23 museums and exhibitions about everyday life in East Germany: wall units, Konsum stores, classrooms and two-stroke cars. Only places that are actually open make the list, and more are added all the time. Small museums often change their hours, so check their website or call before you go.
Berlin
- DDR Museum Berlin-Mitte Open in winter
Walk through a prefab apartment, try the Trabant driving simulator, open the cupboards and drawers. This is a hands-on museum.
Daily 9 am–9 pm, including public holidays.
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1, 10178 Berlin · Website: ddr-museum.de · Phone: 030 847123730 · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR Museum Depot Berlin-Marzahn Open in winter
The storage site of the DDR Museum, holding around 360,000 objects from everyday life in East Germany. Open since March 2025.
Open on selected days; book a time on the website.
Pyramidenring 10, 12681 Berlin · Website: ddr-museum.de · Updated: 11/2026
- Museumswohnung WBS 70 Berlin-Hellersdorf Open in winterFree admission
A three-room apartment from 1986 in a prefab block of the WBS 70 type, 61 square meters, furnished with furniture and household goods of the time.
Sundays 2–4 pm, except public holidays.
Hellersdorfer Str. 179, 12627 Berlin · Website: stadtundland.de · Phone: 030 68926438 · Updated: 11/2026
- Museum in der Kulturbrauerei Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg Open in winter
Permanent exhibition “Alltag in der DDR” (everyday life in the GDR) with original objects from the workplace, leisure time and the home.
Tue–Fri 9 am–6 pm, Sat and Sun 10 am–6 pm.
Knaackstr. 97, 10435 Berlin · Updated: 11/2026
- Checkpoint Charlie und Mauermuseum Berlin-Kreuzberg Open in winter
The best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin. The site on Friedrichstrasse is open to everyone. Next door, the Mauermuseum (Wall Museum) has told the story of the Berlin Wall since 1963, with escape cars and a hot-air balloon.
The site is accessible at any time. Mauermuseum daily 10 am–8 pm.
Friedrichstr. 43–45, 10969 Berlin · Website: mauermuseum.de · Updated: 11/2026
Brandenburg
- Museum Utopie und Alltag Eisenhüttenstadt Open in winter
Formerly the Documentation Center of Everyday Culture of the GDR. Permanent exhibition “Alltag: DDR”, plus a collection of around 170,000 objects from household goods to furniture.
See the museum for opening times.
Erich-Weinert-Allee 3, 15890 Eisenhüttenstadt · Website: utopieundalltag.de · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Geschichtsmuseum Perleberg Perleberg Seasonal
A Konsum (co-op store), a restaurant and a classroom, plus a large library.
April to November: Thu and Fri 10 am–1 pm, Sat 1–4 pm. Closed in winter.
Feldstr. 98a, 19348 Perleberg · Website: ddr-museum-perleberg.de · Phone: 03876 616393 · Updated: 11/2026
- Museum Utopie und Alltag, Kunstarchiv Beeskow Beeskow
An open storage site with art from East Germany: around 18,000 works made between 1950 and 1990, from oil paintings to tapestries.
Guided tours on fixed dates; see the museum for dates.
Frankfurter Str. 23, 15848 Beeskow · Website: utopieundalltag.de · Phone: 03366 417355 · Updated: 11/2026
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- DDR-Museum Dargen Dargen (Usedom) Seasonal
Mopeds and motorcycles, cars, a Minol filling station and a small living room.
Open Tue–Sun. Closed during Advent and from January to March; see the museum for dates.
Bahnhofstr. 7, 17419 Dargen · Website: museumdargen.de · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Museum Tutow Tutow Seasonal
Forty years of everyday life in a former cannery, with a rebuilt East German restaurant.
May to October: Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm.
Erlenweg 42, 17129 Tutow · Website: ddr-museum-tutow-mv.de · Phone: 039999 70557 · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Alltagsmuseum im Film-Palast Malchow Seasonal
In the former Film-Palast cinema of 1957: living rooms of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, plus toys, fashion and technology. Visitors may touch the exhibits.
Season from June to October, guided tours on request in winter. See the museum for opening times.
Kirchenstr. 25, 17213 Malchow · Website: ddrmuseum-malchow.de · Phone: 039932 18000 · Updated: 11/2026
- Ostrockmuseum Kröpelin Kröpelin Open in winter
Rock music from 40 years of East Germany: records, instruments, documents and memorabilia. Open since 2015, guided tours on request.
Open all year on several weekdays. See the museum for opening times.
Hauptstr. 5, 18236 Kröpelin · Website: ostrockmuseum.de · Phone: 038292 682 · Updated: 11/2026
- Zweiradmuseum M-V Jürgenstorf Open in winter
110 motorcycles and mopeds by MZ, Simson, Jawa, IWL and others on 300 square meters, including every 50 cc model built in Suhl from 1955 to 1990. The building also houses the Radhaus restaurant.
May to September: Wed–Sun 11 am–4 pm. October to April: Sat 11 am–4 pm.
Hofweg 10, 17153 Jürgenstorf · Updated: 11/2026
Saxony
- DDR-Museum Pirna Pirna Seasonal
A Konsum (co-op store), a kindergarten, a classroom and vehicles in former army barracks.
April to October: Tue–Thu, Sat and Sun. Closed from November to March.
Rottwerndorfer Str. 45 M, 01796 Pirna · Website: ddr-museum-pirna.de · Phone: 03501 774842 · Updated: 11/2026
- N'Ostalgie-Museum Leipzig Leipzig Open in winter
Around 30,000 objects from everyday life in East Germany, shown without labels on purpose.
Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm. Call ahead in January and February.
Nikolaistr. 28–32 (Steibs Hof), 04109 Leipzig · Phone: 0341 58063658 · Updated: 11/2026
- DDR-Museum Schwepnitz Schwepnitz SeasonalFree admission
A private collection from everyday life in East Germany.
May to October on the first Sunday of the month, 10 am–4 pm.
Ortrander Str. 25, 01936 Schwepnitz · Instagram: ddrmuseumschwepnitz · Updated: 11/2026
- August Horch Museum Zwickau Zwickau Open in winter
The Trabant exhibition in the town where the car was built: from the P 50 to the last one, which left the line in 1991.
See the museum for opening times.
Audistr. 7, 08058 Zwickau · Website: horch-museum.de · Phone: 0375 27173812 · Updated: 11/2026
- Schloss Wildeck: Motorradausstellung Zschopau Open in winter
The motorcycle exhibition “MotorradTRäume” with DKW and MZ machines in a former hunting lodge, plus the Rasmussen DKW collection.
Open all year. See the museum for opening times.
Schloss Wildeck 1, 09405 Zschopau · Website: schloss-wildeck.de · Phone: 03725 287170 · Updated: 11/2026
- Motorradmuseum Schloss Augustusburg Augustusburg Open in winter
A large motorcycle collection in a Renaissance castle, with an extensive display on DKW and MZ from nearby Zschopau.
Open daily all year. See the museum for opening times.
Schloss 1, 09573 Augustusburg · Website: augustusburg-schloss.de · Phone: 037291 3800 · Updated: 11/2026
- Museum für sächsische Fahrzeuge Chemnitz Chemnitz
Bicycles, motorcycles and cars from Saxony on 1,000 square meters: DKW, Wanderer, MZ, Diamant and smaller makes.
See the museum for opening times.
Zwickauer Str. 77, 09112 Chemnitz · Phone: 0371 2601196 · Updated: 11/2026
Saxony-Anhalt
- DDR-Museum Thale Thale Open in winter
Home life and everyday culture, arranged along a timeline.
Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm, Sat 10 am–4 pm.
Steinbachstr. 5a, 06502 Thale (6. Etage über dem Möbelhaus) · Website: ddr-museum-thale.de · Phone: 03947 65633 · Updated: 11/2026
- Haus der Geschichte Wittenberg Lutherstadt Wittenberg Open in winter
Rebuilt scenes of everyday life in Wittenberg in the 20th century, including a 1970s dance bar.
Open all year. See the museum for opening times.
Schlossstr. 6, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg · Phone: 03491 409004 · Updated: 11/2026
Elsewhere
- DDR-Museum Pforzheim Pforzheim Open in winter
A GDR museum in Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany, with a guided tour of the collection every Sunday.
Sundays 1–5 pm, guided tour at 2 pm. Groups by appointment.
Hagenschießstr. 9, 75175 Pforzheim · Website: pforzheim-ddr-museum.de · Phone: 07231 4243340 · Updated: 11/2026
No longer open
These museums still appear in some lists but have closed.
- Die Welt der DDR, Dresden: Closed in 2023; the collection was sold at auction.
- DDR-Museum Zeitreise, Radebeul: Closed in 2016. The collection moved to Dresden and was broken up there in 2023.
Hungry after the museum? Here are the GDR restaurants, with a map.
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