Berlin is home to almost 200 museums, ranging from the independent and quirky to the vast and world-renowned. The five Unesco ...

Initiated 200 years ago, Museum Island was in ruins after World War II. The UNESCO World Heritage site was reborn thanks to a master plan. Berlin's Museum Island uniquely encapsulates Germany's modern ...

BERLIN — One Saturday morning in February, about 100 protesters marched loudly through Berlin’s streets to the Humboldt Forum, a new museum rising beside the River Spree. Wrapped in scaffolding, the ...

The opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum comes with renewed calls for the restitution of the famous Nefertiti bust, which has been in Berlin since 1913.

In the year that Berlin's best loved sausage, the Currywurst, celebrates its 60th Birthday a new museum showcasing the cult snack will open in the capital this weekend. The Currywurst Museum, which ...

The origins of the pretzel are as twisted as its signature knot. Sonja Hart, director of the Pretzel Museum in Erdmannhausen, Germany, described the conflicting creation stories that ignite debate ...

Through the cold winter months, Berlin's museum directors have been custodians of silence. With doors closed to visitors due ...

Auf einmal gilt alles als "bildwürdig" Neuerungen hätten auf zwei Ebenen stattgefunden: "Einmal ist es der maltechnische Fortschritt, dass man weggeht von diesen spiegelglatten, langweiligen, ...

Adolf Hitler is not dead yet. He spoke this week in Berlin’s Zeughaus Museum, commemorating Nazi Germany’s Heroes’ Memorial Day. There was no doubt that the voice was Hitler’s; but it was a different ...

A new exhibition at the country’s national history museum examines the strong feelings stirred by its most famous 19th-century composer. By Ben Miller BERLIN — Few composers inspire such a mix of ...