Wall Museum - Checkpoint Charlie

Really interesting for the history but otherwise badly displayed and needs refreshing. The sequence didn’t make a lot of sense, I still have a lot of questions about the division of Berlin. The languages format isn’t great. It is a shame because there are some really cool original items on display. It was €18.50 for the tour which is a lot, especially compared to other museums in Berlin!

Phenomenal. HUGE museum. First floor very small but the second level is absolutely massive. It would take you 12 hours to read everything. Amazing museum. It honestly has so many genuine artifacts in it it’s astonishing. Don’t forget to take your antidepressants before going though! After 2 hours and reading all of the stories, I felt my body getting heavier, starting to become filled with grief. I couldn’t take anymore for one day. The history of Berlin is filled with such brutality and this museum only covers the Soviet rein during the era of the Berlin Wall. We’re not even talking about the Nazi rein before it. The human race is despicable. But I suppose museums like this are important to ensure good people remember so that they resist such things happening again.

Checkpoint Charlie is a piece of history and worth a visit. Long line of visitors waiting to have their photo taken outside the replica checkpoint makes it feel over touristy. Worth taking time to walk round the square and read the history but didn’t go to the museum having read other reviews. There is a remaining piece of the wall in the corner by the museum but it’s rather sad and tatty. Large shop full of tourist souvenirs but didn’t go inside as again aimed purely at tourists.

A great museum. Way bigger than expected, and almost TOO much information, by brain was boggled. But extremely good and moving, very very interesting. 4 * because despite being good the entry price would be better slightly cheaper, it’s a bit much for what you get.

Absolutely massive museum. You could definitely spend a whole day here. It's filled to the brim with stuff, and its so big that I got lost multiple times.

Poignant checkpoint with a lot of history, from 1945 to 1989, of a once divided city and divided continent. It is also a remnant and reminder of how the American influence zone was a liberated, free democratic zone where a lot of people wanted to be or flee to. Museum definitely worth a visit.

excellent history, multilingual text. much to read and see, even after 2 hours there was still displays on Ukraine and Korea to experience. it was also the weekend of 35 years of the wall coming down, with extra temporary exhibitions outside.

A fantastic historical museum that documents the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall along with communism in Germany and other countries, detailed activities and accounts of living under the threat of the Stasi secret police service and how people attempted (some succeed) to escape the East, the museum is surprisingly large and is worth the money