Opened as the Royal Museum in 1830, the Old Museum originally housed all the art treasures on Museumsinsel. It was designed by Schinkel and is considered one of his finest...

The original Anti-War Museum was founded in 1925 by Ernst Friedrich, author of War Against War. In 1933, it was destroyed by the Nazis, and Friedrich fled to Brussels. There he...

Bright blue neon signage and a Trabant in the window welcome you into 'one of Europe's most interactive museums!' This is 'Ostalgia' in action. Touch screens, sound effects and...

Both this church and the Französischer Dom were built in 1780-85 by Carl von Gontard for Frederick the Great, in imitation of Santa Maria in Montesanto and Santa Maria dei...

The permanent exhibition in the Zeughaus finally opened in July 2006 and provides an exhaustive blast through German history from 100BC to the present day, divided...

In what used to be part of the headquarters of the Stasi, you can look around the offices of secret police chief Erich Mielke - his old uniform still hangs in his wardrobe -...

Built in the early 18th century for Berlin's 6,000-plus-strong French Protestant community, the church was later given a baroque tower, which offers fine views over Mitte. The...

A sprawling former remand prison run by the Stasi, the building has a dirty history. Originally the site of a canteen for the Nazi social welfare organ, it was turned into...

The Memorial to the German Resistance chronicles the German resistance to National Socialism. The building is part of a complex known as the Bendlerblock, owned by the German...

A little tacky, but essential for anyone interested in the Wall and the Cold War. This private museum opened not long after the DDR erected the Berlin Wall in 1961 with the...

The idea of a Jewish museum in Berlin was first mooted in 1971, the 300th birthday of the city's Jewish community. In 1975 an association was formed to acquire materials for...

This small museum celebrates the 'special relationship' between Berlin and the Kennedy family, cemented by John F Kennedy's iconic 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech in June 1963....

This neo-classical mid 18th-century townhouse was home to the influential Knoblauch family and contains an exhibition about some of their more prominent members. However, the...

This extensive, curious and somewhat old-fashioned museum traces the history of Berlin through a wide range of historical artefacts. Different sections examine themes such as...