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

01.01.00 until further notice

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

01.01.00 until further notice

When a mutoscope (ca. 1900) is turned rapidly, it gives the viewer the impression of seeing a moving picture.

SDTB / U. Steinert

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!

01.01.00 until further notice Closed

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.

01.01.00 until further notice Closed

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

01.01.00 until further notice

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

01.01.00 until further notice

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.

Paper Technology

01.01.00 until further notice

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

01.01.00 until further notice

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!

01.01.00 until further notice Closed

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

01.01.00 until further notice

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

01.01.00 until further notice

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

01.01.00 until further notice

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

01.01.01 until further notice

Railroad vehicles are put on the right track by a turntable and brought into the Engine Shed, also called a roundhouse, through large gates.

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

01.01.01 until further notice

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

01.01.01 until further notice

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

01.01.11 until further notice

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 network

People, cables, data streams

09.09.15 until further notice

Sugars are everywhere! Trees and other plants are made of the polysaccharide cellulose.

SDTB / H. Hattendorf

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

26.11.15 until further notice

Rückenwind. Mehr Stadt fürs Rad.

© SDTB

Gearing Up

Toward the Bike-Friendly City

29.11.24 - 07.09.25

Photo of the Exhibition “The City Alive”, from the Series “Communicate”.

© Andreas Tobias

The City Alive

A Photographic Game of Encounters

06.03.25 - 27.01.26