Deutschlandmuseum, History museum at Leipziger Platz, Berlin, Germany
The Deutschlandmuseum is a private history museum at Leipziger Platz in Berlin-Mitte, opened on 17 June 2023. Its 1,400-square-metre permanent exhibition presents twelve epochs of German history, from the Varus Battle of 9 AD to reunification. Historians, game developers, graphic artists, educators, architects and designers built the interactive, immersive displays, including a reconstructed medieval battlement, a printer's workshop and a trench.
Historians, game developers, graphic artists, educators, architects and designers began planning the museum in late 2021. It opened on 17 June 2023, a date chosen to recall the events of 17 June 1953. Director Robert Rückel, who had designed the DDR Museum in 2006 and the neighbouring German Spy Museum in 2018, developed the concept with designer Chris Lange.
The twelve epochs run from the Varus Battle of 9 AD in a Germanic forest to reunification, taking in the Holy Roman Empire, Luther's Reformation, the Thirty Years' War, the Enlightenment and the Cold War. Rebuilt sets include a medieval battlement walk, a printer's workshop and a trench, with creaking castle floorboards, lifelike trees, a lit 1920s shopping arcade and an S-Bahn carriage.
The museum sits at Leipziger Platz in Berlin-Mitte, a short walk from Potsdamer Platz station and its S-Bahn and U-Bahn lines. The 1,400 m² permanent exhibition is a continuous walk-through of twelve epochs, so allow time to move through it in order. The route starts in 9 AD with the Varus battle and ends with Germany after reunification.
The opening date, 17 June 2023, deliberately echoes 17 June 1953, the day of the uprising in East Germany. Museum director Robert Rückel had previously designed the permanent exhibitions of the DDR Museum Berlin (2006) and the neighbouring German Spy Museum (2018).
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