| Bauhaus Archiv |
| Sick of centuries of decorative design, a group of young architects in Dessau under Walter Gropius started the Bauhaus movement, believing firmly that by bringing design (and foremostly the architecture and furnishing of homes) back to the basics would improve life. The group ... |
Klingelhöferstr. 14
Tel: 254 00 20
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| Berlinische Galerie |
| This museum for modern art, photography, architecture, and artist archives concentrates 120 years worth of creativity forged in Berlin. Artists represent the Secession, Expressionist, Dada, New Objectivity movements, and those representing divided Berlin. Giants of German art include Heinrich Zille, Otto Dix, George Grosz, ... |
Alte Jakobstr. 124 - 128
Tel: 78 90 26 00
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| Bröhan Museum |
| A stellar collection of art deco, art nouveau, and art and craft design awakens post-modern sensibilities, blunted by so much IKEA and minimalism, to craftsmanship, whimsy and indulgent beauty. In addition to the permanent collection (spanning 1889-1939) of porcelain, lamps, vases, and furnishings, ... |
Schloßstr. 1a
Tel: 32 69 06 00
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| Deutsche Guggenheim |
| Distancing itself as far as possible from the conservative financial image, Deutsche Bank hosts world renowned contemporary artists in solo shows in this one-room museum designed by Zaha Hadid. The art spans classic modernism to contemporary works. ... |
Unter den Linden 13-15
Tel: 202 09 30
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| Deutsches Historisches Museum |
| Who?d have thought to look for a Prussian war chest in this early 18th-century building sitting pretty-in-pink by the Spree? This former arsenal houses the German History Museum, with its dazzling new extension designed by architect I.M. Pei. ... |
Unter den Linden 2
Tel: 20 30 40
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| Egyptian Museum |
| A former guard house across from Schloss Charlottenburg now holds five millennia of Egyptian mummies, art, and reliquaries. Its prize possession is the bust of Queen Nefertiti, still a stunning woman after 3,300 years. Treasures of larger proportions include the temple gate of ... |
Schlossstr. 70
Tel: 34 35 73 11
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| Filmmuseum Berlin |
| Hooray for Hollywood, but remember that some of the personalities that gave it glamour and style came from Germany. Actors Marlene Dietrich and Peter Lorre, directors Billy Wilder and Josef von Sternberg came out of a country with a strong film-making tradition. Photo ... |
Potsdamer Str. 2
Tel: 300 90 30
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| Galerie Bremer |
| Ghosts of art critics, art historians, culture senators and any intellectual involved in the mid-20th-century art scene haunt this now humble gallery founded in 1946 by Anja Bremer. The gallery moved here in 1955 and a club room was built in the back ... |
Fasanenstr. 37
Tel: 881 49 08
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| Gemäldegalerie |
| Berlin's largest art museum has 72 rooms full of works spanning the 13th to 18th centuries. German masters include Dürer, Cranach the Elder, and Holbein. The Italian works of Botticelli, Titian, Raphael and others are from the 13th to 16th century, those of ... |
Matthäikirchpl. 8
Tel: 266 29 51
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| Hamburger Bahnhof |
| If trains still stopped in this converted station, now a modern art museum, it surely would have more visitors. But those curious about the expressiveness of a sculpture made of animal tallow (Joseph Beuys) or urban dwellers fixated by bars of neon lighting ... |
Invalidenstr. 50-51
Tel: 39 78 34 12
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| Heinrich-Zille-Museum |
| Just like its Currywurst sausages, Berlin?s turn-of-the-20th-century poor little tenement children were chubby and saucy and no one captured them better than artist Heinrich Zille (1858-1929). In his famous Children of the Street cartoons, kids take care of kids and attempt to make ... |
Propststr. 11
Tel: 24 63 25 00
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| Jewish Museum |
| The famous zinc-plated fortress designed by Daniel Libeskind contains a moving perspective on the many ways in which German life and Jewish history are intricately interwoven. The interior contains dark 'voids' for contemplation, but the exhibits cover much more than the Holocaust chapter ... |
Lindenstr. 9-14
Tel: 25 99 33 00
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| Märkisches Museum |
| Berlin's city museum is set in an impressive purpose-built complex emulating local architectural styles and donned with a brick tower. Inside, Berlin's cultural history with exhibitions about diverse aspects of life in the city is displayed in 50 rooms. ... |
Am Köllnischen Park 5
Tel: 24 00 21 62
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| Martin-Gropius-Bau |
| Dusty pink brick, gilded mosaics, stucco work run riot - this is the work of Great Uncle Gropius, not Walter 'Bauhaus' Gropius. Completed in 1881, the beauty once held an arts and crafts museum and nothing on the touristy block can hold a ... |
Niederkirchnerstr. 7
Tel: 25 48 60
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| Naturkundemuseum |
All the wonders of nature under one roof; a grand collection illustrating the evolution of life as well as the diversity and beauty of nature. Due to renovations, the largest mounted dinosaur in the world and some of his friends are off-limits, but ... |
Invalidenstr. 43
Tel: 20 93 85 91
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| Neue Nationalgalerie |
| You'd think that the art world had gone to minimalist extremes when passing Mies van der Rohe's empty glass box of a museum; the 20th century treasures are all underground. It was here that the wildly successful ?MoMA in Berlin? exhibit was on ... |
Potsdamer Str. 50
Tel: 266 26 51
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| Photography museum |
| The late fashion photographer Helmut Newton fled Berlin with his Jewish family in the 1930s but his love for his hometown remained. Berlin has the honour of giving him his final resting place this year, as well as opening this new museum, made ... |
Jebensstr. 2
Tel: 20 90 55 55
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| Sammlung Berggruen |
| Picasso fans should not miss this collection. The artist?s blue and red periods are well represented, as are portraits of his lovers. Providing variety are works by Matisse and Klee. After the audio guide?s voice gives the interpretation of a work, you sometimes ... |
Schloßstr. 1
Tel: 326 95 80
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| Schloss Charlottenburg |
| The largest royal residence in Berlin is Schloss Charlottenburg, named for Prussia?s first queen. Though it began as a modest summer palace in 1695, today?s version, distinguished by its 505-meter length and central tower, took its final form in 1790. You can tour ... |
Spandauer Damm 20-24
Tel: 32 09 14 40
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| Story of Berlin |
| For those whose eyes glaze over every time they step into a museum, the bells, whistles, films, and original artifacts of this multimedia museum are sure to engage your attention and leave you better informed about the city's turbulent history. In the corridors ... |
Kurfürstendamm 207-208
Tel: 88 72 01 00
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| Technical Museum |
Unmistakably recognisable from the U-Bahn by the Douglas C-47 plane suspended above the new aeronautics building, this is a huge complex set in and around an old freight station rail depot, with technical exhibitions, a science centre, and a park with a Dutch ... |
Trebbiner Str. 9
Tel: 90 25 40
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