The DDR Museum provides a unique visitor experience, making it one of Berlin’s most popular museums. Engage all of your senses to enjoy an immersive experience of everyday life in the former East Germany. Covering a range of topics based on sound academic research – everyday life, the Berlin Wall, the Stasi and much more – our exhibition encourages its visitors to touch, feel and interact, so as to gain a fun and rich understanding of the past. Explore all aspects of life behind the Berlin Wall and the workings of the state – the GDR at a glance.
The GDR illustrated book in paperback format reveals exciting stories about 200 selected objects from the collection of the DDR Museum. Available for order from 1 April 2023.
The permanent exhibition interactively and vividly tells the story of a bygone state.
Browse our online database with its thousands of photographs of objects from the GDR.