The Museum in the Kulturbrauerei is a museum of contemporary German history. The permanent exhibition focuses on everyday life in the

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. It is located in the Kulturbrauerei building complex in

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district (Borough of

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) in

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. The subject of the permanent exhibition presented by the Museum in the Kulturbrauerei is "Everyday life in the GDR". It shows the complex tension between the expectations of the political system and the real living conditions of the people in the GDR. The Industrial Design Collection brings together products, posters, archive materials and photographs to document the history of design and culture in everyday life in the Soviet Occupied Zone/

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. The exhibition consists of around 800 original objects as well as over 200 documents, film and sound recordings and biographical reports. The Museum in the Kulturbrauerei opened its doors for visitors in November 2013. It is located in the former Schultheiss brewery, which is now a listed site. The Foundation

Haus der Geschichte Haus der Geschichte (officially ''Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'', i.e. "House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany") is a museum of contemporary history in Bonn, Germany. With around one million visitors ever ...

der Bundesrepublik Deutschland developed this historical building for a modern museum. Admission is free. The museum offers a free audioguide to the permanent exhibition in English, German, Spanish, French and Italian. Alltagszenen-Museum-in-der-Kulturbrauerei.jpg, Scenes of everyday life in the permanent exhibition of Museum in the Kulturbrauerei Trabi-mit-Dachzelt-Museum-in-der-Kulturbrauerei.jpg, Trabi with a roof tent in the permanent exhibition of the Museum in the Kulturbrauerei Brigadetagebuch-Innenseite-Museum-in-der-Kulturbrauerei.jpg, Page from a diary of a work group ("Brigade") Museum-in-Kulturbrauerei-Aussenansicht.jpg, Exterior view of Museum in the Kulturbrauerei at Prenzlauer Berg

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Free Audioguide (de, en, es, it, fr)

Kulturbrauerei website
(German) {{Authority control Museums in Berlin History museums in Germany Buildings and structures in Pankow

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