway to Zehlendorf.
PALACE opening hours: Tue-Sun 10:00 - 13:00 / 13:30 - 16:30
ISLAND is available daily from 08:00 -20:00
Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin / Zeiss Planetarium
Fascinating multimedia presentations with music, laser illumination on a variety of astronomical topics. The planetarium has a projection of the night sky; you can look at models of stars and planets. Slides, videos, music - transport visitors to distant galaxies. There are also exciting educational programs(including in Russian) for groups. Attention: do not confuse a planetarium with an observatory - in a planetarium all the stars and planets are artificial models.
Address: Prenzlauer Allee 80
Opening hours: Mon.-Fri. 10:30, Fri. at 20:00, Wed., Sat. 14,15.30,17,20, Sun 14,15.30 and 17:00.
Filmmuseum Berlin/ Cinema Museum
Fascinating exhibition dedicated to history German cinema, not only for specialists and film lovers. The museum is also designed for ordinary onlookers who will be able to press buttons, look into holes and use touch screens.
Address: Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
Opening hours: Tue.-Sun. from 14.00 to 18.00
Ticket price: 6 EUR
Stasimuseum/ Stasi Museum
one of the most popular museums in Berlin by travelers, talks about the Stasi secret service, the East German equivalent of the KGB. Thematic exhibitions are often held, but the most interesting is the museum of spy gadgets from the 50s and 60s. There are hidden video cameras, secret weapons and many, many more spy things.
Address: Ruschenstraße 103
Entrance ticket: 4 euros – adults, 2.50 – children
Gedenkstätte Plötzensee/Plötzensee Prison Memorial
The Plötzensee Prison Museum is a memorial that was created by order of the Berlin Senate in memory of the victims of the Nazi regime. The prison was built in 1868-1879, the entire territory is under state security How historical monument. The memorial complex recalls the victims of National Socialism; more than 2,800 opponents of the regime from many countries were executed here, including Czechoslovak journalist Julius Fucik, Hero of the Soviet Union Tatar poet Musa Jalil, Russian princess, heroine of the Resistance movement in France Vera Obolenskaya, as well as many of the participants in the conspiracy that ended in the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944.
Address: Hüttigpfad, Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Opening hours: March - October daily 09.00 - 17.00, November - February daily 09.00 - 16.00 (closed: December 24 and 26 and December 31 - January 1) Access: metro station "Turmstraße" or S-Bahnhof "Beusselstraße" further bus no. 123 to "Gedenkstätte Plötzensee" (3 min walk) Admission is free. There are no guided tours.
Gedenkstaette Seelower Hoehen/Museum-Memorial "Seelower Heights"
The Seelow Heights are the last line of defense of the Nazis on the way to Berlin. Here April 16-19, 1945 happened largest battle
World War II on German soil, an operation of Soviet troops carried out as part of the Berlin offensive operation, the first stage of the offensive for the 1st Belorussian Front. On the eve of the battle, Marshal Zhukov had at his disposal 900,000 soldiers, 3,059 tanks and armored vehicles, 3,000 aircraft, and 17,824 guns. General Busse had at his disposal 90,836 men, 512 tanks and 2,625 pieces of artillery, supported by the 9th Army with 300 aircraft of the 4th Flying Division and the 23rd Division with 32 heavy batteries. For three days of continuous battle Tens of thousands of soldiers died on both sides: 33,000 Soviet, 12,000 German, 5,000 Polish soldiers. After taking the heights many times superior to the enemy Soviet troops Seelow Heights was surrounded and destroyed by the 9th german army. Here in November 1945 it was inaugurated Seelow Heights Museum - memorial to Soviet soldiers, then in 1972 a site with equipment and a small museum appeared, but with interesting exhibits. The museum is designed as a command post of the 1st Belorussian Front on Reitvein Heights. Through modern electronic technologies, an outdoor exhibition and a Soviet military cemetery, museum visitors can get comprehensive information in several languages about the battles of 1945, history of the museum-memorial. The Seelow Memorial is the burial place of more than 33,000 Soviet soldiers who died during the assault on the heights, 197 of which are identified, 2 mass graves and 66 individual. A monument to the Soviet war by sculptors Kerbel and Tsigal was erected here. The following materials were used for the construction of the complex: the base of the monument is granite, the monument is gray limestone, the figure of a soldier is made of bronze, the armored tower is gray limestone. Nearby is a stone map of the fighting on the Seelow Heights. In 2003, Archbishop Theophan of Berlin and Germany consecrated a cross in memory of the fallen soldiers of the Red Army with the inscription: “To the children of Russia from the mother of the Church.” December 15, 2012 after restoration memorial Complex was re-opened, this solemn event was attended by the Minister-President of the State of Brandenburg, Matthias Platschek, and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Germany, Vladimir Grinin.
Opening hours: November-March Tue. to Sun. - 10:00 - 16:00
It doesn't work on Christmas and New Year.
April-October Tue. to Sat. - 10:00 - 17:00
on holidays - open.
Last launch 30 minutes before closing!
Directions: by train from Berlin on regional express RE 1 to Frankfurt on the Oder, then on RB 60 to Seelow (Mark), then 3 minutes on foot.
Luegenmuseum in KYRITZ / Museum of Lies in Kyritz
- controversial museum near Berlin (1 hour 12 minutes by train) in the city of Kyritz. The motto of this museum is “Don’t believe your eyes”! The founder of the museum is a famous German Dadaist artist and former dissident Reinhard Zabka believes that the line between truth and lies is often blurred, especially in art, because art itself is an illusion. He claims that part of the collection came to the museum from the great-granddaughter of the famous Baron Munchausen, Emma von Hohenbuss. All the exhibits here are “tricks”. The deception begins already at the entrance to the museum - guests are offered to try a plastic cake and a magic potion, which is actually nothing more than ordinary tea. the museum has 10 rooms with exhibits: a working flying carpet; Hitler's fake mustache, witch's broom; Van Gogh's severed ear; a mop that belonged to Stalin's father; radio from the Titanic; the airplane the German Chancellor played with as a child; the mummy of Bishop Havel in the form of a cat, etc.
Opening hours: Sat.+Sun. 13.00 - 18.00
Admission is free - donation upon exit
More details on the museum website - http://www.luegenmuseum.de
Stendal / Stendal, (Saxony-Anhalt)
- city with thousand years of history, founded in 1151 by Albrecht the Bear, first marquis and founder of Brandenburg, presumably buried here in Stendal. During the division of the Brandenburg Mark in 1258 between the brothers John I and Otto III, Stendal became the seat of the senior line of the House of Ascania. Stendal was then one of the most significant cities in Brandenburg and was considered a member of the Hansa. Most famous native Stendhal art critic and historian Johann Winckelmann. Another character associated with Stendhal is the French novelist Henri Marie Bayle, who took the pseudonym Stendhal in honor of this city. The 10th Magdeburg Hussar Regiment, military personnel of the Prussian Army, which had the richest and most interesting story. Until 1919, Stendal was a garrison town of the Green Hussars. Until the end of World War II, the complex of buildings was used by the Wehrmacht. After 1945, the barracks were transferred to Soviet troops.
Berlin, like other European capitals, offers tourists a wide selection of museums on various subjects. There are over 170 cultural institutions in the city. There is even a museum island in Berlin, on which five major museums. Art lovers will be able to enjoy world masterpieces in art galleries. There are also thematic cultural institutions in Berlin: the Museum of Erotica, the Museum of the GDR, technical museum, Jewish Museum and others.
Museum Island
This is the northern part of the island of Spreinsel, located on the Spree River. It houses a complex of famous and important museums in Berlin. Since 1999, the museum island has been protected by UNESCO and 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 human development over the past six thousand years.
Pergamon
The Pergamon Museum is located on the museum island. This is one of the most visited museums in Berlin. Founded in 1901 and opened to visitors in 1909. The exhibition 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, and inscriptions found during archaeological excavations.
Bode Museum
This is a large art museum located on Museum Island. It was founded in 1904 and occupies an architectural monument built in the neo-Baroque style. The exhibition consists of three large 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 sculptures from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. The coin collection is the largest in the world, consisting of half a million exhibits.
Old Museum
This is an art museum on Museum Island. Until the mid-19th century it was called royal. The museum was built to exhibit 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. There are sculptures, a collection of silver and gold jewelry, and 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 to display exhibits. The building was heavily damaged during the war, but was restored and opened only in 2009. It houses an Egyptian collection and a collection of papyri. The most popular exhibits: Egyptian statues (including a bust of Nefertiti), everyday items, etc. The museum houses an exhibition of prehistory 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 sculpture created in the styles of classicism, romanticism, impressionism and early modernism. The most valuable exhibits: “The Monk by the Sea” by Caspar Friedrich, “The Iron Mill”, written by Adolf von Menzel.
German Historical Museum
A permanent exhibition opened in 2006. The exhibition 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 the present day. 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. This is important and visited art Gallery in Berlin and throughout Europe. Museum guests will be able to view different areas applied art, from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. The products are made of bronze, ceramics, porcelain, gold, enamel and other materials. Exhibited works in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.
Berggruen Museum
This is an art museum that opened in 2000. It houses an impressive collection of modernist art. It was collected by the collector and writer Heins Berggruen and donated to the city. The pride of the museum is the collection of works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matthies, Paul Klee. The museum regularly hosts temporary thematic exhibitions.
Museum Center Berlin-Dahlem
It contains several museum collections. This is a museum of Asian art, including masterpieces Indian art(20 thousand of them are rare). An ethnological museum that tells in detail about the life of different ethnic groups on 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 from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The gallery's collection contains masterpieces of painting painted by Raphael, Titian, Sandro Botticelli, Rubens, Rembrandt and others. The exhibition includes German, English, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, Spanish and French paintings.
New National Gallery
The museum was opened in 1968 and is part of the Cultural Forum. This is the only museum building in Berlin built after the war. It houses collections of paintings and sculpture created in the twentieth century. The exhibition ranges from the French Cubists working 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 train station. It was founded in 1996. The exhibition features works by contemporary masters. Among them are Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Richard Long and others. The collection includes over two thousand exhibits. This is shocking modern 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 escaped destruction during the French Revolution. The flutes of Frederick the Great (the Prussian king), Italian violins, and a cabinet grand piano made by Joseph Brodmann are kept here. The museum often hosts classical music concerts.
Cinema Museum
The museum was created by director Gerhard Lamprecht in 1968. The exhibition tells about the history and technology of film making. Film equipment is presented in 13 halls: from the first film cameras to the latest digital devices. There are rooms dedicated to cinema during the Nazi regime, during the war and post-war times.
Museum of Photography
The museum dedicated to photography opened in 2004. The exhibition presents works by famous German photographers: James Nachtveit, David LaChapelle and other masters. The collection includes the history of the life and work of Helmut Newton, a German and Austrian photographer. The museum contains photographic equipment, work suits and home clothes of the photographer, and newspaper clippings.
Tegel Palace
This is remarkable architectural structure, built on the shores of Lake Tegel in Berlin. In the 18th century, the palace was bought by the Humboldt family. Alexander and Wilhelm, outstanding scientists from a famous family, rebuilt the mansion and laid out a huge park. Today, excursions are held in the palace, and there is a museum telling about the life of the great dynasty. Tourists can explore the mansion, park, and Humboldt family cemetery.
DDR Museum
This is an interactive museum in Germany dedicated to life in the German Democratic Republic. It provides a meticulous account of life in socialist East Germany. The museum opened in 2006 and 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 opened in September 2001. It consists of two buildings. The old one was built in the classicism style and the new one in a zigzag shape. The permanent exhibition includes photographs, documents, household items of Jewish families, rare books in Hebrew, textiles and more. The collection telling about the life of Jews on the banks of the Rhine during the Middle Ages is valuable.
Berlin-Karlhorst
This is the only Russian-German museum in Germany. It talks about the relations 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 exhibition of the museum is the Second World War and the Great Patriotic War. Military equipment, documents, and wartime photographs are collected here.
Berlin Wax Museum
The museum opened at the beginning of the 21st century. In nine halls there are 80 wax figures of politicians, actors and actresses, athletes, artists, writers and others. famous people. The figure of Hitler was exhibited, despite the negative attitude of the Germans. The museum has a section that clearly shows how wax figures are created.
Museum of Erotica
This is a private museum opened by Germany's only female stuntwoman. At first, the museum was a store of erotic accessories; it later 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 contains sex shops and cinema halls 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 scientific research homosexuality. The exhibition contains paintings, photographs, official documents dedicated to persons gay. A special place is occupied by the exhibition telling about the persecution of gays by the Nazis. The museum regularly hosts exhibitions, dedicated to life famous gays and bisexuals.
Stasi Museum and Prison
A tour of the former prison is given by prisoners who were previously imprisoned there. The Stasi is a spy organization that identifies citizens dissatisfied with life in the GDR. Those who tried to leave the country were kept here. Tourists are shown interrogation rooms and prison cells, instruments of torture, and interrogation techniques. There is an exhibition of spy equipment built into ties, watches, and glasses.
Topography of terror
The memorial complex, highlighting the crimes of the National Socialists, is located on the site of the Gestapo prison and Gestapo headquarters. The museum opened in 1987 and houses exhibits about the Nazi regime. These are official documents, photographs, diaries of concentration camp prisoners, data about the structure of the state of terror. The complex includes preserved workers' barracks and Gestapo basements.
Luftwaffe Museum
This is Berlin's aviation exhibition, it occupies three hangars and an open-air area. Here it is various techniques: airplanes of the 19th century, airships, airplanes, helicopters, gliders, servicing technical devices. A third of the exhibition is made up of Soviet equipment that served the GDR. In the museum you can see pilots' uniforms and officers' household items.
German Technical Museum
The museum opened in 1983 and is dedicated to modern technical achievements and the history of their development. The museum displays the Z1, the first computing device created in 1938. The first machines are presented - the predecessors of computers, created by Konrad Zuse. There are exhibitions 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. The museum's collections contain about 30 million objects. Most famous exhibit– restored skeleton of Giraffatitan. This is a giant dinosaur that lived in the Upper Jurassic era. The museum contains a collection of minerals, meteorites, exhibitions on zoology and paleontology.
Berlin Subway Museum
The museum is stylized as an old metro station from the 1930s. It displays current collectors, carriages, and control mechanisms of the first underground electric trains. All exhibits are in working condition. Subway maps on display different years, the uniforms of subway drivers and workers, even the old chewing gum machines used decades ago in subway stations.
In Berlin you can see both Van Gogh's paintings and unique paintings local artists. A visit to the art museums of Berlin will leave a lasting impression on you, as it has gained an international reputation as a city of museums. The sheer number of international artists working here is immediately noticeable, as are the many studios and ateliers in the city. Accordingly, there are many art museums to visit in Berlin. In this list you will learn about the most popular places in the artistic capital of the world.
Bréant Museum
This impressive museum showcases three floors of Art Nouveau and Art Deco works. The Brohan Museum is located in the beautiful western district of Berlin - Charlottenburg. Most of the works in this museum date from the period 1889-1939. Porcelain, paintings and some pieces of furniture were once part of the collection of Carl Brehan. Paintings by Hans Baluschek and portraits by Willi Jäkell are also a highlight 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. Starting from medieval period to Art Deco times, this museum collects works by skilled craftsmen. The collection covers all styles and periods in art history and includes silks and costumes, tapestries, furniture, tableware, enamel and porcelain, silver and gold works, as well as modern crafts and design objects. All exhibits are of excellent quality. Many items were donated by representatives of the church, royal court and aristocracy. The closest metro station to the museum is at Potsdamer Platz. 
Käthe 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 comprehensive 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 themes include reflections on life, death and poverty. Her strong feelings are expressed through lithography, sculpture, drawings and graphics. 
Georg Kolbe Museum
This museum is located in former studio sculptor Georg Kolbe (1877-1947) in East Berlin, near the Olympic Stadium. The museum was built in 1928 according to the design of Kolbe Ernst Rench and borders the sculpture garden, forming a single protected ensemble with it. All works in this studio were created famous sculptor in the 1920s. Visitors can clearly see the changes in mood of his sculptures as they reflect the happier times of his younger years and the less colorful times during the Nazi regime. Most of Kolbe's sculptures are dedicated to the natural human body.
Berlin Art Gallery
Collection Art gallery was founded in 1830, and since then has been systematically updated and supplemented. The exhibition includes masterpieces by artists from the period up to the 18th century, including Van Eyck, Bruegel, Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rubens and Vermeer, as well as paintings by other French, Dutch, English and German artists 13th - 18th centuries. Among the most outstanding works"Fountain of Youth" by Lucas Cranac, "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 smaller branches of the Guggenheim, the museum is a must-see for any art lover. He organizes several significant exhibitions every year. Both works by contemporary artists and works by classics such as Warhol and Picasso are displayed. The stylish gallery was designed by Richard Gluckman and takes its name from the building it houses: the 1920 Deutsche Bank. The museum always has a free day 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 contemporary art and a location 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 Berlin museum is also famous for having the largest collection of bells in Europe, with 68 examples. 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 projects talented artists Bauhaus schools. Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school, hired a group of famous artists to teach at his Dessau school. Modern exhibitions demonstrate the results of this work modern movement between 1919 and 1932, when the Nazis put an end to the group's progression. Objects on display include furniture, sculpture, ceramics and architecture by such renowned artists as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Wassily Kandinsky and Martin Gropius himself. 
New National Gallery
In the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) there are always some interesting exhibitions. Here you can look at retrospectives of 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 classic modernist works by Dali, Picasso, Dix and Kokoschka. In the basement of the building there is a café and a souvenir shop. Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed a unique glass and steel structure specifically for this museum 
Hamburg Station - Museum fur Gegenwart
Situated in the renovated train station of Hamburger Bahnhof, für Gegenwart is famous for the work of many famous artists. This Berlin museum contains a rich permanent collection inherited from Erich Marx. Here you can see works by 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.
