District museum in Kreuzberg with free admission, covering urban development, migration and protest movements, with a historic print shop.
From June 11, 2026
Spread across two floors, the exhibition shows the stories behind street names in the district and how renaming debates, for example over colonial references, are being fought out today; part of a series in twelve Berlin districts.
The Kreuzberg Museum was founded in 1978 on the initiative of the Kunstamt Kreuzberg (district arts office) as a new kind of local museum focused less on traditional local lore than on everyday history and social change in the district. In Friedrichshain, the district cultural office set up its own district museum in the late 1980s.
After the two districts merged, their collections were also combined in 2004; since 2013 the museum has been known as the FHXB Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Museum. It is run by the district office (Bezirksamt). It is housed in a renovated former factory building on Adalbertstraße near Kottbusser Tor, which used to stand in a rear courtyard; after the neighboring buildings were demolished in the 1970s, it became freestanding beside a green space and received a glass elevator tower.
The museum sees itself as a forum and a memory for both parts of the district. Its topics include social movements, urban renewal and squatting, as well as industrial and migration history. It also has an archive with a library, the working print shop of Kreuzberg's last traditional letterpress printer, where printing projects with children also take place, and, since 2024, the historic pharmacy in the Bethanien, where Theodor Fontane worked as a pharmacist.
Admission is free.
| Children & teens | –Free admission |
|---|---|
| Seniors | –Free admission |
| Visitors with disabilities | –Free admission |
| Students & apprentices | –Free admission |
| Groups (10+ people) | –Free admission; groups of 10 or more please register in advance |
| Families | –Free admission |
Exhibitions, collection and events are free.
Step-free entrance via the glass tower, elevator (door width approx. 1 m) to all floors, wheelchair-accessible restroom in the basement. Exhibition texts also in Easy Language, media stations with video and audio.
The museum is located in a courtyard with a public playground. The printing workshop KINDERhandPRESSE works with daycare centers, schools, and initiatives from the district.
Kottbusser Tor · 200 m
U1, U3, U8 and bus 140 to Kottbusser Tor; bus M29 to Adalbertstraße/Oranienstraße.
No on-site parking at the museum.
No parking options in the immediate vicinity, and no accessible parking spaces either.
Entrance via a cobblestone inner courtyard; the courtyard gate sometimes has to be opened yourself.
Get directionsCoat racks in the exhibitions; three lockers in the bookshop on request.
The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Short guided tours on request; public guided tours as listed in the events program. KINDERhandPRESSE print workshop with projects for schools, daycare centers and local initiatives from the district (inquiries by email). |
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