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NEED TO KNOW
Tickets
Admission to many museums and memorial sites is free. Major museums that do
charge admission include the Jüdisches Museum, Deutsches Historisches Museum,
Mauermuseum, Story of Berlin and Schloss Cecilienhof.
Opening Hours
Core museum hours are 10am to 6pm, with a number of major venues open until at
least 8pm.
Closed Monday: Märkisches Museum, Ort der Information, Schloss Cecilienhof,
Deutsch-Russisches Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Tränenpalast.
Closed Wednesday: AlliertenMuseum.
Although the Sachsenhausen camp grounds are open on Mondays, most exhibits are
closed.
Tours
Schloss Cecilienhof and the Stasi Prison can only be seen on guided tours (no need to
prebook). Call or check the websites for timings of English tours.
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Deutsches Historisches Museum Charts German history in the European context from the
Middle Ages to the present in a former Prussian armoury.
Jüdisches Museum Daniel Libeskind's contorted building is a striking backdrop for this
thorough survey of the history and cultural heritage of Jews in Germany.
Topographie des Terrors Gripping examination of the origins of Nazism, its perpetrators and
its victims on the site of the SS and Gestapo headquarters.
Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer Indoor-outdoor multimedia exhibit vividly illustrates the his-
tory, physical appearance and impact of the Berlin Wall.
Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum No book or movie comes close to the emotional im-
pact of actually standing in a concentration camp.