Stasi Museum, History museum in Lichtenberg, Germany
The Stasi Museum occupies House 1 of the former East German Ministry for State Security headquarters, featuring preserved offices and surveillance equipment displays.
The building served as the headquarters of Erich Mielke, Minister for State Security, from 1961 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
The museum exhibits document collection methods, surveillance technologies, and interrogation procedures used by the secret police during the German Democratic Republic period.
Tours in English and German run multiple times daily, with advance group bookings available through the museum's administrative office.
The second floor maintains the original ministerial offices with authentic furniture, telephones, and curtains from the German Democratic Republic era.
Location: Berlin
Inception: 1990
Official opening: 1990
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Operator: ASTAK e.V.
Address: Ruschestraße 103
Opening Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00-18:00; Saturday-Sunday 11:00-18:00
Phone: +49305536854
Website: http://stasimuseum.de
GPS coordinates: 52.51451,13.48748
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:40
Berlin has reinvented itself several times in its history, and these transformations remain visible across the city today. You can see Prussian palaces like Charlottenburg, the large dome of the parliament building, the Brandenburg Gate, and the museums on Museum Island, where ancient art from different periods is displayed. The memorial church stands next to modern shopping streets, and the television tower at Alexanderplatz marks the skyline above the city center. More recent history shapes the city just as strongly. The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse recalls the division, while the East Side Gallery along the river shows a painted stretch of the wall. The Holocaust Memorial, the Topography of Terror, and the Stasi Museum document the darkest chapters of the 20th century. The GDR Museum and the Palace of Tears offer a glimpse into daily life in the divided city. Between these serious places you find Tiergarten park, the zoo, and squares like Gendarmenmarkt, where you can simply sit and watch modern Berlin go by.
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