Wall Museum, History and military museum at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany

The Wall Museum – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie occupies the ground floor of a light grey building on Friedrichstraße, marked by a dark grey band with black capital letters reading "MAUERSHOP IM MAUERMUSEUM". Its entrance is labelled "EINGANG" in small yellow letters, and a green and white sign reads "Die Stadt steht kopf 3". The museum displays photographs, documents and escape apparatus from the Berlin Wall era, including hot-air balloons, getaway cars, chairlifts and a mini-U-boat.

The museum was founded in 1963, shortly after construction of the Berlin Wall began, and thus documents early escape and resistance stories from that period. The collection preserves authentic materials and testimonies from people who lived during Germany's division.

The place tells stories of people who lived in Berlin during the city's division and experienced the Wall firsthand. Visitors can understand how daily life for residents was shaped by this physical barrier.

The museum occupies the former Café Kölln rooms on Friedrichstraße, beside the reconstructed Allied control hut and its "You are leaving the American Sector" sign copy. The entrance is on the ground floor, marked "EINGANG"; the adjoining deconstructivist building by Peter Eisenman, built 1985–86 for the IBA 1987, is also used by the museum.

The museum's collection holds the death mask of Andrei Sakharov, given by his wife Elena Bonner, alongside Mahatma Gandhi's diary and sandals and the Charta 77 typewriter. These items belong to the museum's section on international non-violent protest, which it calls itself the first museum of.