Teachers & Groups

Group admission prices

  • adult groups € 8 per person (from 10 persons)

  • school groups € 5 per person (from 10 persons)

For every 10 students, one accompanying adult receives free entry. Prior registration required.

See below for all guided tours and prices (for up to 15 persons per group).

Booking and preparation

  • all important information about our educational offers can be found in our »educational offers« download
  • in order for students to explore the exhibition independently, quiz questionnaires are available for download (quiz solutions are provided at the ticket desk)
  • exhibition guide for preparation and follow-up are available as an e-book or print version

Our comprehensive offers for groups

  • flexible opening hours for groups – we will open earlier for you on request
  • diverse guided tour programme by trained guides and contemporary witnesses 
  • educational programme with additional material
  • conference room for visit preparation and follow-up
  • support in planning a thematic visit to Berlin

Make a group booking

Guided Tours of the Museum

Tour of the Museum

 

  Introduction Tour – 60 Min
 

Pupils
Students

regular

German €55 €60
Other languages €60 €65

Here, experienced guides give visitors a brief insight into the
most important topics related to everyday life in the GDR, from
»work« to »economy«.
 

Overview tour – 90 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €80 €90
Other languages €85 €95

In addition to an overview, the tour offers the opportunity to delve deeper into individual topics such as »public life«, »party and state« or
»life in a tower block«.
 

In-depth tour – 120 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €100 €110 
Other languages €105 €115 

During this tour, numerous topics of the permanent exhibition
are explained and illustrated in detail to the visitors. The group can
set individual priorities.

 

All prices are in addition to the entry price.

 

Combined Tours

Party and State

The DDR Museum is located in the former centre of East German power. A one-hour museum tour is followed by a further hour visiting the site of the former Palace of the Republic, the Council of State and the Headquarters of the Socialist Unity Party.

120 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €100 €110
Other languages €105 €115

 

All prices are in addition to the entry price.

The Karl-Marx-Allee boulevard

A one-hour tour of the DDR Museum is followed by a two-hour tour of East Germany‘s most prestigious boulevard. The residential buildings were meant to herald the triumph of Socialism, yet they are first and foremost a reminder of the workers' uprising of 17th June 1953.

180 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €140 €155
Other languages €145 €160

 

All prices are in addition to the entry price.

City Tours

Life in the capital of the GDR

Economic shortage, anti-Fascism and the niche society: This two-hour tour traces the everyday life of a lost world by visiting historical locations in Berlin.

120 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €105 €115
Other languages €110 €120

 

The Berlin Wall

This two-hour tour traces the path along the former death strip between West and East Berlin from Eberswalder Straße to Bernauer Straße.

120 Min
 

Pupils
Students

regular
German €105 €115
Other languages €110 €120

 

Opposition in the DDR

This two-hour tour takes groups through areas which were hotspots for opposition in the German Democratic Republic in the 1980s. Your guide will trace the origins of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989.

120 Min
 

Pupils
Students

regular
German €105 €115
Other languages €110 €120

 

The Uprising of 17th June 1953

This three-hour tour traces the events of the mass uprising in East Berlin on 17th June 1953 and takes its participants to the historical locations of protest and repression. The tour remembers the 55 victims who died for the cause of better working conditions.
180 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €130 €145
Other languages €135 €150

 

Berlin-Mitte

This four-hour tour through the centre of Berlin takes visitors to Unter den Linden boulevard, the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and other locations significant to the 20th century history of Berlin.

240 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €200 €220
Other languages €210 €230

 

120 minutes (on foot or with own bus)
  Pupils
Students
regular
German 150 € 160 €
Other languages 155 € 165 €

Talks

Contemporary witness talks

Please feel free to book a talk with a contemporary witness on site or online (Zoom etc.).

Talks by GDR contemporary witnesses offer a first-hand account of life in East Germany. Audiences can ask the speakers questions and gain a deeper appreciation of the unique quality of life in East Germany. We provide contemporary witnesses to speak on almost any aspect of life in the GDR. Popular topics include everyday life in the GDR, school life, work, oppositional activities and stasi imprisonment.

Contemporary witness talks are also available in a number of foreign languages.

60 Min
  Pupils
Students
regular
German €60 €70
Other languages €80 €90

 

90 Min
 

Pupils
Students

regular
German €85 €95
Other languages €105 €115

 

We offer guided tours in the following languages:

German, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish.

Further languages for both guided tours and contemporary witness talks are available upon request.

 

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Conference Room

  • Conference room for use before and/or after your visit to the exhibition, and for external use (e.g. seminars)
  • School groups booking a guided tour can use the visitor centre free-of-charge for an hour
  • 118m2
  • chair circle, U-form seating, semi-circular seating or seating in rows
  • large specialist library and a well-stocked media centre
  • state-of-the-art presentation and PA system