The Sportmuseum Berlin developed from the preparatory work in East Berlin for the establishment of a national central sports museum of the GDR (1978-1990).
In 1995, it became an integral part of the City Museum Foundation and has been located in the Olympiapark Berlin since 1997. The Sportmuseum Berlin also includes the Wassersportmuseum in Grünau.

With more than 100,000 objects and a photo collection with around 1.5 million images, the museum has the largest sports collection in Germany. The library contains around 37,000 volumes of sports history literature spanning three centuries, including all German sports association journals in East and West Germany from 1945/46 to 1989.

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 education 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 from October 2024 by prior arrangement in writing or by telephone at sportmuseum@seninnsport.berlin.de

(Translated with DeepL)