What sport is and what significance sport has had for societies or individuals can be told as a story of spectacular events, enthralling emotions, fascinating or regulated bodies, as a story of emancipation, great successes or failure, as a story of belonging and community or as a story of exclusion. It is difficult to imagine a social history of modernity without sport. The Sportmuseum Berlin explores the significance and diversity of sport in Berlin, German and transnational history through research, education, collections and exhibitions. The museum sees itself as a dynamic space in which discussions are initiated and new forms of communication and exhibition practice are tested. The aim is to create a participatory, inclusive and diverse place where the history of sport can be experienced, researched and explored in all its richness and complexity.

The Sportmuseum Berlin is currently closed until the end of 2025 due to renovation work and preparations for the future permanent exhibition. Research in the library, photo library or archive as well as inquiries about the collection and incoming and outgoing loans are possible by prior arrangement in writing or by telephone at sportmuseum@seninnsport.berlin.de

The Sports Museum also includes the Wassersportmuseum in Grünau.