Berlin wall

The Berlin Wall fell 35 years ago - a symbol of the division of Berlin, the division of Germany and the Cold War.

The fall of the Wall was followed by the reunification of Germany and the exciting years of the "Wende".

On 9 November 2024, the highlight of the anniversary year 2024, official ceremonies are planned. On 9 November 2024, the highlight of the anniversary year 2024, official ceremonies are planned and the city invites you to open-air events, exhibitions, guided tours and interactive offers.

But you can also visit numerous exhibitions and events on the subject of the Berlin Wall now:

History

© Pressefoto Museum in der KulturBrauerei, Foto: Petras

History

Permanent exhibition

Everyday life in the GDR

History

Permanent exhibition

Between idyllic country, VEB canteen and the prison in Bautzen: On 600m2, original objects, documents, film and sound recordings show the gap between aspiration and reality of the GDR.

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Museum in der Kulturbrauerei Museum in der Kulturbrauerei
Knaackstraße 97
10435 Berlin

09:00 am

https://www.hdg.de/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei/ausstellungen/alltag-in-der-ddr
History

© Foto: Mirko Stockmann

History

19/03/2024 – 09/02/2025

Heavy Metal in the GDR

History

19/03/2024 – 09/02/2025

In the decade before the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification, an equally energetic heavy metal scene developed in the GDR, which orientated itself towards the West and was viewed with suspicion by the SED regime.

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Museum in der Kulturbrauerei Museum in der Kulturbrauerei
Knaackstraße 97
10435 Berlin

09:00 am

https://www.hdg.de/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei/ausstellungen/heavy-metal-in-der-ddr
History

© Stiftung Haus der Geschichte/Christoph Petras

History

Permanent exhibition

Site of German division

History

Permanent exhibition

From 1961 to 1989, Berlin was divided by a wall. A few border crossings between East and West Berlin allowed citizens to cross into the other part of the city. The permanent exhibition in the Tränenpalast tells the stories that took place at one of the border…

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- History of the GDR
Tränenpalast - Berlin Tränenpalast - Berlin
Reichstagufer 17
10117 Berlin

09:00 am

https://www.hdg.de/traenenpalast/ausstellung
History

© Sammlung DDR Museum

History

25/07/2024 – 31/03/2025

The Baltic Sea

History

25/07/2024 – 31/03/2025

In its new special exhibition, the DDR Museum sheds light on the importance of the Baltic Sea coast for the inhabitants of the GDR. "The Baltic Sea - holiday destination, border area, place of longing" shows the many facets of this special place as a holiday…

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- History of the GDR
- Berlin wall
DDR Museum DDR Museum Berlin
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 1
10178 Berlin

09:00 am

https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/museum/veranstaltungen/vortrag-die-ostsee
History

© Stiftung Berliner Mauer, Foto: Simons

History

Permanent exhibition

1961 bis 1989. The Berlin Wall

History

Permanent exhibition

Why was the Wall built? Why did the Wall stay up so long? Why did it fall in 1989?

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Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer
Bernauer Straße 111
13355 Berlin

10:00 am

http://www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de/de/dokumentationszentrum-213.html
History

© AlliiertenMuseum / Chodan

History

Permanent exhibition

How Enemies Became Friends

History

Permanent exhibition

From 1945 to 1994, the Western powers shaped political and military events as well as everyday life in Berlin. The Allied Museum brings important chapters of this history to life.

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AlliiertenMuseum AlliiertenMuseum e.V.
Clayallee 135
14195 Berlin

10:00 am

https://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/ausstellung/wie-aus-feinden-freunde-wurden/
Art

© Henning Wagenbreth Plakat, Offset, A1 1995

Art

13/06/2024 – 08/09/2024

PGH Glühende Zukunft. Zeichnungen, Plakate, Eigensinn. Berlin 1989-1995

Art

13/06/2024 – 08/09/2024

In the 14th edition of Blackbox, the Bröhan Museum is showing a selection of drawings and posters by the East Berlin artists' group PGH and is expanding its series on graphic design with important positions from the GDR and the reunification period.

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- History of the GDR
Bröhan-Museum Bröhan-Museum
Schloßstraße 1A
14059 Berlin

10:00 am

https://www.broehan-museum.de/ausstellung/pgh-gluehende-zukunft-zeichnungen-plakate-eigensinn-berlin-1989-1995/

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History

© DHM

History

09/12/2022 – 11/01/2026

Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können

History

09/12/2022 – 11/01/2026

Starting from key dates in German history, the museum presents a look back(wards) at decisive historical events of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau
Hinter dem Gießhaus 3
10117 Berlin

10:00 am

https://www.dhm.de/

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Guided Tour

© tic / Friedel Kantaut

Guided Tour

16/03/2024 – 10/11/2024

The Berlin Wall Bike Tour

Guided Tour

16/03/2024 – 10/11/2024

From the construction of the Wall in August 1961 until the fall of the Wall in 1989, this 160-kilometer-long, so-called “death strip” cut through the city and the lives of its people for almost 30 years. In a zigzag course, the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart…

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Berlin on Bike Berlin on Bike

10:00 am

https://berlinonbike.de/alle-touren/berliner-mauer-radtour/

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History

© Deutschlandmuseum Berlin

History

Permanent exhibition

The immersive history exhibition at the Deutschlandmuseum

History

Permanent exhibition

In the new permanent exhibition, excerpts from 2,000 years of German history are presented as an immersive experience, from the uprising of Germanic tribes in 9 AD to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the summer fairytale of 2006.

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Deutschlandmuseum Deutschlandmuseum

10:00 am

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Top Event

History

© Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: picture alliance / image broker, dirk enters

Top Event

History

16/05/2024 – 16/02/2025

Blown Away: the Palace of the Republic

Top Event

History

16/05/2024 – 16/02/2025

Loved and hated, admired and reviled, disappeared and remembered: where the Humboldt Forum stands today was once the site of the Palace of the Republic, a representative building of political power in the GDR.

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Humboldt Forum – Sonderausstellungsflächen Humboldt-Forum
Schloßplatz 5
10178 Berlin

10:30 am – 18:30 pm

https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/hin-und-weg-der-palast-der-republik-ist-gegenwart-116558/

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Top Event

Photography

© Helmut Newton Foundation

Top Event

Photography

07/06/2024 – 16/02/2025

Berlin, Berlin. 20 Years of the Helmut Newton Foundation

Top Event

Photography

07/06/2024 – 16/02/2025

The group exhibition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Helmut Newton Foundation presents works by Helmut Newton, Yevgeny Chaldei, Arno Fischer, Thomas Florschuetz, Hein Gorny, F.C. Gundlach, Will McBride, Barbara Klemm, Arwed Messmer/Annett Gröschner…

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Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung
Jebensstraße 2
10623 Berlin

11:00 am

http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=82301

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Photography

© Renate von Mangoldt

Photography

28/06/2024 – 01/09/2024

Renate von Mangoldt: Berlin Revisited

Photography

28/06/2024 – 01/09/2024

The exhibition brings together photographic leaps in time in gripping pairings full of humor and melancholy. The black and white photographs from West Berlin from the 1970s and 1980s are juxtaposed with color photographs from 2021 to 2023 in the reunified city…

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Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung Museum für Fotografie - Helmut Newton Stiftung
Jebensstraße 2
10623 Berlin

11:00 am

http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=82727

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Guided Tour

© DHM

Guided Tour

15/08/2024 + 816 additional dates

Öffentliche Führung „Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können”

Guided Tour

15/08/2024 + 816 additional dates

The tour focuses on selected turning points in German history. Starting from the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR, visitors take a journey backwards to the revolutionary events of 1848.

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Deutsches Historisches Museum Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau
Hinter dem Gießhaus 3
10117 Berlin

16:00 pm – 17:00 pm

https://www.dhm.de/veranstaltung/oeffentliche-fuehrung-roads-not-taken-oder-es-haette-auch-anders-kommen-koennen/
Guided Tour

© DHM

Guided Tour

16/08/2024 + 416 additional dates

Guided English Tour “Roads not Taken. Or: Things could have turned out differently”

Guided Tour

16/08/2024 + 416 additional dates

The tour focuses on selected turning points in German history. Starting with the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 in East Germany, visitors travel backwards to the revolutionary events of 1848. The exhibition not only focuses on the historical reality, but also…

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Deutsches Historisches Museum Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau
Hinter dem Gießhaus 3
10117 Berlin

16:00 pm – 17:00 pm

https://www.dhm.de/veranstaltung/guided-english-tour-roads-not-taken-oder-es-haette-auch-anders-kommen-koennen/
Guided Tour

© SPSG / Reinhardt & Sommer

Guided Tour

17/08/2024 + 26 additional dates

Between royal dreams, great powers and the Berlin Wall – a journey through time through the green Neuer Garten world heritage site

Guided Tour

17/08/2024 + 26 additional dates

Intended as a counter-proposal to Sanssouci Park, the work of art New Garden was commissioned by the royal commission at Lake Jungfernsee a good 230 years ago. But world history also left eventful memories and lasting traces in this green paradise.

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Schloss Cecilienhof Schloss Cecilienhof

11:30 am

https://www.spsg.de/aktuelles/veranstaltung/zwischen-koenigstraeumen-grossmaechten-und-berliner-mauer-eine-zeitreise-durch-das-gruene-welterbe-neu/event/tid/11598/
Walking Tour

© Bärentouren

Walking Tour

14/09/2024 + 13 additional dates

Bärentouren: Berlin-Walltour Bernauer Straße

Walking Tour

14/09/2024 + 13 additional dates

A hands-on tour of the Wall through the Berlin Wall Memorial, from the former ghost station through the original death strip, through the Chapel of Reconciliation to the famous Tunnel Escape.

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S-Bahnhof Nordbahnhof S-Bahnhof Nordbahnhof
Invalidenstraße 131
10115 Berlin

14:00 pm

https://baerentouren.de/
Photography

© Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

Photography

23/08/2024 – 12/01/2025

Speaking pictures - photographs on the division of Berlin and political imprisonment in the GDR

Photography

23/08/2024 – 12/01/2025

The exhibition presents 16 photographs of the Berlin Wall, which document everyday life and the changes of the Wall in the divided city. These images are complemented by two motifs that relate to the former remand prison in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen and provide…

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Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen - Hauptgebäude Gedenkstätte Hohenschönhausen - Hauptgebäude
Genslerstraße 66
13055 Berlin

18:00 pm

https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/stiftung/besuch/programm/sprechende-bilder
Guided Tour

© DHM

Guided Tour

24/08/2024 + 5 additional dates

Führung mit Objektbeschreibungen „Roads not Taken. Oder: Es hätte auch anders kommen können”

Guided Tour

24/08/2024 + 5 additional dates

Speakers describe the room architecture and selected objects in detail during the exhibition tour. A combination of listening and touching enables blind and visually impaired visitors to familiarise themselves with various turning points in German history.

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Deutsches Historisches Museum Deutsches Historisches Museum

13:00 pm – 14:30 pm

https://www.dhm.de/veranstaltung/fuehrung-mit-objektbeschreibungen-roads-not-taken-oder-es-haette-auch-anders-kommen-koennen/
Guided Tour

© Runze & Casper, Foto Lutz Wasserkampf

Guided Tour

25/08/2024

Children's tour: Who wants to become a "wall expert"?

Guided Tour

25/08/2024

The Berlin Wall Memorial invites children between the ages of 8 and 12 to go on a discovery tour of Bernauer Straße with their (grand)parents.

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Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

15:00 pm

https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm/kinderfuehrung-wer-will-mauerexperte-werden?date=2024-08-25T15%3A00%3A00%2B0200
Guided Tour

© isitBerlin, Foto Dagmar Schwelle

Guided Tour

01/09/2024

Ghost train stations in divided Berlin (GER)

Guided Tour

01/09/2024

Due to the construction of the Wall, many S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations in Berlin became so-called ghost train stations. Participants follow in the footsteps of ghost train stations in and around the Nordbahnhof and have the exclusive opportunity to visit a…

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Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer

13:00 pm

https://www.stiftung-berliner-mauer.de/de/gedenkstaette-berliner-mauer/besuch/programm