Location: Berlin

Founded in 1962 beside the legendary Checkpoint Charlie border crossing, the history of the Berlin Wall is displayed with original objects from successful escapes under, over and above the ground from the former GDR.

The exhibition also gives an impression of the last few days of when the GDR ceased to exist and when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

Opening hours:
Daily 9 am – 10 pm

Admission:
Adults: 9,50 €, reduced rate: 4,50 €
Groups: 4,50 € (no reservation required)

Contact:
Tel: 0049 30 2537 2545

Address:
Friedrichstrasse 43-45
10969 Berlin - Kreuzberg

The GDR Museum gives an insight view into what life used to be like for East Germans before the wall, which separated the two Germany's for 40 years, came down in 1989.

The exhibition is designed to be fun, interactive and suitable for all ages. Visitors are encouraged to feel and touch the exhibits through a variety of different themes, like the "Trabi" on display which still smells like it used to in the GDR. The Trabi or Trabant is a car formerly produced in East Germany, its claim to fame is its poor performance and smoky two-stroke engine.

Be amazed by what people used to wear, how basic the accommodation was and how difficult it was to buy any kind of product which westerners would buy without a second thought.

Discover how impenetrable and well guarded the iron curtain used to be. Be surprised by the cunning methods of the secret police (Stasi) and what it was like to be separated by families in the west.

Opening hours:
Mon – Sun: 10 am – 8 pm (Sat 10 am - 10 pm)

Admission:
Adults: 5,- €, reduced rate: 3,- €

Contact:
Tel: 0049 30 847 123 730

Address:
DDR Museum Berlin
Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 9
D-10178 Berlin

Location: Colditz (Saxony)

Set high above the town of Colditz and overlooking the river Mulde this beautiful and medieval castle seemed the ideal place for a high security prison for prisoners of war.

The inmates proved that this was a mistake, between 1939 and 1945 there was a constant battle of wits between Allied officers and German guards which turned Colditz Castle into an international "Escape Academy".

Over 300 daring escape attempts earned this prisoner-of-war dentention centre a reputation for being a bad boys’ camp.

After the war, a number of former prisoners published books about their experiences, including P.R. Reid who wrote "The Colditz Story". Some of these books became bestsellers and inspired documentaries, films and even a TV series.

Every year thousands of visitors come from all over the world to see the Colditz Castle and the Museum to learn how brave men struggled for freedom.
 
Opening hours:
Daily 10am – 5pm
Closed 24/12 – 2/01

Admission:
Escape museum & Guided tour of castle:
Adults: 8 € Children: 4 €

Contact:
Tel: 049 34381 44987  

Address:
Schloss Colditz
Schlossgasse 1
04680 Colditz

Location: Frierichshafen

Experience the history and technology of airships and zeppelins on 43,000 sq. ft. of exhibition space.

Housed in the former Harbour Railway Station and located on the promenade of lake Constance, the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen is home to the world’s largest collection of airships, ranging from its very beginning up to the new Zeppelin NT.

Opening hours:
May – Oct:
Daily except Mon 10 am – 6 pm
Nov – Apr:
Daily except Mon 10 am – 5 pm

Admission:
Adults: 7,50 €
Seniors + retired: 6,50 €
Children (6-16) + handicapped + students: 3 €

Contact:
Tel: 0049 7541 3 8010

Address:
Seestrasse 22
88045 Friedrichshafen

Location: Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Just a short distance from the romantic town of Rothenburg and its beautiful market square is the Medieval Crime Museum.

This popular museum, the only of its kind in Europe, has four floors of grisly torture instruments and descriptions of punishments.

Exhibits trace the development of European law over 1,000 years, and while the displays of torture devices can be grim, you'll also see such quirky exhibits as a "flute of disgrace" for bad musicians and a "neck violin" for pairs of quarrelsome women who needed help in seeing eye to eye. 

Opening hours:
Apr till Oct:
Daily 9.30 am - 6 pm

Nov, Jan and Feb:
Daily 2 pm - 4 pm

Dec and Mar:
Daily 10 am bis 4 pm

Admission:
Adults: 3,50 €
Students: 2,30 €
Children (6 and over) 1,90 € Family card: 15€

Contact:
Tel: 0049 98 61 53 59

Address:
Burggasse 3 - 5
91541 Rothenburg

Location: Wittenberg

The Roman Catholic Church was at the heart of Martin Luther's attack in 1517 when he wrote the "95 Theses", thus sparking off the German Reformation and a new era in the religious and political history of the Western world. 

Today the museum of reformation, where Luther lived, contains an excellent collection of his works, manuscripts and illustrations.

The building itself and its museum is officially listed as a UNESCO protected site.

Opening hours:
Apr – Oct: daily 9 am – 6 pm
Nov – Mar: daily exc.
Mon 10 am – 5 pm

Admission:
on request

Contact:
Tel: 0049 34 91 4 20 30

Address:
Collegienstrasse 54
06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg