Active museums This is a list of museums and non-commercial galleries in Berlin, Germany.
NameImage Neighborhood Borough Type Summary Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik Charlottenburg Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Art Part of the Free University of Berlin, plaster casts of sculptures from Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire Academy of Arts, Berlin Friedrichstadt Mitte Art Located in Pariser Platz, offers exhibitions, concerts, debates, readings, film, theatre, and dance performances AG Märkische Kleinbahn Lichterfelde Steglitz-Zehlendorf Railway Railway vehicles, exhibits about the history of Zehlendorfer Railway Alice - Museum for Children Oberschöneweide Treptow-Köpenick Children's Website, located in the FEZ Berlin Allied Museum Dahlem Steglitz-Zehlendorf History Cold War history and roles of the Western Allies (US, France and Britain) in Germany between 1945 and 1994 and their contribution to liberty in Berlin Alte Nationalgalerie Museum Island Mitte Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, gallery showing a collection of Neoclassical, Romantic, Biedermeier, Impressionist and early Modernist artwork Altes Museum Museum Island Mitte Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, features antiquities - art and culture of the Ancient Greeks, Etruscans, and Romans Mitte Mitte Medical Part of the Humboldt University of Berlin, historic teaching auditorium for the veterinary school Anna Seghers Museum Adlershof Treptow-Köpenick Biographical Website, rooms where author Anna Seghers lived, operated by the Academy of Arts, Berlin Archive Anne Frank Zentrum Mitte Mitte History Exhibit about Anne Frank and about antisemitism and intolerance in the present Wedding Mitte History Website, facts on the topics of war and peace, and features an original air raid shelter from World War II, weapons, war toys, peace movement Archenhold Observatory Alt-Treptow Treptow-Köpenick Science Observatory and museum of astronomy Bauhaus Archive Tiergarten Mitte Art Art pieces, items, documents and literature which relate to the Bauhaus School (1919–1933) Berggruen Museum Charlottenburg Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, features, collection of modern art classics including Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, and Alberto GiacomettiBcmA BerlinKreuzbergFriedrichshain-KreuzbergArtBcmA Berlin is a non-profit cultural and artistic platform for artists in Berlin to present and create new ideas in a highly collaborative project space. Steglitz Steglitz-Zehlendorf Technology Website, development of energy generation and supply systems, located in a former power plant Mitte Mitte Medical Website, developments in medicine including the view of and into the body, patients, today's medicine, pathological-anatomical specimens, microscopes, medical instruments; formerly the Pathology Museum of Rudolf Virchow Berlin Musical Instrument Museum Tiergarten Mitte Music Musical instruments from the 16th-century onwards, located at the Kulturforum Staatliche Münze Berlin Reinickendorf Reinickendorf Numismatic Website Berlin Story Museum Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg History Website, photos and artifacts about the city's history Gesundbrunnen Mitte History Website, history and tours of the city's underground systems including the bunker systems in Berlin's subway system, recovered bombs and ammunition stores, Berlin's pneumatic post system, breweries and blind tunnels Westend Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Transportation Website, history of the city's subway system, located in the historical signal tower at the Berlin Olympiastadion station Berlin Wall Memorial and Documentation Centre Mitte Mitte History Features the last piece of Berlin Wall with the preserved grounds, a documentation center with exhibits and a visitor center with film Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Dahlem Steglitz-Zehlendorf Natural history Botanical garden and museum about plants and botany, botanical art Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial Alt-Hohenschönhausen Lichtenberg Prison Former Stasi prison Mitte Mitte Transportation Website, over 140 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds from East German manufacturers Berlinische Galerie Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Art Berlin's visual art from 1945 on, including painting, graphics, sculpture, multimedia, photography, architecture and artists’ archives Marzahn Marzahn-Hellersdorf Mill Website, reconstructed 19th-century windmill Bezirksmuseum Marzahn-Hellersdorf Marzahn Marzahn-Hellersdorf Local Website, local and cultural history of the district BlackBox Cold War Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg History Website, exhibition pavilion about the history of Checkpoint CharlieBraun-Sammlung Ettel, Museum für DesignMoabitMitteDesignWebsite Brecht Weigel Museum Mitte Mitte Historic house Website, last place Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel lived and worked, operated by the Academy of Arts, Berlin Britz Neukölln Mill Website, restored 19th-century windmill Bode Museum Museum Island Mitte Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, features sculpture, Byzantine art, coins and medals Boros Collection Mitte Mitte Art Contemporary art by international artists dating from 1990 to the present, located in a former air-raid shelter, tours by appointment Bröhan Museum Charlottenburg Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Art Art and design including Art Nouveau, Art Deco and functionalism Brücke Museum Dahlem Steglitz-Zehlendorf Art Collection of works by Die Brücke ("The Bridge"), an early 20th-century expressionist movement C/O Berlin Charlottenburg Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Photography Website Charlottenburg Palace Charlottenburg Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Historic house Part of the SPSG, including Old Palace, New Wing, Mausoleum, Belvedere, New Pavilion, Orangery and theater building (now exhibition rooms) Checkpoint Charlie Museum Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg History History of attempts to cross the Berlin Wall out of East Germany Computerspielemuseum Berlin Friedrichshain Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Video games Cultural history of computer gaming Tiergarten Mitte Art Website, contemporary art, located at Haus Huth at Potsdamer Platz DDR Museum Mitte Mitte History Life of people living in East Germany Designpanoptikum Mitte Mitte Art Surrealist museum of industrial objects Mitte Mitte Art Website, operated by Deutsche Bank, international contemporary art Deutsches Historisches Museum Mitte Mitte History History of Germany, German life and cultureBerlin Spy MuseumMitteMitteHistoryHistory of espionage, interactive exhibitionDeutschlandmuseum MitteMitteHistoryWebsite, immersive and interactive exhibition on German HistoryMitteMitteHistoryWebsite, Berlin Wall cityscape in a rotunda and accompanying photography exhibition into the period Domäne Dahlem Dahlem Steglitz-Zehlendorf Agriculture Website, historic manor house featuring exhibits on agriculture and nutrition, a 1920s merchant shop, butcher shop, food laboratory of the Imperial Health Office, exhibits about bees, working farm East Side Gallery Friedrichshain Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Art Art painted on sections of the Berlin Wall as an international memorial for freedom Ephraim Palais Nikolaiviertel Mitte Multiple Website, exhibitions of art, history and culture of Berlin Ethnological Museum of Berlin Museum Island Mitte Ethnographic Part of the Berlin State Museums, features art, sculptures, objects and archaeological artifacts from Africa, Meso-America, Native Americans, South Seas cultures, ethnic minorities in Southeast-Asia The Feuerle Collection Kreuzberg Kreuzberg Art Website, art museum juxtaposes international contemporary artists with Imperial Chinese furniture and Southeast Asian sculptures. FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Local Website, local history and culture, regional history on current issues Fire Brigade Museum Berlin Tegel Reinickendorf Firefighting Website Grunewald Forest Museum Grunewald Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Natural history Website, animals and plants of the Grunewald (forest) Forum Willy Brandt Exhibition Mitte Mitte Biographical Website, life of Willy BrandtFotografiska BerlinMitteMittePhotographyWebsite Friedrichsfelde Palace Friedrichsfelde Lichtenberg Historic house Website, located in Tierpark Berlin, restored 1800-period castle, exhibits about the castle and zoo history Friedrichswerder Church Mitte Mitte Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, currently closedFuturiumMitteMitteTechnologyGaslaternen-Freilichtmuseum BerlinCharlottenburgCharlottenburg-WilmersdorfHistoryGas Lantern Open-Air Museum Berlin, located in Tiergarten park. Gemäldegalerie Tiergarten Mitte Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, features European painting ranging from the 13th to 18th century, located at the Kulturforum Georg-Kolbe-Museum Westend Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf Art House, studio and gardens of sculptor Georg Kolbe German Museum for the Blind Dahlem Steglitz-Zehlendorf History Website, history of the blind and visually impaired in Germany, Louis Braille and the development of Braille German Museum of Technology Kreuzberg Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Technology History of science and technology, including rail, maritime and aviation transport, photography, computers, Science Center Spectrum German-Russian Museum Karlshorst Lichtenberg Military German-Soviet and German-Russian relations with a focus on the German-Soviet war from 1941 to 1945 Glienicke Palace Wannsee Steglitz-Zehlendor Historic house 19th-century palace, west wing also houses the Hofgärtner Museum about the life and work of the court gardener CharlottenburgCharlottenburg-WilmersdorfArtWebsite, part of the Berlin State Museums, features replicas of works from the collections of the SMB and from other European museumsGothic HouseSpandauSpandauHistoric houseWebsite, a secular medieval monument, the upper floor houses a branch of the City Historical Museum Spandau Grünau Treptow-Köpenick Maritime Website, history of water sports like rowing and sailing, includes rowboats, canoes, dragon boats, polo canoes, boat club artifacts, photographs Mahlsdorf Marzahn-Hellersdorf Historic house Website, features eleven fully furnished rooms dating from 1870 to 1900, the GründerzeitGünter Litfin MemorialMitteMitteHistoryWebsite, part of the Berlin Wall Foundation Hamburger Bahnhof: Museum of the Present Moabit Mitte Art Part of the Berlin State Museums, features contemporary art exhibits Hemp Museum Nikolaiviertel Mitte Agriculture Website, focus is cannabis, including its effects, cultivation, processing, and possibilities of use Tiergarten Mitte Art Website, hosts six to eight exhibitions of national and international contemporary artists in all media Zehlendorf Steglitz-Zehlendorf Art Website, platform for contemporary artists who live and work in Berlin and have already achieved significant international standing Haus der Kulturen der Welt Tiergarten Mitte Art Located in Tiergarten Park, exhibitions of international contemporary art, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies Herzberge Boiler House Museum Lichtenberg Lichtenberg Technology Website, restored boiler house that provided heat, warm water and electricity for a hospital complex, includes exhibits about the history of the Herzberge medical complex of the Königin Elisabeth Hospital Hohenschönhausen Castle Alt-Hohenschönhausen Lichtenberg Art Restored manor house with exhibitions of art and culture Hošek Contemporary Mitte Mitte Art Website, located on a boat MS Heimatland near Fischerinsel, exhibitions of international contemporary art, with a special focus on performances and sound installations House of the Wannsee Conference Wannsee Steglitz-Zehlendorf History 1915 villa used for the Wannsee Conference of 20 January 1942, exhibits about the Holocaust in Germany Friedrichstadt Mitte Religious Located in the Französischer Dom, the history of the Huguenots and the emergence of the French congregation in Berlin OberschöneweideTreptow-KöpenickTechnologyWe