Culture

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

The German Bundestag's exhibition on parliamentary history

A free, accessible museum in Berlin.

1, 10117 Berlin

May–Sep: 10:00–19:00 · Oct–Apr 10:00–18:00

bundestag.de/deutscherdom

Museum·Indoor

Puppet Theater Museum Berlin

A Neukölln museum of historic and contemporary puppets, with workshops and tours.

Karl-Marx-Straße 135, 12043 Berlin

Tue–Fri 09:00–18:00 · Sat 14:00–18:00 · Sun 11:00–16:00

puppentheater-museum.de

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Museum·Indoor

Ramones Museum

The world's only Ramones museum, with over 1,000 original band artifacts.

Weserstraße 159, 12045 Berlin

Mon–Fri 16:00+ · Sat–Sun 12:00+

ramonesmuseum.com

Museum·Indoor

Biesdorf Palace

Historic palace and park with an art gallery and café in Berlin.

Alt-Biesdorf 55, 12683 Berlin

Wed, Thu, Sat–Mon 10:00–18:00 · Fri 12:00–21:00

schlossbiesdorf.de

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Charlottenburg Palace

Berlin's grandest Prussian palace with original baroque rooms and art.

Spandauer Damm 10, 14059 Berlin

Tue–Sun 10:00–17:30

spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/schloss-charlottenburg-altes-schloss

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

Schönhausen Palace

Royal rococo residence turned GDR seat of power, with preserved historic rooms.

Tschaikowskistraße 1, 13156 Berlin

Apr–Oct: Tue–Sun, holidays 10:00–17:30 · Nov–Mar: Sat, Sun, holidays 10:00–16:00

spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/schloss-schoenhausen?sword_list%5B0%5D=sch%C3%B6nhausen&no_cache=1

Museum·Indoor

Schöneberg Museum

District history museum with changing exhibitions and family holiday workshops in Berlin.

Hauptstraße 40, 10827 Berlin

Sat–Thu 14:00–18:00 · Fri 09:00–14:00

jugendmuseum.de/m_schoeneberg/dashaus_fr.html

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

Stasi Museum

Museum in the former Stasi HQ with Mielke's preserved original offices.

Ruschestraße 103, 10365 Berlin

Mon–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun, holidays 11:00–18:00

stasimuseum.de

Museum·Indoor

The Wall Museum

Museum at the East Side Gallery tracing the Berlin Wall's history in 13 rooms.

Mühlenstraße 80, 10243 Berlin

Mon–Sun 10:00–19:00

thewallmuseum.com

Museum·Indoor

Theodor-Fontane-Apotheke im Bethanien

Historic hospital pharmacy where Theodor Fontane once worked, now with original fittings preserved.

Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin

Tue–Wed 11:00–16:00

fhxb-museum.de/news-detail/die-historische-theodor-fontane-apotheke

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

Palace of Tears

Free museum in the former Friedrichstraße border hall on the history of German division.

Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin

Mon closed · Tue–Fri 09:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun, holidays 10:00–18:00

hdg.de/traenenpalast

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Museum·Indoor

Water Sports Museum

A free museum open on Wednesdays.

Regattastraße 191, 12527 Berlin

Wed 10:00–16:00

museumsportal-berlin.de/de/museen/wassersportmuseum-gruenau

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

Werkbund Archive - Museum of Things

Design museum with an open depot of everyday objects, tours and family workshops.

Leipziger Straße 54, 10117 Berlin

Thu–Mon 12:00–19:00

museumderdinge.de

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Museum·Indoor

Wilhelm Foerster Observatory

Observatory on the Insulaner hill offering telescope viewing of the night sky.

Munsterdamm 90, 12169 Berlin

nur zu Veranstaltungen

planetarium.berlin/planetarium-am-insulaner-wilhelm-foerster-sternwarte

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

Zille Museum

Museum of Heinrich Zille's Berlin tenement drawings, linked to today's housing debate.

Propststraße 11, 10178 Berlin

Wed–Sat 11:00–18:00 · Sun, holidays 13:00–18:00

zille-museum.de

Museum·Indoor

asisi Panorama - The Wall

A Berlin Wall panorama museum in Berlin.

Friedrichstraße 205, 10117 Berlin

Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00

asisi.de/de/austellungsorte/berlin-thewall/service.html

Museum·Indoor·Accessible

forum 1848 at the Cemetery of the March Fallen

Memorial site and museum at the cemetery of the 1848 revolution's dead, with exhibitions and tours.

Ernst-Zinna-Weg 1, 10249 Berlin

Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 · Nov–Mar Wed closed

forum1848.de

Theatre·Indoor·Accessible

Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz

Renowned Berlin theatre with varied drama productions, some with foreign-language subtitles.

Kurfürstendamm 153, 10709 Berlin

Mon–Sat 11:00–18:30 · Sun 15:00–18:30

schaubuehne.de

Cinema·Indoor

ACUDkino

Arthouse cinema in Mitte with diverse films, Q&As and special festival programs.

Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin

acudkino.de

Cinema·Indoor

Babylon Kreuzberg

Historic Kreuzberg cinema since 1955, showing original-version films with laser projection.

Dresdener Straße 126, 10999 Berlin

yorck.de/kinos/babylon-kreuzberg

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