Little Big City, Interactive museum in Berlin-Mitte, Germany
Little Big City is a museum that presents Berlin through about 3,000 miniature figures and 350 detailed buildings representing the city across different time periods. The exhibition shows the entire urban layout and how these places connect to tell a broader story.
The museum documents 750 years of Berlin's history, starting from early medieval settlements and how it grew as a trading city under Prussian rule. The displays continue through to the modern era, showing how the city fundamentally changed over time.
The miniature scenes capture how Berliners lived across different periods, from market days to street celebrations and the changing cityscape through their eyes. You notice in the details how people used their city and which places mattered to them.
The museum sits near Alexanderplatz and opens daily from morning until early evening for visitors. Those wanting to visit several nearby attractions can purchase combination tickets that cover multiple locations in the area.
Many visitors miss that you can activate various interactive elements during your visit, like starting miniature trains or lighting up specific scenes. These features add a hands-on dimension to the experience and let you bring parts of this world to life yourself.
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