Museum Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The museum was founded in 1999 as the Heimatmuseum Marzahn (local history museum): it opened on September 11, 1999, in the former village school on the green of Alt-Marzahn. The two-story schoolhouse with the curved gable above the entrance had been built in 1912 to plans by Paul Tarruhn for around 90 children.

After the boroughs of Marzahn and Hellersdorf merged in 2001, the Hellersdorf holdings were added, and the museum went by the name Heimatmuseum, later Bezirksmuseum (district museum) Marzahn-Hellersdorf. For a long time the permanent exhibition was on view in a neighboring barn converted during the GDR era (Haus 2); it spanned the period from the first settlement around 11,000 years ago through the medieval green villages of Marzahn, Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf, Mahlsdorf and Biesdorf to the GDR prefab housing estates and the changes after 1990. This building closed at the end of 2025.

Today the Alte Schule shows changing special exhibitions and houses the collection storage as well as a regional history archive that is open for research by arrangement. At the same time, the museum is gradually moving into the Museumsgut at Alt-Marzahn 23, a former farmstead on the green that was restored from 2023 to 2025 with urban development funding. It opened at the end of August 2026 with an exhibition of everyday objects that residents have given to the museum. In 2027 a completely redesigned permanent exhibition is to follow there, which will also cover the district's history of migration; a new storage building on the site is planned.

Highlights

• Listed village school from 1912 on the green of Alt-Marzahn
• Special exhibition “Geschenkt. Erzählt. Bewahrt.” (Given. Told. Preserved.) with everyday objects and audio stations in the new Museumsgut
• Regional history archive on the district's history (use by appointment)
• Neighborhood tours through the green village of Marzahn, the Parkfriedhof cemetery and the GDR housing estate
• Open-air exhibition on the forced labor camp at Kaulsdorfer Straße 90 by the Wuhle

Permanent exhibitions

• Open-Air-Ausstellung Lager Kaulsdorfer Straße 90 – Eight information panels along the Wuhlewanderweg trail (near Bismarcksfelder Straße) commemorate the largest forced labor camp in what is now the district and the people who were forced to live there. Freely accessible.

Founded

1999

Operated by

Bezirksamt Marzahn-Hellersdorf von Berlin, Fachbereich Kultur

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission; only group tours are charged.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

According to the museum, all buildings are wheelchair-accessible, with sufficiently wide passageways and accessible restrooms; stairlifts or an elevator lead to the exhibition floors and event rooms. In the Museumsgut, all event rooms are accessible; the accessible restroom is in Haus 3. Staff will help if needed.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Family and children's workshops, including during the Kinderkulturmonat (depending on the program, for 5- to 12-year-olds, approx. 3 hours), as well as holiday programs for daycare and after-school groups; registration by email.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café

Small café in the front building of the museum estate (run with the partner association Agrarbörse Deutschland Ost e.V.); next door the ceramics barn "SchaMottchen" with pottery classes.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

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