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The central Museumsinsel area is home to many of Berlin's state museums. There's quite a few to get through, so allow a full day at least and visit the cathedral and the beautiful Lustgarten…
Berlin Tiergarten's Picture Gallery shelters a staggering collection of 13th- to 18th-century European art. A journey through its 72 rooms reveals masterpieces by Raphael, Titian, Vermeer and…
Pinakothek der Moderne in Maxvorstadt contains one of the world's greatest collections of 20th- and 21st-century art, with four major museums (art, graphics, architecture and design) under one…
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site is a reminder of recent German-Jewish history. Visitors view the remains of one of the first concentration camps built by the Nazis in the build up to…
Symbol of a once-divided city and former border crossing between East and West Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie now draws camera-toting tourists to its reconstructed guardhouse and soldiers' post in…
No trip to Bonn is complete without a visit to Beethoven's birthplace. Housing the largest Beethoven collection in the world, the Beethoven-House Bonn has been home to a commemorative museum…
Cologne's Roman-German Museum is home to an astounding collection of historic relics and cultural artefacts dating back to Roman times and the early Middle Ages. It is one of the most famous…
The Sprengel Museum Hannover houses an important collection of 20th-century art, with a special emphasis on classic modernity. The building's design aims to encourage a dialogue between the…
Berlin's Egyptian Museum houses objects recovered by the German Oriental Society at Amarna between 1911 and the outbreak of the First World War. The collection has been recombined after years…
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Comprising 2711 dark concrete slabs, the labyrinthine Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Tiergarten is Peter Eisenman's moving tribute to victims of the Holocaust. Dark, narrow…
The Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin boasts a collection of 19th-century art and a good range of 20th-century German pieces. The gallery also owns significant collections of French Impressionist…
The Story of Berlin isn't so much a museum, rather an interactive space where you can learn about the 800-year history of the people of Berlin. The main highlight is a tour through an original…
Berlin Wall Documentation Centre
Trace the city's divided history at the Berlin Wall Documentation Centre. Boasting an extensive collection of photographs, films and exhibits, the centre documents both the events surrounding…
One of the grandest works by neo-classical master architect Karl-Friedrich Schinkel, the Altes Museum on Museumsinsel (Museum Island) has housed Berlin's Collection of Classical Antiquities…
Berlin's Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection focuses on Surrealist works, including famous pieces by big names like Goya, Dalí and Max Ernst. The Surreal Worlds collection displays more than 250…
Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum
The Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum is Hanover's oldest public museum. Its eclectic collection includes paintings dating from the 12th to the 20th centuries, a natural history section with a…
Daniel Libeskind's zinc-clad edifice in Kreuzberg houses the Jewish Museum, evoking a broken Star of David. Tunnels lead to the bare concrete Holocaust Tower, Menashe Kadishman's Shalechet…
Stuttgart's Mercedes Benz Museum showcases the history of the car since its invention. Built along a curvaceous and layered design, it houses the 300 SL prototype and the legendary racing car…
Berlin's Natural History Museum in the Mitte district showcases 30 million zoological, paleontological and mineralogical specimens, and is the biggest of its kind in Germany. The highlight of…
It may have been Liverpool's Cavern Club where they made their name, but it was the bars and cellar clubs on Hamburg's famous Reeperbahn nightlife strip where the Beatles first played. Relive…
