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The DDR Museum is an interactive museum that´s located in the centre of Berlin which, previously, was the part that used to be East Germany that, later on, ended up unifying with West Germany. The place is situated by the River Spree and right opposite the Berliner Dom.
The exhibitions that you can see everyday in the DDR Museum are related to trying to show the visitors the way that people used to live at that time in East Germany. For example, in one of the exhibitions, they give the spectator a device to put in their ear which will make them feel like they were constantly vigilated, like it used to happen.
The museum was inaugurated on July 15th 2006 like a private museum although private investments are unusual in Germany and the museum, at least most of the time, are funded by the State. Two years after it´s birth, in 2008, the DDR Museum was nominated as one of the most important European museums of the year.
This place fits into the 10 most-visited museums in Berlin and all tourists interested in history should go there to learn how living in Germany after the Second World War used to be like.
You can rent apartments in Berlin and walk through its galleries.
