The Berlin Wall Memorial (Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer) is the central memorial site of German division, located in the middle of the capital. Situated at the historic site on Bernauer Strasse, it extends along 1.4 kilometers of the former border strip. The memorial contains the last piece of Berlin Wall with the preserved grounds behind it and is thus able to convey an impression of how the border fortifications developed until the end of the 1980s.
On the border strip that had been located in East Berlin, an open-air exhibition uses the situation on Bernauer Strasse to explain the history of division. The memorial consists of the Monument in Memory of the Divided City and the Victims of Communist Tyranny as well as the Window of Remembrance. The grounds also include the Chapel of Reconciliation and the excavated foundations of a former apartment building whose façade functioned as the border wall until the early eighties.
The Visitor Center and the Documentation Center with a viewing platform are located on the other side of the street that belonged to the western part of the city. The exhibition “Border Stations and Ghost Stations in Divided Berlin” is shown inside the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station.
- Monday closed
- Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 - 18:00
The Documentation Centre and the viewing platform of the Berlin Wall Memorial are open again from Tuesday to Sunday between 10:00 and 18:00.
Open-Air Exhibition and Memorial Grounds all year round daily 8:00 - 22:00.
- 1. April 2024 regular
- 20. May 2024 10:00 - 18:00
- 26. December 2024 12:00 - 18:00
- 31. December 2024 12:00 - 18:00
Bernauer Straße 111/119, 13355 Berlin
+49 (30) 213085213
Free entrance
Exhibitions
Events
Berlin Wall Memorial
Bernauer Strasse after the Wall was built
Leadership
Guided Tour
Berlin Wall Memorial
Bernauer Strasse after the Wall was built - tactile tour
Touch guidance
Guided Tour
Berlin Wall Memorial
Overview tour in English
Guidance
Guided Tour
Berlin Wall Memorial
Children's tour: Who wants to become a "wall expert"?
Children's tour
Guided Tour
Berlin Wall Memorial
Overview guide in easy language
Guidance
Guided Tour
Berlin Wall Memorial
Ghost stations in divided Berlin
Guidance
Guided Tour
Digital
Tickets
Free entrance
Services
- Museum Shop
- Archive
- Diaper changing table
Accessibility
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Audioguides
In German, English.
For children and teenager.
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