Deutsches Spionagemuseum

Om museet

Journalist Franz-Michael Günther developed the idea for a spy museum starting in 2004, initially for the Villa Schöningen at the Glienicke Bridge, where agents were exchanged several times during the Cold War. That plan fell through, but Günther spent years building a collection and examined various locations in central Berlin until, in 2014, he chose Leipziger Platz – a site where the Wall once ran.

The privately funded Spy Museum Berlin opened in a converted office building on September 19, 2015. After financial difficulties and the insolvency of the first operating company, a new team led by Robert Rückel, founder of the DDR Museum, took over in July 2016 and reopened it as the Deutsches Spionagemuseum (German Spy Museum), with lower prices and a stronger educational focus.

Between 2018 and 2019, the permanent exhibition was fundamentally revised and supplemented with numerous interactive stations. Covering around 3,000 square meters, it ranges from secret writing in antiquity through the world wars and the Cold War, with Berlin as the “capital of spies,” to big data and cyber espionage. In 2020, the museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award; in 2023 it welcomed around 441,000 visitors.

Højdepunkter

• Original Enigma cipher machines
• Concealed spy weapons such as a lipstick pistol and a pipe pistol
• Laser maze with several difficulty levels
• Stasi spy Trabant with infrared camera
• Original props from James Bond films
• Lie detector and more than 30 interactive stations

Permanente udstillinger

• Dauerausstellung zur Geschichte der Spionage – A journey through time from ancient secret writing through the world wars and the Cold War in Berlin to today’s surveillance and data collection, with original spy equipment and many hands-on stations.

Grundlagt

2015

Ejer

Deutsches Spionage Museum DSM GmbH

Ledelse

Robert Rückel (Geschäftsführer)

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 441.000 (2023)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Dynamic, demand-based pricing: online regular €8–18.50, reduced €6–13.50 (the minimum prices are listed, shown as “from …”); booking early is cheaper. Timed tickets are also available at the ticket desk, subject to availability.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

Exhibition on two floors; the elevator can only be used when accompanied by staff. Accessible restroom in the shop area. Certified “Barrierefreiheit geprüft” (Reisen für Alle): accessible for visitors with walking impairments, partially accessible for wheelchair users. Tours for people with walking impairments by appointment. Assistance animals allowed.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familierAnbefales fra 8 år

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Interaktive stationer
• Børnefødselsdage

Recommended for ages 8 and up, though according to the museum younger children can also discover plenty. Numerous hands-on stations, including a laser maze, a spy lab with invisible inks, Morse code and cipher stations, a bug hunt, and a dress-up corner. Children’s birthday parties as guided spy training with a spy ID card.

Transport & parkering

EV fast charger in front of the entrance.

Service & spisesteder

• Café
• Restaurant: findes ikke
• Museumsbutik
• Opbevaringsskabe

Café in the museum shop with snacks and drinks; numerous deposit lockers. Dogs only in a carrier.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Firmaarrangementer

Exclusive rental for corporate events: meetings in the “Global Operation Room,” conferences in the cinema, dinners in the shop, receptions in the exhibition. Contact: events@deutsches-spionagemuseum.de.

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