Things to do in Potsdam

The Alte Nationalgalerie is an art gallery located in Berlin, Germany. It can be found in the UNESCO recognized Museum Island complex, and showcases a beautiful collection of Neoclassical, Romantic, and Impressionist artwork.

The Neues Museum reopened in 2009, after extensive renovations. Since then, it has attracted more than a million visitors per year. It houses two major collections.

Designed by Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind, the Jewish Museum Berlin is one of the German capital's most iconic buildings. More than a repository of Jewish cultural history (although it certainly is that too), the building's startling architecture and design are central to the museum experience itself. The place is full of symbolic spaces that reflect the lived reality and history of German-Jews.

Ascend Berlin's skyline for unmatched city views from the iconic tower

The Neue Nationalgalerie at the Berlin Kulturforum is a world-class architectural icon from the mind of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), built to house 20th-century art. A major refurbishment was carried out during the late 2010s to bring the ‘60s-era building up to modern standards. The column-free “universal space” is a classic of modernism and serves as the perfect location for works from European and North American masters like Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Francis Bacon, and Andy Warhol, amongst many others. Some of the museum’s most famous works are Potsdamer Platz by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, The Skat Players by Otto Dix, and Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV by Barnett Newman. A rotating calendar of special exhibitions also takes place in the Neue Nationalgalerie, so keep an eye out for their latest offerings.

Cruise through Berlin and see a new side of the German capital

Interactive museum of optical illusion and modern art. The new DeJa Vu Museum offers a wide range of exhibits for all ages on approximately 1000m² on two levels. As one of the largest museums in Europe, it includes diverse exhibits that can be divided into different categories: Digital exhibits Physical exhibits Optical exhibits Interactive exhibits Permanent exhibits

This highly interactive museum lets visitors feel what it was like to live behind the wall - in the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). It chronicles, via video and film, daily life as it was under Communism. The museum also includes hundreds of ways to help you experience life behind the iron curtain, including watching East German TV shows, being 'bugged', voting in a (rigged) election and taking a (simulated) car ride in an iconic Trabi.

Be immersed in several ancient civilizations, including Greece and Babylon

Featuring some of the world's most well-known glares, stares, smiles, and raised eyebrows, Berlin's Madame Tussauds features celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio or Marlene Dietrich, as well as poignant historical figures including Karl Marx, Anne Frank, Bertolt Brecht, and Angela Merkel.

Illuseum Berlin is a family-friendly museum of beguiling optical illusions, sense-defying physics exhibits, and interactive trickery all rooted in science. It is located in the center of Berlin – or is it?

Located in an 1840’s neo-renaissance building that was once a rail terminus, Hamburger Bahnhof is, by all accounts, an impressive venue. It's the perfect place for an art-lover to while away an afternoon.

Explore life-sized reconstructions of Greek and Roman architectural monuments

The Berlin chapter of the international science exhibition sensation BODY WORLDS takes you on a voyage of discovery beneath the surface of the skin. The aim of the exhibition is to give visitors an understanding of what the human body's inner workings can tell us about ourselves and our lives, and how under the skin, people of all cultures and ethnicities are fundamentally the same.

Discover Berlin with an interesting walking tour

See the best of Berlin on a bus tour of the city

Blur the boundaries between real and virtual

The Gemäldegalerie is an art gallery located close to the south-east corner of the Großer Tiergarten in Berlin. The museum houses the major works of the Berlin State Museums, including a number of masterpieces from the 13th-18th centuries by German masters. The nearest station is U Potsdamer Platz.