The Deutsches Spionagemuseum, or German Spy Museum, tells the story of secret services from Antiquity to the internet age, in a city the Cold War turned into the capital of spies. Opened in 2015 on Leipziger Platz, a short walk from [Potsdamer Platz](/fr/attractions/potsdamer-platz), it is a private museum of more than 3,000 m², with some 600 objects on display: cipher machines, hidden cameras, bugs and disguised weapons used by intelligence services from both East and West. You learn by playing as much as by reading: around thirty interactive stations let you decode messages, search an office for bugs or get through a laser maze. Texts are in German and English. The museum recommends the visit from age 8, which makes it a popular outing for families and on rainy days.
Highlights
James Bond and the lie detector
One section shows original props from spy films, from James Bond to Homeland. A real polygraph, included in the ticket, measures your heart rate and stress during a staged interrogation.
The Enigma machines
The cryptography section displays original Enigma machines, used by the German armed forces during the Second World War. A digital station nearby lets you encrypt a message yourself and test how strong your passwords are.
Spy gadgets
A briefcase with hidden cameras, a KGB lipstick pistol, a camera concealed in a lighter, bugs tucked into a book or a shoe heel: these real objects show how inventive secret services could be.
The laser maze
On the first floor, two courses of green laser beams, with three difficulty levels and a mode for wheelchair users: you have one minute to reach the goal without touching a beam. It is included in the ticket, and you get an infrared video of your run.
The Cold War in Berlin
The heart of the exhibition shows original equipment from the Stasi, the BND, the KGB and the CIA, with filmed interviews with contemporary witnesses and experts. It includes the spy Trabant fitted with an infrared flash and a camera, the largest object in the museum. To see the real places of this surveillance, continue to the [Stasi Museum](/fr/attractions/musee-de-la-stasi-berlin) or the [Hohenschönhausen Memorial](/fr/attractions/memorial-de-hohenschonhausen).
Infos pratiques
Tips
Entry is only with a timed ticket: you go in during the 15-minute slot you chose, then stay as long as you like until 8pm; latecomers are not admitted. Prices vary with the slot and the booking date: €8 to €18.50 for a regular ticket (18 and over) and €6 to €13.50 for a reduced ticket (ages 6 to 17, school pupils, students, apprentices, disabled visitors, with proof); prices checked in October 2026. Tickets are cheaper online than at the ticket office, and cheaper the earlier you book. Every visitor, even a small child, needs a ticket (a "Kleinkind" ticket exists for children under 6). Special-rate tickets exist for holders of the Berlin WelcomeCard or the CityTourCard, to be shown at the entrance. Allow about 2 hours, more if you try every station.
How to get there
Leipziger Platz 9, 10117 Berlin. S-Bahn S1, S2, S25 and S26, U-Bahn U2 and buses, Potsdamer Platz station, Leipziger Platz exit. The [Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe](/fr/attractions/memorial-aux-juifs-assassines-d-europe) and the [Topography of Terror](/fr/attractions/topographie-de-la-terreur) are a few minutes' walk away, [Checkpoint Charlie](/fr/attractions/checkpoint-charlie) about 15 minutes.
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