Berlin Wall Museum

About

The Berlin Wall, which separated the city in an eastern and western part, was the symbol of the Cold War. Most of the Berlin wall has been demolished since the border between East and West Berlin opened in 1989.

The first exhibition opened on the 19 October 1962 in an apartment with only two and a half rooms in famous Bernauer Straße. The street was divided along its whole length; the buildings in the east had been vacated and their windows were bricked up.

The large number of visitors encouraged us to look for new premises: on 14 June 1963 the “Haus am Checkpoint Charlie” was opened and became an island of freedom right next to the border.

There are over a hundred military museums in the world. But in an epoch of growing responsibility for our planet we can be sure that more museums of international non-violent protest will be established. “The world is so well built that against every injustice
there are stronger, vanquishing forces. ...From every injustice arises justice, from every untruth truth, from darkness light.” – Words of Mahatma Gandhi.

Hours:

Open every day of the year from 9:00 until 22:00 h

Eintrittspreise:

Adults 9,50 EUR
School and univertity students etc. 5,50 EUR
Group of more than 10 persons 5,50 EUR p.P.
(booking in advance is not necessary)

Garderobe / Gepäckaufbewahrung
Wardrobe, luggage free
Lockers free
Lockers for valuables free

Address: Friedrichstrasse 43-45, Berlin, 10969
Telephone: 030 25 37 250
Fax: 030 251 20 75