German Museum of Technology

Loved this museum. There is so much to see and learn about the development of technology of the world. The computer science is unbelievable to see what a computer used to look like compared to the present, super big! Basically all the items we use everyday were gigantic back in the day. Their new building was the best part of the museum. It was very cool seeing all the different planes during the world wars, while looking at some other ships and even some water boat simulations, which were fun to watch and play. Overall, I had a great experience at this technology museum and highly recommend spending part of the day here!

Spent a good 3 hours looking around the museum. The new building has 4 floors first two boats and the other two planes. You have the two engine sheds and a huge model railway to look at, unfortunately not running on the day we visited. Other parts of the museum are informative and alot is in English. Easily accessible with lifts and ramps to get you around if you need them. We used our Berlin travel card that gave us 50% discount on entrance. We'll worth the visit.

Great experience. We went on a guided tour of 1 hour and we wanted more. There was so much to learn! They have tickets at the entrance but it is always better to buy tickets in advance especially for groups. You can choose the day and the time. Our group chose a tour in English and the guide was very kind and the information she gave was accurate and insightful.

An exceptional museum with superb exhibits and well thought out galleries. It was busy on the weekend we visited and booking in advance is reccomended. There is a cafe and free lockers for all parts. My advice is to take your time here, there is so much to digest and I really like the way it’s forward looking, in particular the annex with its examination of the way technology is going and how that relates to our lives. Highly recommended for a wet day or if you have children interested in the topic. Really good value with the Berlin Welcome Pass discount.

A wonderful museum full of fascinating exhibits for all ages! The variety is impressive — from early industrial machines to aircraft, trains, and space technology. My child especially loved the interactive sections and could spend hours exploring. It’s both educational and fun — definitely one of the best family spots in Berlin!

What an absolutely brilliant museum! It contains everything form a nerdy modelmaker. Thanks for all the creative Ideas you have presented to me! Personell was really attentive to what happens inside of the museum. Absolute recommendation!

Amazing museum and worth visiting for the amount of amazing stuff there is to see and learn about. Our favourite part was the transportation section. Everything is displayed and preserved in an amazing way. You learn a lot about industrial technology and this is one of the best museums in Berlin.

I visited this museum and I'm impressed. The museum is huge, full of historic trains, airplanes, ships, industrial machines and all kinds of technical exhibits. I highly recommend it, one of the most exciting and inspiring museums I’ve visited. A perfect spot for tech enthusiasts and anyone curious about how machines shaped our world.

Looks of stuff here - seems to be a bit of trek to get there My kids liked making their own FireWorks and oddly enough the section on pharmaceuticals Great car section and old technology

AMAZING!!! Took 2 hours to get through the museum. Very hands on so good for families or something to do on a rainy day. If in Berlin don't leave without stopping here. Avoid Sundays if you can, it gets fairly busy and crowded.

What a beautiful museum with all kinds of displays. Most description cards are in German and English. Allow at least 3-4 hours. They have a nice cafe too.

Definitely the coolest museum in Europe and right there with the Smithsonian as one of the best in the world. Fantastic exhibits in German and English. I am a marine engineer and I even gave an impromptu class on the steam ship engine room. The aviation wing was amazing. Full size exhibits throughout and enough interactive exhibits and scheduled demonstrations to keep everyone engaged and interested. Bilingual staff helpful and friendly. I know it might be a sensitive subject, but I wish there was more on WWII U-Boats. I could spend two days here exploring - I didn't have time to even enter the train section. The textiles wing was pretty boring, but other than that, what a fantastic place. For 12€ I can't recommend it enough. Walking distance from Potsdamer Platz. I can't wait to go back.

What a fabulous museum we found on our last day in Berlin! There are two buildings connected. We saw printing tools, paper making stuff, cameras and phones, plus. In the new building there were 4 floors of planes and ships. We spent about 3 hours there. Worth a visit if you're in Berlin!

Super interesting and lots of things to actually touch and not just look at! Will visit again

Hard to believe I've lived in Berlin as long as I have without making it here, but over the winter break I finally visited the German Museum of Technology. We took our son (3.5), specifically for the trains, as every once in awhile they take out their model trains and let kids help build the tracks and then operate the trains. He had fun being the conductor and then running around seeing all the big trains. Afterward, we headed to see the airplanes, and by the time we were done with that, it had been two hours and he'd hit his limit. However, one could easily spend the entire day here (we didn't even read any of the information because we were busy following our little explorer). We'll definitely be back again to check out the boats and cars, and a ticket here also gives you entrance to the Spectrum Museum, which sounds like a promising place for curious kids.

Go here if you are at all interested in planes or boats, which is what I saw on a 3 hour visit through the new building. It doesn't matter what age, there's something interesting for everyone. One of the best museums I've been to in recent memory. It would be better if you could read German, although I think they have English audio guides. Place seemed good for children as I saw many. I will definitely come back on my next Berlin trip, prepared to spend the day there. It's a huge place but they have a restaurant and a brewery (the former served good looking German food) so I'll have a place to take a proper break.

Deutsches Techinkmuseum is definitely one of my favorite museums in Berlin! What a great museum! It offer so much to see, even the whole day here it won't be enough time. This is a museum of science and technology, prefect for the intelligent people and curious souls to visit. It exhibits a huge collection of historical technical stuff, from the telephone, classics black and white teles, to the very fist computer. It also offer other industrial collections. The main thing here visitors shouldn't miss are their transport collections, form on the water, on the railway up to the sky, brilliant! And in each areas are really huge and full of details. I personally really like the plane and train area. The design of these two areas are amazing. You could go around the stuff. At the train area has many classics trains, you could even seen the beautiful details of the first class seats from the past. And when you walk out the room, you will realized that it was a train station ( at least they made it look like one), it's a train changing station. I find the rails across each other simply look awesome. The plane area even better, beside lots of cool planes around, there is one actually hang in the air and go through the building, looks pretty badass. It's allow to walk out here, when you standing at the balcony, you will have really great view of Berlin. It's great place to check out the city and take pictures. The staff here are also pretty nice, very helpful. The price of the ticket is totally acceptable. Well, I can surely tell you, it's definitely worth it. For me, I spent the whole day here, many things were really interesting and cool. I went there pretty early, at the end of the day, I still had some places didn't visit. It was a fantastic place to explore. And I sure will visit this place again. Thumbs up!

My kids liked making their own FireWorks and oddly enough the section on pharmaceuticals

If you're from the US and have been to the smithsonian in DC, then I'm not sure if there'd be much to wow the average museum visitor.

Let me preface this by saying that jet lag was kicking my arse when I walked into this place. So I didn't get to thoroughly enjoy it, sadly. However, what I saw on communication was very interesting. Not enough English translation though. They might have had an audio guide at the front but I don't remember (again, jet lag, my arse). I would definitely go back.

I love this cool museum. I can stay in there for hours and check it all out, and I'm not really that tech-savvy. But everything is so well explained here. And there's an outdoor picnic area.

I saw Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology) on Amazing Race and made a note to check it out during our trip this year. I've been to a lot of museums in Berlin, and although every one of them have been impressive, DT is one of the best I've seen. The museum exhibits a broad spectrum of old and new technology, and permanent exhibition include evolution of trains, planes, automobiles, boats, aerospace ... and so much more that we spent half a day there and didn't get to see everything. Also, it's well organized and easy to follow as most of the exhibits and explanations are in English and German. We could have easily spent an entire day there. It's definitely a great place for kids as well as those who are a kid at heart. The museum also has a great restaurant that serves Alsacienne specialties ... flammkuchen and apple strudel with vanilla sauce is a must!

Neat museum located in a little less crowded place of the city. Majority of the museum focuses on rail transporation vehicles of which quite impressive. I was suprised not to see anything on car making despite the legedary success of Germans in that area. Moreover I found the chemistry section little elemantary. The section on films and photography is extensive but not so exciting. All in all the museum is more suitable for a school visit. And if you are not really in to the engineering & technicality or you have very limited time in the city this place should be in the bottom of your list.

This museum is totally recommended in a world, where technology and science gets more complicated every minute and it's hard to understand how something works. This museum features a lot of great achievements of mankind in real life. There are a lot of trains, planes and boats as well as engines and so much more. Overall this museum is entertaining for children and adults. Everything is explained in a way, that everybody understands and the staff is friendly and helpful. Also this museum features a lot of hands-on-workshop for children (e.g. a jewellary production). If you are in Berlin and are interested in technology, it's a must-go. You will like it. If you are not interested in technology, you should better be. This is the chance, that will show you the fun.

This was the first museum on our list to visit in Berlin, as my husband is an engineer and loves to find out how everything works. It was really interesting for both of us even though I don't speak German (he does), although I would say about half of the exhibits are translated into English and half are not. There are exhibits on cars, ships, trains, planes, but also computers and computer science as well as pharmaceuticals and textile making. Definitely a good visit if you are an engineer or interested in mechanics and are in Berlin!

Good musium for kids, and also their parents. Kids can learn a lot here. However it's a little bit small.

This is one fantastic place to visit if you are in Berlin. There is no requirement to be technically minded, but only to be open minded about how the past has influenced the present, and ultimately the future. A living museum that wants you to be involved in what's going on. Yes, you can touch stuff to understand how it works. There are constant changes due to the policy of the museum to have special exibitions. I saw one of the best ever photographic exibitions about the development of the camera here. There's a great restaurant and bar on site for nice lunch and drinks. A very educational and civilised way to learn about all things historical from Berlin and Germany.

Stunning new building. However, virtually all exhibits are completely in German. Even for people with strong interest in German culture and society, it's impossible to learn anything new due to a language barrier. It's probably a lot better if you understand German. Since I do not, three stars it is.

Just like most of the girls I am not really interested in technical equipment until the moment it stops functioning. I guess, that's what museums usually collect. So I went there and you know what? I will go there again and again! The more so as the entrance only costs 4.50. First of all, they've managed to collect lots of beautiful things like old cars, trains, yachts, aircrafts Sure there are plenty of small copies of frigates and some other things that you can hardly store inside one building, but there are also some real boats, yachts, lots of planes, locomotives See the flying legend of the German aviation a real Tante Ju, or the replica of the Fokker triplane of the Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen. Secondly what normally bores me to death in the museums are the don'ts which is not the case in the 'Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin'. You are allowed to express your emotions, to take pictures with and without flash and touch lots of things! Like for example, there is a real steamboat where you can walk on the deck imagining yourself the old salt. Or there are drawers you can open to discover old pictures of pilots, their books and medals. Or walk along a wall with many pairs of glasses in it. Watch through them, see stereo pictures of the aristocrats gazing at the flying biplanes and feel like a child looking at the grown-ups through a crack in a fence. There is also a hall with many educational and entertaining games for kids. Take you time as the museum is huge and has enough things to keep you busy for the whole day.

As a physics major in college, I highly recommend this museum for anyone interested in mechanical engineering or technology. The museum features everything from jewelry design to an extensive collection of locomotives. In addition to the incredible collections on display, the museum features stunning architecture and design techniques that only add to the character of the exhibitions. A must-see for math, history, and science lovers visiting Berlin.

Great place to take your family and learn about the history of many machines. You can be there for 2 or 3 days.

A whole day isn't enough to visit this museum if you plan to see all trains, ships, cars, cameras, computers and everything else on display. Must-visit in Berlin.

For those interested in the history of Computing, the Konrad Zuse hall is not to be missed.

If you are a transport enthusiast, then this place is a must see. A worthwhile visit, even without the English explanations, because there is just so much to see (Most of the explanations are in German, but some parts have English translations). Everything from gigantic steam trains (one of the trains has space so you can go below it) to small machinery for jewelry making. Computers, textiles, pharmaceuticals. There are huge boats, real planes and even a wind turbine blade (which is unbelievably huge). Entrance ticket is 8 euro (if I remember correctly). Audio guides for main building exhibits are paid for when buying tickets as they are not included in the ticket price. Wheelchair/buggy accessible, but food/drink/backpacks are not allowed in the exhibit areas. There is a cloakroom (free) and storage lockers available inside. Overall, great exhibits! You could easily spend a day here so, make sure to spare plenty of time.

This museum is fantastic especially liked the train exhibits! My only regret is that I did not have more time to spend here!

The wildly underappreciated Museum of Technology (Deutsches Technikmuseum) is one of Berlin's best museums, and not only for kids and tech geeks. Jammed with everything from the first computers to entire planes, trains and automobiles (and U-Boats), the museum exhaustively, informatively and entertainingly presents the cultural history of technology. The current special exhibition (though Aug 2) asks: Is mathematics the language of nature, or a human invention? Good question!

Very nice museum.. I got fascinated with everything there.. you can find technology for everything.. from clothing, cameras, computer to aircraft, ships and even whole trains and etc.. You will have to spend a lot of time there as there are so many things to see.. I got a little bit tired at the end with so many information together, but anyway was nice..

Enjoyed the travelling and spent almost all day here. Definately worth to visit!! A bit more of english would be nice for strangers like me ,)

If you want to understand germany's technical culture, you may visit this place. Comprehensive and well structured, visit, look at and touch it. Yes, lots of the items are exhibited to understand their functional form, not only their look. You may spend a whole day in the museum and if you know german well enough, you could attend one of the lectures that come along with temporal exhibitions. I bet, you'll want to go back to it, like all my friends do.

you should bring a lot of time, if coming with kids. actually I would vote for 5 stars, unfortunately this time the Spectrum was closed for renovation