Deutsches Historisches Museum

Umfortunatley when we went today, they are renovating the old building. So the new building had only ONE exhibit on immigrants. Very disappointing. Luckily admission was included in our Berlin Museum passes. Or it wouldn't have been worthwhile. And I think we were told renovation would last until 2025! I thought we would get the history of Berlin!!!!

Super important museum if you're interested in understanding...pretty much everything about Germany.

Disclaimer: I'm not a museum enthusiast and spent over 6 hours here. It's large and well organized.

Start on the upper floor and follow the chronology starting in 500 AD. Wander through a series of rooms that take you up to 1918. We spent 3 hours on that. After a lunch break, we went through years 1918 up to the end of the Berlin Wall. The museum closes at 6pm and we didn't quite finish.

Another feature is that we got to see how other world powers were interacting with Germany at various points in history.

Must see

Super important museum if you're interested in understanding...pretty much everything about Germany.
Disclaimer: I'm not a museum enthusiast and spent over 6 hours here. It's large and well organized

We spent about three hours at the museum today and it was well worth visiting. There's a HUGE amount of very detailed information (text) throughout the museum and therefore a visit entails a very serious outlook. Note that almost everything is translated into English.

There's also a good-sized restaurant - and although we didn't eat there, we looked at the bakery case; the (many) different varieties of cakes were *gorgeous* and really tempting-looking. Also, the bookstore has a *terrific* selection; especially photo books.

I have to say I highly enjoyed this museum. It gives a historical overview of Germany throughout the ages. There was a ton of material that we just didn't have enough time to devote to properly. The one draw back is that most of the text is in German with minimal English text. This isn't that surprising given it is in Germany, but you miss out on many of the nuances of the artifacts as a result. The collection is beautiful, and even with the minimal English text I still very much enjoyed it.

This museum feels like you are literally walking through time. It took me hours to go through this one (my feet weren't happy, but my brain was). The plaques have excellent descriptions of what you are seeing. It really is a good and thorough look at German history.

If you want to know how the Germans became Germans, this is the place to be!

The German History Museum contains an amazingly broad collection of artifacts (more than 7,000 objects) from German history (beginning in 500 CE)! It also has a special exhibitions hall and a cinema. The permanent exhibition - Germany History in Images and Artifacts - is HUGE and can take hours to explore! But it's a great museum to explore on any trip to Berlin!

Allow yourself time to stroll in this regal museum. You can just feel the history. Bonus: it has one of the best restaurants in Berlin, a feel from it like right out of the 40's. The best Marzipan cake ever and I had one of my best meals there in Berlin.
The store is fab also.
All else has been said...If you visit just one museum, it should be this one.
Footnote: do not expect good service at all in their restaurant...so you may to wave and act silly and make funny faces to get attention...too bad
It seems quite common to have sub par service in Berlin...oh well

I am surprised by my review 3 years ago. This time I found this museum to be very impressive- almost essential to obtaining an understanding of German history. This place is so packed with fascinating information that it took me 2 long visits to even get to the 18th Century!

Normally I get bored in museums when it gets to information I've kind of heard before but didn't hear all of it...but that didn't happen at all here. I was in here for at least an hour only reading the main parts (and then had to run to more museums) and talked to someone in my hostel who spent over 2 hours in here and then wondered where the time went.

Really good displays and they don't spend too much time on information you can find in other museums (i.e. the last 70 years) so they can focus more on the further away past. A lot of different aspects that you can interact with as well.

Another great deal in Berlin, as it is only 4 euro.