DDR Museum

The DDR Museum is a museum located in the heart of Berlin. The museum is located in the former East German administrative area, just on the Spree River, opposite the Berlin Cathedral. The museum is Berlin's 11th most visited institution. Its display illustrates life in former East Germany (known in German as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR) in an up-close and personal manner. A hidden listening device, for example, gives visitors the impression that they are "under surveillance".

The museum debuted as a private museum on July 15, 2006. Private sponsorship is rare in Germany since museums are often supported by the state. The museum was received with some hostility from state-owned museums, who saw it as a potentially "suspicious" private museum and were afraid that it may be used to call into question public funding of museums in general. The DDR Museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award in 2008.

Location: Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1 Direkt an der Spree, opposite of Berliner Dom, 10178 Berlin Germany

Website: ddr-museum.de/en