Science & technology museums in Berlin

The Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (German Museum of Technology Berlin) is one of the largest engineering museums in the world, with an exhibition area of ​​approximately 50,000 m². The exhibition includes: vintage cars, airplanes, trains, ships, electromagnetic coils, coffers, jewelry, machines, co

The Natural History Museum in Berlin (Museum für Naturkunde) is housed in a building erected between 1883 and 1889. With a collection of more than 60 million objects, it is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. A highlight in the Natural History Musuem in Berlin is the world's lar

Discover new technologies in an interactive way in the Game Science Center in Berlin. This entertaining museum is packed with playful exhibitions which are both fun and educative. Experience the future, try virtual reality and enjoy loads of games. Suitable for all ages.

The Bundeswehr Museum of Military History – Berlin-Gatow Airfield is a military history museum of the German Air Force Luftwaffe at a former Luftwaffe and Royal Air Force (RAF) airfield, RAF Gatow. It is one of the German military's largest military history museums and mainly focuses on the history

The Berlin Museum of Medical History (Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum, BMM) is known for its pathological-anatomical collection, a cultural and medical historical significant collection of wet and dry specimens. A highlight are the 40 of the original 3300 specimens of the anatomist Johann Gottli

The Museum for Communication Berlin (Museum für Kommunikation Berlin) traces the history of communication and projects the possible future as well. One section of the exhibition is dedicated to the history of transport - displaying historical carriages and coaches. You will learn interesting facts a

The Trabi Museum in Berlin is a museum dedicated to this iconic car that tells you everything you ever wanted to know about the car, and you can even take a Trabant safari through the city. The musuem is located at Checkpoint Charlie and holds and exhibits a collection of classic Trabants, including

The Zeiss Major Planetarium in Berlin was opened in 1987 and is one of the largest modern stellar theatres in Europe. The dome has a diameter of 23 metres and is equipped with a Carl Zeiss AG Universarium IX planetarium projector, as well as 100 slide projectors, a laser show installation and sound

The 1. Berliner DDR-Motorradmuseum (1st Berlin DDR Motorcycle Museum) is a museum for two-wheelers from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in Berlin, located under the S-Bahn arches at Alexanderplatz. More than 140 motorcycles, scooters and mopeds of the manufacturers MZ, Simson and IWL (almost th

The Planetarium am Insulaner with its magnificent artificial starry sky can be found at the foot of the hill of the same name. Here, visitors can experience 360-degree shows, astronomical live lectures, radio plays, readings, music shows and children's programs. At the Wilhelm Foerster Observatory (

The Feuerwehrmuseum Berlin is the fire brigade museum in Berlin that has been showing an exhibition on the history of the Berlin fire department (the largest and oldest professional fire brigade in Germany), since 1983. In the approximately 800 m² exhibition space, in addition to photo and video doc

The Gaslaternen Freilichtmuseum (The Gas Lantern Open Air Museum Berlin) in Berlin is a permanent exhibition of historic gas lanterns in the immediate vicinity of the Berlin S-Bahn station Tiergarten on the edge of the Great Tiergarten. Some gas lamps were dismantled and stored in the Museum of Tech

The Archenhold Observatory (Archenhold Sternwarte) is an end of the 19th century created public observatory in the Treptower Park in Berlin. It houses the Great Refractor, the longest pointable telescope in the world, also called Celestial Cannon. The institution was named after Friedrich Simon Arch

The Berliner U-Bahn Museum (Berlin Underground Museum) is housed in the electromechanical Hebelstellwerk Olympia Stadion, which was in operation from 1931 to 1983. The adjecent rooms of the signal box are exhibition rooms with numerous exhibits. In addition to occasional photo exhibitions, four to s

The Polizeihistorische Sammlung Berlin (Berlin Police History Collection) is located in Berlin's police headquarters uniforms, weapons and tools of the police and various killing instruments are exhibited.