Prenzlauer Berg Museum
The Prenzlauer Berg Museum was a 1992 museum on the history of the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg . It was located in the Sebastian Haffner Culture and Education Center at Prenzlauer Allee 227/228 and was subordinate to the district's Office for Culture and Education. At its location it was on 1 January 2001 with the formation of Pankow in Museumsverbund Pankow on to which the Prenzlauer Berg Museum, the Museum Panke, the Chronicle of Pankow and the City History Museum Weissensee had joined forces. The museum association has been known as Museum Pankow since 2012 .
General information
It was not only a concern of the Prenzlauer Berg Museum to secure the regional historical collection of Prenzlauer Berg, but also to document the rapid change in the district. The Prenzlauer Berg Museum thus comprised a wide range of information that was presented to the public in a permanent exhibition and conveyed in project-related special exhibitions.
building
The museum was located in the rooms of the former community dual school, where girls and boys were taught equally. The building was constructed between 1884 and 1886. The building houses u. a. the library at the water tower and additional classrooms at the adult education center.
Permanent exhibition
The permanent exhibition Counter-Drafts - Prenzlauer Berg before, during and after the fall of the Berlin Wall gives an extensive picture of the district. It is located on the two lower floors in the corridors and in a room on the 2nd floor. Information about the history of all sacred buildings, welfare buildings and schools, squares, as well as trade, commerce and industry in the district is broken down, and the recent political and socio-economic changes are explained.
archive
In addition, the Prenzlauer Berg Museum had a museum archive, which was also open to the public. The archive has meanwhile gone into the Museum Pankow.
Coordinates: 52 ° 31 ′ 59.8 ″ N , 13 ° 25 ′ 13 ″ E