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  1. museum

    Berlin Story Bunker

    Opens 10:00 Kreuzberg

    A museum inside a World War II bunker, covering Nazism and the Führerbunker remains, postwar German history and a separate Ukraine section on the Russian invasion.

    History

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    Berliner S-Bahn-Museum

    Gesundbrunnen

    A small museum in underground rooms at Gesundbrunnen station, covering the Nordsüd-S-Bahn, Berlin's first underground railway. It also shows changing S-Bahn colours and a large collection of model trains.

    History

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    Bezirksmuseum Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Haus 1

    Opens Mon 10:00 Marzahn

    A local history museum in a former village school on Alt-Marzahn, covering five districts from early settlement through the GDR era to 1990.

    History

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    Computer Museum HTW Berlin

    Oberschöneweide

    A computer history museum on the HTW Berlin campus, with calculators from slide rules to mechanical machines and home computers like the Commodore 64 and Macintosh. Some exhibits can be tried out, and QR codes link to audio descriptions.

    History

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    DDR Museum Depot

    Opens Sun 11:00 Marzahn

    Staff-led visit to the storage depot of Berlin's DDR Museum, holding over 400,000 objects from the GDR and Soviet zone.

    History

  6. museum

    DDR-Museumswohnung WBS 70

    Hellersdorf Free

    A furnished 1986 GDR prefab flat in Hellersdorf, kept in its original state and described as the last surviving original flat of its kind there. Visits are open Sunday afternoons or by appointment.

    History

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    Die Pankower Machthaber

    Opens 10:00 Niederschönhausen

    A museum in Niederschönhausen named after the Pankow rulers, a nod to the GDR government seat in this district.

    History

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    Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit

    Opens 10:00 Niederschöneweide Free

    A documentation centre in preserved barracks of a former forced-labour camp, with free permanent exhibitions on everyday forced labour under the Nazis. Free guided tours run in several languages and multilingual audio guides are available.

    History

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    Einblick ins Geheime - Ausstellung zum Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv

    Opens 11:00 Lichtenberg Free

    A free exhibition on how the Stasi collected personal data, with its archive of about 111 kilometres of files. Talks with witnesses are held at the former headquarters.

    History

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    Energie-Museum

    Lankwitz

    A museum of electrical energy and power-plant technology, with a gas turbine, pumps and a combined-cycle model that visitors can operate. Visits are by prior arrangement by email, and guided tours are offered.

    History

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    Ephraim-Palais

    Opens 10:00 Mitte

    Museum in a palace rebuilt in 1987 in Nikolaiviertel, showing Berlin's history from its founding to today, plus rotating shows on art and migration.

    History

  12. museum

    European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture

    Opens Mon 10:00 Mitte

    Berlin institution for Roma art, history and culture, showing exhibitions by Roma and other artists, plus AMARO KINO, a short-film programme.

    History

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    FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum

    Opens 10:00 Kreuzberg Free

    Local history museum in Kreuzberg with rotating exhibitions on street names, social movements and migration, plus an archive and a podcast project about the neighbourhood.

    History

  14. museum

    Friedhofsmuseum

    Westend

    A museum in Westend devoted to a Berlin cemetery and the people buried there.

    History

  15. gallery

    Galerie Kai Dikhas

    Opens 16:00 Kreuzberg Free

    A Kreuzberg exhibition at Aufbau Haus mixing historical and contemporary works, including Goya and Géricault, shown in a space run by two Roma-led foundations.

    History

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    Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

    Opens 09:00 Alt-Hohenschönhausen Free

    A memorial on the grounds of the former Stasi remand prison and a Soviet special camp, with tours led by former political prisoners. Two permanent exhibitions are free to enter.

    History

  17. museum

    Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Besucherzentrum)

    Opens 10:00 Gesundbrunnen

    Visitor centre of the Berlin Wall memorial on Bernauer Straße, with exhibits on the wall and its history.

    History

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    Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand

    Opens 10:00 Tiergarten Free

    Museum on the historic site of the 20 July 1944 plot against the Nazi regime, covering resistance across many social groups and worldviews, with free entry.

    History

  19. park & garden

    Geschichtspark Ehemaliges Zellengefängnis Moabit

    Moabit Free

    A public park on the grounds of the former Zellengefängnis Moabit prison, so the site's past is the main reason to visit.

    History

  20. museum

    Heimatmuseum

    Müggelheim

    Local history museum in Müggelheim, run by a heritage association.

    History

  21. museum

    Industriesalon Schöneweide

    Opens 14:00 Oberschöneweide

    A forum for industrial heritage in Schöneweide, with guided tours of its historic factory buildings, a monthly Repair Café and exhibitions.

    History

  22. museum

    Informationsort Schwerbelastungskörper

    Tempelhof

    Open-air information site on a Nazi-era concrete load-test structure, with three history pillars on the grounds and a viewing tower showing the planned urban scale.

    History

  23. museum

    Judo Welt-Museum

    Opens Mon 17:00 Mariendorf

    Museum dedicated to judo, the martial art, run privately by Lothar Nest in Mariendorf.

    History

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    Jugend[widerstands]museum

    Opens 12:00 Friedrichshain

    Museum about young people's resistance, a focused look at a part of history rarely shown.

    History