Best places: Local history museums in Berlin, Germany

Museum in a former East German prison and interrogation site, a memorial to political prisoners.

👍👍 One of the lesser-known sights in Berlin. The entrance is a little hidden directly opposite the Apple Store. Super nice street art - the whole walls are full of stickers and other adhesive installations. Entry to the farm is free of charge. Access is barrier-free. If you have a little more time, you...

1800s decor & musical instruments collected by a trans woman, plus exhibits on her life story.

Museum documenting the war on the Eastern Front in WWII, on site of the German surrender in 1945.

👍👍 If you visiting Berlin Wall memorial then must try to visit Berlin Wall museum as well. It’s free and have very nice photo exhibition. On top of the building, there’s a observatory platform to have a bird eye view of surrounding areas specifically the memorial park.

Cultural museum with exhibits illuminating the daily lives of East Germans in the 1970s & 1980s.

Multimedia exhibition on Berlin's division & its infamous wall, plus access to the memorial.

👍 This place is very interesting. First of all is free. You can enter anytime and as much as you want. You can live a tip if you want, but it has so much history inside. You can see how the architecture, decoration, furniture, clothing, etc, was during that period, and learn something more. If histor...

13th-century church, ruined by WWII bombs, rebuilt as a venue for events, concerts & organ recitals.

Everyday life in pre-unified Germany showcased in museum of interactive exhibits.

Rococo building with a museum that houses exhibits on the history & culture of Berlin's 800 years.

👍👍 Stunning graffiti art works around this vicinity. It’s so beautiful to see how a place that was used as a spy Centre etc , had become very artistic and tells such an intense story. The energy here is quite intense, it’s also a great place to take photos artistically. You can tell that rave partie...

Multimedia exhibition tracing the history of the Berlin Wall, with TV news clips & video interviews.

👍👍 Super

19th-century museum showcasing local history, culture & art through exhibits & guided tours.

👍👍 Very different from the big universal museums in the museum islands. To the point exhibitions with interactivity and rich context from the local community. Situated in a lively area. Highly recommended.

Former German Democratic Republic apartment turned museum, with period furnishings & artifacts.

👍 The Kesselhaus Herzberge Museum is part of the listed complex of the EV.Krankenhaus Queen Elisabeth Herzberge and shows over 100 years of industrial history. Old heavy machines that look like something out of a Jules Verne novel can be viewed here. There is a large room upstairs that can even be ren...

👍 Great, spacious Berlin backyard with the charm of bygone years. Theater venues, artists' workshops. The Mühlenhaupt Museum will have its new location here in the foreseeable future. Addendum 2020: The museum has had its premises here since the summer. Not far away, at Chamissoplatz 8, where Kurt Müh...

👍👍 Very beautiful exhibition designed with great attention to detail. You immediately feel like you have been transferred back to the previous world of work. As a former Eletroköhler I am also happy that the Kulturhaus has been restored. Thanks again for the great exhibition.