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This image shows the great diversity of historical and modern communication devices, from a 19th-century pointer telegraph to a smartwatch of today.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
A wall-size display case composed of rectangular sections, some large and some small. Each section features communication devices from various ages. The back of the display case is bright blue.
The CONNECT exhibit focuses on the users of communication and information networks.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
There is a circular bench in the middle of the CONNECT exhibit. Glass panels with life-size human figures on them are arranged around it. There is a graphic of a world map on the floor in the middle of the circle.
How will the weather be tomorrow? The WEATHER exhibit deals with the collection and analysis of weather data.
SDTB / U. Steinert
A view of the WEATHER exhibit, with a large white weather antenna in the foreground.
Datenkrake „Otto“, 2008
© SDTB / Foto: C. Kirchner
Datenkrake „Otto“, 2008 © SDTB / Foto: C. Kirchner
Illustration zur Ausstellung „Das Netz. Menschen, Kabel, Datenströme“
© SDTB / Grafik: polygraphdesign.com
Illustration zur Ausstellung „Das Netz. Menschen, Kabel, Datenströme“ © SDTB / Grafik: polygraphdesign.com
Modem MicroLink aus dem Besitz eines Netzaktivisten, 1990er-Jahre
© SDTB / Foto: C. Kirchner
Modem MicroLink aus dem Besitz eines Netzaktivisten, 1990er-Jahre © SDTB / Foto: C. Kirchner

How do information and communication networks work? How do they change our everyday lives? And: Why do we actually network? With many exhibits, the exhibition shows how we realize our desire for networking. These include, for example, the desk telephones from the Ballhaus Resi in Berlin-Neukölln, the first transatlantic cable that made telegraphy between the USA and Europe possible in 1858, or the modem that activists used to circumvent the state internet block during the 2011 "Arab Spring" in Egypt.

With many "hands-on" stations to explore and try out, the exhibition explains how network technologies work and how we use them. The historical background of today's technology also always plays a role: whether it's smart toilet seats or the online game "Modem Wars". We also ask who produces and controls knowledge, and which data octopuses are greedy for our data. And who would have thought that a GPS-controlled military drone is a distant relative of the good old carrier pigeon? Themed islands such as MAPS, OFFICE, HOME or SHOPPING illuminate the role of technology in different areas of our lives over 1,600 square metres of exhibition space. And if you like even more technology, you are invited to take a tour with the mobile museum robot Tim, which guides you to the most important exhibits.

Opening hours,

  • Monday closed
  • Tuesday-Friday 09:00 - 17:30
  • Saturday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
Last entry

16:00

Please book your ticket online. Since there are only a small number of tickets for sale at the cashier desk at Trebbiner Straße, we strongly recommend booking online tickets to avoid long waiting times.

Please note our current visitor’s information and hygiene regulations. We are looking forward to your visit!

  • 1. January 13:00 - 18:00
  • 24. December closed
  • 25. December closed
  • 26. December 10:00 - 18:00
  • 31. December closed

Location,

German Museum of Technology
Trebbiner Straße 9, 10963 Berlin

Telephone,

+49 (30) 43 97 34 0

Fax,

+49 (30) 43 97 34 0

Website,

technikmuseum.berlin/aus…

Prices,

Admission price 8,00 €

Admission is free for those under 18 and up to the completion of regular schooling.

Reduced price 4,00 €

Discounts are available to the following, with appropriate proof:

Students

Unemployed persons

Severely disabled persons (from 50%)

Recipients of social welfare

Recipients of benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz)

Federal volunteers and those doing voluntary military service

Berliners with the berlinpass and berlinpass-BuT

Groups from institutions for the disabled

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Admission price

8,00 €

Admission is free for those under 18 and up to the completion of regular schooling.

Reduced price

4,00 €

Discounts are available to the following, with appropriate proof:

Students

Unemployed persons

Severely disabled persons (from 50%)

Recipients of social welfare

Recipients of benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz)

Federal volunteers and those doing voluntary military service

Berliners with the berlinpass and berlinpass-BuT

Groups from institutions for the disabled

Group ticket

From 10 persons per person, regular: 5,00 €, reduced: 2,00 €.

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The “Elektropolis Berlin” exhibition focuses on the transition to the Communication Age.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
A view of the Telecommunications exhibition. There are several glass display cases containing radios. In the middle there is a model of the “Vox Haus” building.

Communications Engineering

At the age of 26, engineer Konrad Zuse developed the world’s first computer in his parents’ living room, in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district. His aim was to automate tedious statics calculations.
SDTB / N. Michalke
Two women and a man bend over a large glass display case in which the Z1’s mechanical arithmetic unit can be seen.

Computer Science

When a mutoscope (ca. 1900) is turned rapidly, it gives the viewer the impression of seeing a moving picture.
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A girl looks into an illuminated case and turns a crank. Display cases with exhibits are in the background.

Film Technology

Unfortunately, the exhibition is currently closed. We ask for your understanding!

The heart of the brewery is the brewhouse, featuring a brewing kettle and lauter tun.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
At the heart of the Historical Brewery is a large copper kettle with a massive pipe rising from the top.

Historic brewery

The Historic Brewery is only open for guided tours.

At the jewelry table, individual jewelry parts are worked by hand. The steps include sawing, carving, drilling, filing, and soldering.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
Between two yellow display cases containing a variety of objects, a table with numerous jewelry tools can be seen. There is a woman sitting at the table, working.

Jewellery production

The Historical Machine Shop displays typical metalworking equipment from around 1900.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
A view of the Historical Machine Shop, featuring several metalworking machines. Mounted to the ceiling are the line shaft and the various wheels and belts that transmit power from the steam engine to the machines.

Machine Tools

The paper testing machine does not make individual pieces of paper but rather one long continuous sheet.
SDTB / C. Musiol
A view of the Papermaking exhibition. There is a machine several meters long in the foreground. Sheets of paper hang from the ceiling. Images and texts can be seen on the wall.

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The first handheld cameras. The exhibition “The Fascination of the Moment” focuses on the development of photography.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
A large display case made of dark wood shows various historical cameras with wooden bodies. A few black-and-white photographs hang in the background.

Photo technology

What kind of work is done in a chemistry lab? The instruments on display illustrate various procedures such as the distillation, filtration, and extraction of chemical substances.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
There are several display cases on a table. They contain various instruments from a chemistry laboratory, including pipettes, a Liebig condenser (used for distillation), a centrifuge, and a microscope.

Pills and pipettes

Unfortunately, the exhibition is currently closed. We ask for your understanding!

Drei Wandvitrinen zeigen viele verschiedene Objekte: Bücher, Werkzeuge und Matrizen.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
Three wall display cases exhibit many different objects, including books, tools, and matrices.

Printing technology

This 1928 Würker embroidery machine with three heads is controlled by a punch card. All three of its heads embroider the same pattern.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
Overhead view of a large, historical embroidery machine. It has a punch card wound on a spool and three heads, each with thread of various colors and an embroidery frame.

Textile Technology

Holländermühle im Museumspark im Herbst. Die umliegenden Bäume sind leicht gelb und braun gefärbt.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
The smock mill in the Museum Park in the autumn. The leaves of the surrounding trees are light yellow and brown.

Wind energy in the museum park

The Bücker Bü 131 was one of the first aerobatic planes. It is still one of the best-known.
SDTB / H. Hattendorf
A large yellow airplane hangs nose-up in the atrium of the New Building. There are other airplanes and gliders hanging in the background.

Aerospace

Each suitcase tells the story of a journey. As new means of transportation were developed, suitcase design changed accordingly. In the 19th century, suitcases got flatter to make them easier to stack on trains.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
A tall stack of historical suitcases in various shades of brown and black. Most of the suitcases are leather, but some are made of wood or hardboard.

Case production

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SDTB / C. Kirchner
The gate to the Engine Shed, or roundhouse, is open, and a red compartment car is half inside. In the background, the Shed’s curved wall, a chimney, and a water tower can be seen.

Railway

The splendid wood carving on the Swedish VASA, from 1628, shows that ships were also intended to be monumental objects and expressions of power.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
There are three children standing on a platform behind a display case, looking at a large, detailed model ship. A woman stands behind them.

Shipping

The motto of the Road Transport exhibition is “On the Move.” Its diverse exhibits illustrate the cultural history of mobility.
SDTB / C. Kirchner
View of the Road Transport exhibition, featuring a historical white convertible, a horse and buggy, and a ceiling installation made of various wooden wheels.

Road traffic

Sugars are everywhere! Trees and other plants are made of the polysaccharide cellulose.
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A young woman walks through the “Sugars and Beyond” exhibition. On the ceiling there is a large, backlit photograph showing the green canopy of a forest. On the floor there is a section of a poplar tree trunk.

All sugar!

Food - Material - Energy

Das Key Visual zur Sonderausstellung "Projekt Lightspeed".
BioNTech / C4
Das Key Visual zur Sonderausstellung "Projekt Lightspeed".

Lightspeed project

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A group of tourists stands in a melting icescape. The image shows people posing for photos in different locations. Black soot has settled on many places in the icy terrain, making the ice look dark. In the foreground, there a large puddle of meltwater.

Signs of Change

Landscapes of a Warming Planet

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SDTB / Illustration: Studio Neue Museen
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Thin ice.

Come along on a climate expedition!

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