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Allied Museum
The museum, located in the former U.S. Army "Outpost" movie theater, documents the role of the Western Allies (U.S., France, and Britain) in the post-war period and the life of allied troops in Berlin.
Address: Clayallee 135
Opening hours:
10 am to 6 pm - Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun.
Admission: Free For additional information, visit www.alliiertenmuseum.de
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Anne Frank Center
The Anne Frank Center is the German partner organisation of the Anne Frank House, Amsterdam. A permanent exhibition shows the life of Anne Frank, in addition, the Center organizes various events especially for pupils and special exhibitions.
Address: Rosenthaler Straße 39
Opening hours:
10 am to 6 pm - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Admission:
Free for Children up to 10 years For additional information, visit www.annefrank.de
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Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
Works from all Bauhaus stages and workshops and from the trend-setting Gestaltungsschule (School of Design) from 1919 until 1933. The estates of Walter Gropius, Georg Muche and Herbert Bayer.
Address: Klingelhöferstraße 14.
Opening hours:
10 am to 5 pm - Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun,1st May, Ascension Day, Whitsunday, Whitmonday, German Unification Day For additional information, visit www.bauhaus.de
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Berlin Wall Memorial
The documentary centre Berlin Wall is part of the memorial ensemble at the Bernauer Straße with memorial Berlin Wall, chapel of conciliation and the documentary center.
Address: Bernauer Straße 111
Opening hours:
9.30 am to 7 pm - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun ( from 04-01 to 10-31)
9.30 am to 6 pm - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun ( from 11-01 to 03-31)
Admission:
Free, guided tour also free For additional information, visit www.berliner-mauer-dokumentationszentrum.de
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Centrum Judaicum
Permanent exhibition about the history of the New Synagogue and the Jewish life in its surroundings; special exhibitions.
Opening hours:
Jewish holidays closed up
10 am to 8 pm - Mon, Sun ( 04-01 to 09-30 )
10 am to 6 pm- Tue, Wed, Thu
10 am to 5 pm - Fri
10 am to 8 pm - Mon, Sun
Address:Oranienburgerstr 28/30 For additional information, visit www.cjudaicum.de
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Charlottenburg Palace
Schloß Charlottenburg, the largest and most beautiful palace in Berlin, it is a shining example of baroque architecture. It was built between 1695-99 as a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, the consort of Elector Friedrich III. Knobelsdorff constructed the eastern wing from 1740-46. From 1787-91, Carl Langhans constructed the palace theater as an extension to the orangery wing.
Opening hours:
9 am to 6 pm - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun. 'Altes Schloss'
11 am to 6 pm-Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun . 'Neuer Flügel' (04-01 to 10-31)
11 am to 5 pm- Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun . 'Neuer Flügel' (11.01 to 03-31) For additional information, visit www.spsg.de
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DDR Museum Berlin
Everydaylife of a former state, multimedia-based and interactive: The GDR
Address: Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1.
Opening hours:
10 am to 8 pm - Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
10 am to 10 pm - Sat For additional information, visit www.ddr-museum.de
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German Historical Museum
In June 2006 the Zeughaus has reopened for the public with the newly designed permanent exhibition "German History in Images and Testimonials". Covering 8,000 sq. metres of exhibition space, the exhibits from the DHM's own collections convey a vivid picture of the past. The Pei-Building behind the Zeughaus was opened on May, 24 2003. It houses the special exhibitions of the German Historical Museum.
Address: Unter den Linden 2.
Opening hours: daily 10 am to 6 pm For additional information, visit www.dhm.de
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Hamburg Main Station
Painting, sculptures, graphics, photography, video, multimedia works, room, and light installations of the collections of the National Gallery, the Erich Marx Collection and the Friedrich Christian Flick collection with works by Andy Warhol Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Anselm Kiefer, Joseph Beuys, Duane Hanson, Paul McCarthy, Francis Picabia, Bruce Naumann, Jeff Koons, Martin Kippenberger, Pipilotti Rist.
Address: Invalidenstraße 50-51.
Opening hours:
10 am to 6 pm - Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 1st May, Ascension Day, Whitmonday, German Unification Day
11 am to 8 pm - Sat
11 am to 6 pm - Sun, Whitsunday
Admission:
Free for Children up to 16 years; every Thursday four hours before the closing of the museum for the permanent exhibition. For additional information, visit www.smb.museum.de
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Holocaust Memorial
The memorial comprises 2711 concrete blocks and was constructed between 2003 and 2005 close to the Brandenburg Gate on the basis of a design by architect Peter Eisenman. The subterranean information centre situated in the south-eastern corner of the monument commemorates the victims and provides material on the historical sites of the destruction and on existing memorials.
Address: Cora-Berliner-Straße 1.
Opening hours:
always accessible: field with the concrete blocks.
04-01 to 09-30: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, 1st May, Whitmonday 10 to 8 pm information centre, also on mon, 17.04., 01.05., 05.06., 12.06., 19.06., 26.06., 03.07.
Mon. Center of Information closed.
10-01 to 03-31: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun 10 am to 7 pm. information centre winter.
Admission: Free, donations are welcome For additional information, visit www.stiftung-denkmal.de
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Jewish Museum
The museum’s permanent historical exhibition extends over 3,000 m² and invites visitors to journey through two millennia of German-Jewish history. Its depictions of 14 historical periods from the Middle Ages to the present paint a vivid portrait of German-Jewish life. Artistic and everyday objects, photos and letters, interactive displays and media stations together convey the history of Jewish culture in Germany and show how tightly Jewish life and German history are interwoven.
Opening hours: Mon 10 am - 10 pm, Tue - Sun 10 am - 8 pm.
Address:Lindenstraße 9-14
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Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz
Neue Nationalgalerie / New National Gallery: 20th century art: Collection of expressionist works, Bauhaus works, new objectivity, art in the period after the war. The permament exhibition usually isn't shown when temporary exhibitions take place.
Opening hours: Tue, Wed, Fri 10 am - 6 pm, Thu 10 am - 10 pm, Sat & Sun 11 am- 6 pm.
Address: Potsdamer Straße 50.
Gemäldegalerie / Picture Gallery: European paintings from the 13th - 18th century. Masterpieces from all epochs, including paintings by Eyck, Bruegel, Dürer, Raffael, Tizian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Rubens.
Opening hours: Tue, Wed, Fri 10 am- 6 pm, Thu 10 am-10pm, Sat & Sun 11 am - 6 pm.
Address:Matthäikirchplatz 4-6.
Musikinstrumentenmuseum / Museum for Musical Instruments: Bach's harpsichord and its replicates as well as the biggest cinema and theatre organ in Europe (live demonstrations every Saturday).
Opening hours: Tue, Wed, Thu 9 am- 5 pm, Thu 9 am - 10 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am - 5 pm
Address: Tiergartenstraße 1.
Admission:Thursdays from 6 pm free. For additional information, visit www.smb.museum.de
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Martin-Gropius-Bau
As important exhibition hall in Berlin, the Martin-Gropius-Bau shows temporary exhibitions of international rank.
Address: Niederkirchner Straße 7.
Opening hours:
10 am to 8 pm - Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun, Ascension Day, Whitsunday, Whitmonday, German Unification Day.
Admission:
Depends on exhibition For additional information, visit www.gropiusbau.de
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Museumsinsel
Altes Museum: Greek and Roman art and sculptures; Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection,
Pergamon Museum: Antiquity collection, Museum of Islamic Art, Museum of Anterior Asia,
Bodemuseum: Collection of sculptures, Museum of Byzantine Art, the coin cabinet, works from the Gemäldegalerie.
Old National Gallery: 19th century art.
Addresses: Lustgarten and Bodestraße 1-3.
Opening hours:
10 am to 6 pm - Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun, 1st May, Whitsunday, Whitmonday, German Unification Day
10 am to 10 pm - Thu, Ascension Day
The Old National Gallery is closed on Mondays!
Admission:
Free for Children up to 16 years;
Each Thursday 4 hours before closing admission free for all visitors For additional information, visit www.smb.museum.de
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Wall Museum House at Checkpoint Charlie
Founded in 1962 beside the legendary Checkpoint Charlie border crossing, the history of the Berlin Wall, original objects from successful escapes under, over and above the ground. World-wide non-violent struggle for human rights.
Opening hours:
9 am to 10 pm - daily For additional information, visit www.mauermuseum.de
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Zoo and Aquarium Berlin
Affectionately known as the Zoo on the south-west corner of the Tiergarten, this is Berlin’s favourite family spot - a wonderfully kept urban Zoo with a huge playground, restaurants, and coffee shops, providing a whole day’s worth of family entertainment. The Zoo is home to 13,700 animals and 1,400 species, its animals are part of local life and most Berliners will be aware of the news of a new arrival.
Rare among city zoos, the Zoologischer Garten was founded in 1844 and was the first Zoo to be built in Germany. Under Friedrich Wilhelm IV it became a joint project by Martin Lichtenstein and Peter Joseph Lennè who had redesigned the Tiergarten and allocated the southwestern tip of the Tiergarten as a zoological garden.
Opening hours:
March 21st - October 16th: 9am to 7 pm,
October 17 th - March 20 th: 9 am to 5 pm.
Address: Hardenbergplatz 8 For additional information, visit www.zoo-berlin.de/zoo.html
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Zoological Garden "Tierpark" Berlin
The "Tierpark Berlin" is the biggest landscape zoological garden in Europe. More than 7500 animals of 900 different species are represented in the enclosures.
Opening hours:
daily from 9 am to 5,6 or 7 pm (depends from month).
Address: Am Tierpark 125 For additional information, visit www.tierpark-berlin.de/tierpark.html
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