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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

17:00

  • 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

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+49 (30) 43 97 34 0

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Prices,

Admission price 12,00 €

At the till/ without online ticket € 13 (including 1 € service fee)

Don't fancy queuing? We generally recommend booking an online ticket, especially during the vacation season!

Reduced price 6,00 €

At the till/ without online ticket € 7 (including 1 € service fee)

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

Discounts are available to the following, with appropriate proof:

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Admission price

12,00 €

At the till/ without online ticket € 13 (including 1 € service fee)

Don't fancy queuing? We generally recommend booking an online ticket, especially during the vacation season!

Reduced price

6,00 €

At the till/ without online ticket € 7 (including 1 € service fee)

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

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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SDTB / C. Kirchner
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SDTB / C. Kirchner
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