Amid all the talk about Berlin’s nightlife, it is not mentioned nearly often enough how much Germany’s capital has to offer during the day. Here is a list of just a few of the many great museums in Berlin.
Pergamon Museum
www.smb.museum/smb/standorte/index.php?p=2&objID=27&n=15 Bodestr., 10178 Berlin S & U Friedrichstr.World-renowned for its reconstructed monumental buildings from Greek and Roman antiquity. Just one of five excellent museums that make up Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritag site.
Jewish Museum
www.jmberlin.de Lindenstr. 9-14, 10969 Berlin U Hallesches TorTwo millennia of Jewish German history in an architecturally spectacular building. It’ll take you at least one whole day to see everything.
Topography of Terror
www.topographie.de Niederkirchnerstr. 8, 10963 Berlin S Anhalter BahnhofAn outdoor museum on the former site of the Gestapo and SS headquarters. Features a “documentation center” of Nazi crimes.
Berlin Wall Memorial
www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de Bernauer Str. 111, 13355 Berlin U Bernauer Str. / S NordbahnhofA fully preserved piece of the wall, including the “death strip,” as well as another documentation center.
Neue Nationalgalerie
www.smb.museum/smb/standorte/index.php?p=2&objID=31&n=16 Potsdamer Str. 50, 10785 Berlin S & U Potsdamer PlatzA museum for 20th-century European art, with works by the likes of Picasso, Miró, Kandinsky…
Museum für Naturkunde
www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin U NaturkundemuseumThe natural history museum with the world’s biggest dinosaur skeleton is in … New York, right? Nope, right here.
Ramones Museum
www.ramonesmuseum.com Krausnickstr. 23, 10115 Berlin S Oranienburger Str.Gabba gabba hey!
