Schwules Museum

The Schwules Museum is an absolute gem in Berlin! The exhibitions are beautifully curated, informative, and exceptionally well-presented. The curator has done an outstanding job creating such interesting and thought-provoking displays. The location itself is fantastic, and there’s a small bookshop with a great selection that’s definitely worth browsing. Plus, the café is a lovely spot — not only does it look great, but the coffee tastes amazing too! This is exactly what Berlin needs — a space that’s both meaningful and enjoyable. Highly recommend visiting!

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to this museum. It offered fascinating insights into LGBTQIA+ history, covering topics such as sex work and its cultural context. The exhibits were incredibly informative. I visited here on a Museumssontag so it was free entry.

Wonderful museum! "Fabulous" exhibitions! Super friendly staff! Good & reasonably-priced wines! ❤️❤️❤️

Best museum experience ever! I teach university courses on education and gender and sexuality. This was one of the best learning moments of my life. I highly encourage folks to visit if they’re in town. A great, intersectional series of exhibits.

Amazing queer museum! Had lots of content to read about in English,German, and I think a few other languages. A lot of the museum involved a ton of reading with a few art pieces and mostly pictures and articles. I wouldn’t expect to see tons of art made by queer people. All in all I think as a queer person it was a great experience being able to go and learn more about my community.

Visited for the second time and enjoyed the exhibitions. The exhibitions differ in quality, but for such a small museum I'm really impressed with what they offer, both history and art exhibitions. They might benefit from a permanent exhibition about German/Berlin LGBTQIA+ history as you can read a lot of reviews complaining about this. However when you visit multiple times, you will definitely get to appreciate the temporary exhibitions they do more. Super exciting to see completely different exhibitions when you visit a second time. They also have a small cafe with a cute terrace in the courtyard where you can enjoy some drinks.

While we were there, there was an amazing temporary exhibit on sex worker and trans history (which got extended). All too often do queer orgs forget about the crucial contributions of sex workers and trans people. But not here. The people who are complaining about this in the reviews need to read a book on queer history. Amazing work! And not easy to dig up from the archive. Truly important and timely. This queer historian from Australia is proud.

This museum is a must. Really love their queer disability exhibition. Can’t wait to return on another visit. They clearly put a lot of thought and detail into their curating. And don’t forget to try out the cafe before you go