Berliner Dom
The Berliner Dom is renowned as the largest Protestant church in Germany, while also serving as a vibrant cultural venue that continues to enchant visitors. And enchantment and awe were very much the point of building the church you see today. Completed in 1905 during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the present-day Berliner Dom […]
The French Cathedral in Berlin
French Cathedral during Festival of Light
FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum
A Beacon of History and Culture The FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum is a local-district museum. It serves as a forum and living memory of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, offering exhibitions, events, collections, and educational programs1. The museum focuses on social movements, urban development, industrial history, and migration, aiming to highlight previously underrepresented topics and perspectives. General Information The FHXB […]
Allied Museum/Alliiertenmuseum
The train militaire français de Berlin (French military train) car.
Museum Nikolaikirche – 800 Years of History and Culture
Berlin’s oldest church building now houses a museum. The foundations of the double tower date back to 1230, making these the oldest rooms in Berlin. Partially destroyed in World War II, the reconstructed former house of God now houses a museum celebrating Berlin’s history. Nikolaikirche / Stadtmuseum Berlin exhibits religious art, memorials and liturgical equipment, […]
Wittenbergplatz U-Bahnhof – Underground Station –
Wittenbergplatz is a Berlin U-Bahn station on lines U1, U2, and U3. The station is located at the Wittenbergplatz square in Berlin’s City West area, in the northwestern corner of the Schöneberg neighbourhood. It is the only U-Bahn station in the city with five adjacent tracks and three platforms. The station building, erected in 1911–1913 according to plans designed by Alfred Grenander, is listed as an architectural monument. Address: […]
Deutsche Oper Berlin
On September 24, 1961 the Opernhaus that had been inaugurated in 1912 and destroyed during the War was reopened as Deutsche Oper Berlin. Ever since it has been Berlin´s largest and Germany´s second largest music theatre, featuring among the most modern institutions in Europe. The straightforward and elegant building that was realized by architect Fritz […]
Berlin State Opera – Staatsoper Unter den Linden
The Staatsoper Unter den Linden (lit. State Opera under the Lime Trees), also known as the Berlin State Opera(German: Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Prussian king Frederick the Great from 1741 to 1743 according to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff in the Palladian style. Damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, […]
Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg
Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Im östlichen Stülerbau ist heute die Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg mit Meisterwerken der Surrealisten und ihrer Vorläufer untergebracht. Der Stülerbau und der dazugehörige Marstall wurden nach Plänen des Architekturbüros Sunder-Plassmann umgebaut. Seit dem Jahr 2008 zeigt die Stiftung dort unter dem Namen „Surreale Welten“ etwa 250 Gemälde, Skulpturen und Arbeiten auf Papier. Die Privatsammlung ist […]
Museum of Photographie – The Helmut Newton Foundation
Berlin, 20 years of the Helmut Newton Foundation June 7, 2024 – February 16, 2025 The Helmut Newton Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary in June 2024 with the group show Berlin, Berlin – and simultaneously pays tribute to the city where Newton was born. In the fall of 2003, Helmut Newton established his foundation in Berlin to […]
Hamburger Bahnhof Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin was built between 1846–47 in late classicist style as the terminus of the Hamburg–Berlin railway line. Today, the railway station houses a museum of contemporary art. It is located north of the Hauptbahnhof (earlier Lehrter Station) at the Invalidenstraße in the district of Tiergarten, just above the Charité Hospital. Address Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin, Germany Telephone Number +49 30 266424242 […]
Gemäldegallerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Profil der Gemäldegalerie Masterpieces from all epochs in the history of art are on permanent display at the Gemäldegalerie, including paintings by Jan van Eyck, Pieter Bruegel, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, and Jan Vermeer van Delft. The gallery is especially proud of its strong collection of German and Italian painting […]
Alte Nationalgalleri – Old National Gallery
The Alte Nationalgalerie (lit. Old National Gallery) is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. The gallery was built from 1862 to 1876 by the order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles. The building’s outside stair features a memorial to Frederick William IV. Currently, the Alte Nationalgalerie is home to […]
Altes Museum – Museumsinsel – Berlin
The Altes Museum is the birthplace of all public museums in Berlin. As the first exhibition building on the Museumsinsel Berlin, it was constructed directly opposite the original palace and next to the cathedral. Originally conceived with the crucial backing of Wilhelm von Humboldt as a place that would make the royal Prussian collections accessible to everyone, […]
Bode Museum at Museum Island, Berlin
Profile of the Bode-Museum 120 Years ago the present Bode-Museum opened, then called Kaiser Wilhelm-Friedrich Museum.The concept of the museum can be traced back to Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia, who published her ideas in a memorandum in 1883. It was Wilhelm von Bode who finally put these ground-breaking ideas into practice. In 1897, construction […]
Pergamon Museum on Museum Island
The Pergamonmuseum is closed, but the exhibition «Pergamonmuseum. The Panorama» with the 360-degree panorama by Yadegar Asisi and antique originals from Pergamon allows visitors to experience the Pergamon Altar in its original form and in its urban context on the Acropolis. It is located opposite the Museum Island. The Pergamon Museum, which is now closed, […]
German Spy Museum in Berlin – The World’s Spy Capital
The German Spy Museum Berlin opened his doors in September 2015. Therewith, more than 25 years after the end of the Cold War, the Capital of Spies gets its exhibition about the gloom of espionage, long overdue. The permanent exhibition, which can be experienced with all senses, unveils spectacular secret operations, mysterious espionage cases and […]
Museum für Naturkunde – Natural History Museum, Berlin
The «Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science» is an integrated research museum within the Leibniz Association. It is one of the most important research institutions worldwide in the areas of biological and geological evolution and biodiversity. Our mission is to discover and describe life and earth – with people, through dialogue. As an excellent research […]
Akademi der Künste – Meeting place for artists and People Interested in the Arts
The Akademie der Künste is an exhibition and event location, a meeting place for artists and people interested in the arts, where public debates on art and cultural policy take place. A key part of the Academy are its Archives. With over 1,200 estates by artists and an extensive art collection and library, the Academy […]
The Buchstabenmuseum, Berlin
Preservation and documentation of letters (From Buchstabenmuseum.de)The Buchstabenmuseum is the first museum in the world to collect letterforms from public spaces and display them as part of urban history. We preserve and document three-dimensional letters and signage, and their history, as well as providing information about their origins and construction. Our collection has captured the […]
Bauhaus-Archiv Museum für Gestaltung
The Bauhaus-Archiv Museum Klingelhöferstraße 14, 10785 Berlin, which will reopen 2025 Due to the construction work, the Bauhaus archive is temporarily situated in Knesebeckstraße 1 in Charlottenburg. The Museum will open at its original home adress again in 2025 at Klingelhöferstraße 14, 10785 Berlin The Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung has been undergoing renovation since […]
Berliner Schloss / Berlin Palace
History of the Palace and Forum The Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (German: Königliches Schloss),[was the main residence of the House of Hohenshollerns from 1443 to 1918. The royal palace was one of Berlin’s largest buildings and shaped the cityscape with its 60-meter-high (200 ft) dome. Used for various government functions after the abolition of the monarchy in the 1918 revolution, the palace was […]
Koncerthaus Berlin am Gendarmenmarkt
The Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall in Berlin, the home of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Situated on the Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of the city, it was originally built as a theater. It initially operated from 1818 to 1821 under the name of the Schauspielhaus Berlin, then as the Theater am Gendarmenmarkt and Komödie. It became a concert hall after the Second World War, and its […]
Humboldt Forum – A Cultural and Science Institution in the reconstructed Berlin Palace
The Humboldt Forum is a cultural and scientific institution which is located in the newly reconstructed Berlin Palace in Mitte, Berlins most central district. It houses museum, exhibitions, and event spaces that showcase global art, culture, and history. The Forum aims to foster intercultural dialogue and exchange while honoring the intellectual legacy of Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt. Note that the newly reconstructed building, […]
Stiftung Brandenburger Tor Max Liebermann Haus
The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor), is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. The current structure was built from 1788 to 1791 by orders […]
The Berlin Wall and the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse
The Wall divided the city of Berlin into two. It ran through 192 streets and several houses. In total, it was 166km long, 4 metres in height and secured with a “death strip” of 500 metres: at least 133 people were killed by the border police of the GDR while trying to cross the Wall. […]
The Huguenot Museum in the French Cathedral at Gendarmenmarkt
How the Huguenots came to Berlin as Refugees from France In the Edict of Potsdam of 1685, the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm offers the persecuted French Huguenots refuge under favorable conditions. The Huguenots are granted freedom of religion, civil rights and economic privileges. Around 20,000 refugees settle in Brandenburg Prussia, around 6,000 of them in […]
The DDR Museum – Presenting a balanced perspective on the DDR
The DDR Museum in Berlin offers a fascinating glimpse into life in the former East Germany (GDR). Here are some interesting facts about the museum: Some Paragraphs on the DDR Museum Website JOURNEY BACK TO THE GDR THE LARGEST DDR EXHIBITION IN BERLIN THE BALTIC SEA – HOLIDAY DESTINATION EVERYDAY LIFE – THE WALL – THE STASI: […]
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Once you’ve done that, head over to The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a poignant tribute to the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Designed by architect Peter Eisenman and opened in 2005, the memorial consists of a sprawling field of 2,711 concrete slabs of varying heights arranged in a grid pattern. […]
Museumsinsel, Berlin (Museum Island)
In 1822, Karl Friedrich Schinkel was commissioned to construct the first royal museum, the ‘Königliches Museum’, which, being the oldest, is known today as the Altes Museum and is situated at Lustgarten opposite the site of the former royal residence, the Berlin Palace. Its opening in 1830 marked the dawn of the Museumsinsel Berlin. (From Staatliche Museen zu […]
Checkpoint Charlie Museum
The Checkpoint Charlie Museum (German: Das Mauermuseum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie) is a private museum in Berlin. On display are the photos and related documents of successful escape attempts from East Germany, together with the escape apparatus: hot-air balloons, getaway cars, chairlifts, and a mini-U-boat. The museum researches and maintains a list of deaths at the Berlin Wall. It […]
Neue Wache – The Memorial to the Victims of War and Dictatorship
Berlin has countless memorials and I have seen just a few of them. The most moving and impressing is Neue Wache, on Under den Linden, between Humbolt University and the Historical Museum. The official name of it is Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Victims of War and Dictatorship. // Gedenkstätte […]