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The Story of Berlin Review
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The Story of Berlin
- Address: Ku'damm Karree, Kurfurstendamm 207-208, Western Downtown, Berlin | Map It
- Phone: 030/8872-0100
- www.story-of-berlin.de
- Category: Museums/Galleries
- Location: Western Downtown
Fodor's Review:
Eight hundred years of the city's history, from the first settlers casting their fishing poles to Berliners heaving sledgehammers at the Wall, are conveyed through hands-on exhibits, film footage, and multimedia devices in this unusual venue. The sound of footsteps over broken glass follows your path through the exhibit on the Kristallnacht pogrom, and to pass through the section on the Nazis' book-burning on Bebelplatz, you must walk over book bindings. Many original artifacts are on display, such as the stretch Volvo that served as Erich Honnecker's state carriage in East Germany. The eeriest relic is the 1974 nuclear shelter, which you can visit by guided tour on the hour. Museum placards are also in English.
- Cost: EUR 9.80
- Open: Daily 10-8; last entry at 6
- Metro: Uhlandstr. (U-bahn)
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