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Welcome to one the most interactive museums in the world!
The
DDR Museum is an unique and specific museum and one of the most-visited
museums in Berlin. Specific because of three main reasons.
The topic_____
The DDR
Museum is the only museum which concentrates on everyday life in the
GDR. We don't only show the crimes of the State Security or the border
defences at the Berlin Wall but we display the life of the people in the
dictatorship: Maybe you know the spreewald pickles, nudism beaches and
the Trabi - the rest of the life in this socialist state is unfamiliar
to most of the people in the world.
The concept_____
A hands-on
experience of history - the DDR Museum is not an exhibition to regard,
but the visitor has to take part, to handle the exhibits and to look
behind drawers and doors. For this reason we are one of the most
interactive museums in the world - not the least point which nominated
us for the European Museum of the Year Award 2008.
The institution_____
The DDR
Museum is privately financed to one hundred percent. We don't spend one
cent of public money and achieve no aid money. We finance probably as
the only museum in Germany to one hundred percent from the entrance fees
of the visitor. Visitor orientation is not only a headword, but the
guideline for our work. Thereby the DDR Museum has become one of the
most visited museums in Berlin only one year after the opening. Text © DDR Museum
DDR Museum
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