Events by the DDR Museum

Events with GDR reference

We organise regular events in the DDR Museum's conference room. Focusing on a range of themes relating to life in East Germany, they include readings, concerts and panel discussions.

If you are interested in organising an event in cooperation with the DDR Museum, please contact our content team with your ideas by email: inhalt@ddr-museum.de.

You can browse through past events in our event archive.

Participation is free of charge. The events take place in German.

Location

Conference room DDR Museum
Sankt Wolfgang-Str. 1
10178 Berlin

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29.08.26

18:00
Short guided tours, quizzes and film screenings

Lange Nacht der Museen 2026
Tracing Clues Between the People's Police and Youth Drama For the Long Night of Museums 2026, the DDR Museum presents a varied programme of…
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09.09.26

19:00
Musical panel discussion

The East Lives On – Still!?
A guest at the DDR Museum for an evening of musical history in Weißensee. The »Peace Week of Berlin Youth« in 1988 and the »Rock Poets Tour« in…
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23.09.26

18:00
Live-Podcast

»Ostwärts« with Marko Martin
Nine Müller’s podcast visits the DDR Museum. Nine-Christine Müller belongs to the generation that grew up in eastern Germany…
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07.10.26

18:00
Award ceremony for the caricature competition

Heinz-Jankofsky-Caricature-Competition
»Knoll-nosed Faces Reloaded – When Pencil and Screen Compete in Laughter« For the seventh time: the Heinz Jankofsky Caricature Competition…
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28.10.26

18:00
Lecture with discussion

Cargo ships in the harbour
40 Years of Mukran Ferry Port In GDR propaganda, there was poetic talk of a «bridge of friendship to the land of Lenin» when, on 2 October…
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13.11.26

18:00
Book Presentation

»You’re Putting Out the Fire with Petrol«
The Diaries of Wolf Biermann – a landmark event in contemporary history When Wolf Biermann was deprived of his citizenship after his…
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25.11.26

18:00
Lecture with film screening

Everyday Life on 8 Millimetres
Private films from the GDR. Private film recordings offer a rare insight into everyday life in the GDR – into family celebrations, holidays and…
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09.12.26

18:00
Illustrated lecture with book presentation

Travelling across the USA in a Trabant
An adventure in travel. The communication designer Jan-Erik Nord drove along Route 66 in 2024 in a Trabant – as a charity project for a…
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