Das Minsk, Art museum in Brauhausberg, Potsdam, Germany

Das Minsk is a contemporary art museum on the Brauhausberg in Potsdam, housed in the former Minsk restaurant built between 1971 and 1977 to designs by Karl-Heinz Birkholz and Wolfgang Müller. The building's upper volume has white bands with a thin red stripe wrapped around dark glazing, above a projecting red-brick base with an open white-framed stairway. A pale grey upper facade with a band of small dark red tiles and a recessed glass strip sits above a glass entrance marked "DAS MINSK".

Planned in 1962 as part of a Brauhausberg ensemble with a swimming pool, the restaurant was delayed by rubble clearance and material shortages; architect Karl-Heinz Birkholz said its steel went to East Berlin's Palace of the Republic. Built 1971–1977 by Birkholz and Wolfgang Müller, it opened as the Belarusian restaurant Minsk, closed in 2000, and reopened as an art museum on 24 September 2022 after renovation by Hasso Plattner's foundation.

The museum presents works by artists from East Germany alongside contemporary creations, allowing visitors to experience them side by side. This arrangement lets you see how artistic approaches have evolved and changed over time.

The museum sits five minutes on foot from Potsdam main railway station and offers bicycle racks and wheelchair rentals. The on-site café allows visitors to take a break and enjoy refreshments during their visit.

The restaurant's interior was decorated with copper lamps and carvings in valuable Belarusian bog oak, while the ground-floor entrance and cloakroom had flamed marble. When the building closed, the Stadtwerke secured 256 objects, including an original table lamp and the bog-oak exterior signs; since 2023 these have belonged to the Potsdam Museum as a donation.