Open Tours
These tours take place on a regular basis. Individual visitors may, but do not need to register in advance. Just come and join the group!
All tours take place in German unless otherwise noted.
April, May, and June 2012
saturdays
11 am Jewish Life and Traditions (in German language)
3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots (in German language)
sundays
11 am Jewish Life and Traditions (in German language)
2 pm Tour through the special exhibition "Berlin Transit" (in German language)
3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots (in German language)
mondays
6 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots (in German language)
For more information on the tours, please click this link.
Educational Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "Berlin Transit. Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in the 1920s"
"Berlin Transit"
Interactive Tour for Adults and School Students from Grade 8
For all open tours please note, (unless specified otherwise):
Duration
approx. 1 hour
Meeting Point
»Meeting Point« in the entrance hall
Fee
3 euros per person, additional to the entrance ticket (Permanent exhibition: 5 euros, reduced rate 2,50 euros; Special exhibition: 4 euros, reduced rate 2 euros)
Registration
Tel.: +49 (0)30 259 93 305 or
fuehrungen[at]jmberlin.de
Taking reasons for fleeing as a starting point, visualized in the images
of Issachar Ber Ryback from the years 1918 and 1919, the tour presents
Berlin as a haven for Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.
Photographs, print media, three-dimensional objects and acoustic sound
clips give visitors diverse impressions of Jewish life in Berlin between
the World Wars. A particular focus of the tour lies in the exploration
of what different types of object express about people, time, or
"reality."
When: by appointment
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: 60 euros
for a group of up to 15 adults plus 2 euros admission per person; 2.75
euros per person for school groups including admission to the special
exhibition.
Information and bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen[at]jmberlin.de
The Scheunenviertel - Myth and Reality
City tour
To this day, the term "Scheunenviertel" has remained a synonym for mysterious, shady, and strange. Where was the slum district that was home to many Eastern Jewish immigrants located? What really happened between the Volksbühne and the Volkskaffeehaus?
When: at 2 pm on the following Saturdays
7 + 21 April, 12 + 26 May, 23 June + 14 July 2012
Duration: 2 hours
Meeting point in front of the Volksbühne (Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz subway station)
Cost: 9.50 euros, reduced rate 7 euros (the tour can also be booked for groups)
Tickets and further information from our partner "StattReisen Berlin" at http://www.stattreisenberlin.de/english/ (Deeplink: www.stattreisenberlin.de/berlin/alle-stadtfuehrungen/stadtfuehrung/tour/132-das-scheunenviertel) or tel. +49 (0)30 4553028
Charlottengrad - Russian Life in Berlin
City tour
At the beginning of the 1920s, more Russian books were published in Berlin than anywhere else. How did the brief flowering of West Berlin as the substitute intellectual capital of the Russian-speaking world come about? A literary encounter with Belyj, Gorki, Ehrenburg, Nabokov, and many more.
When: at 2 pm on the following Sundays
25 March, 8 April, 20 May, 10 June, and 8 July 2012
Duration: 2 hours
Meeting point: Wittenbergplatz subway station, by the clock in the entrance hall
Cost: 9.50 euros, reduced rate 7 euros (the tour can also be booked for groups)
Tickets and further information from our partner "StattReisen Berlin" at http://www.stattreisenberlin.de/english/ (Deeplink: www.stattreisenberlin.de/berlin/alle-stadtfuehrungen/stadtfuehrung/tour/86-charlottengrad) or tel. +49 (0)30 4553028
City Tours
In Search of Traces of Jewish Life in Southern Friedrichstadt
The city tour through southern Friedrichstadt focuses on the rise to bourgeois society and the considerable contribution of the Jewish population to Berlin becoming a financial and cultural metropolis. The tour uses multimedia guides that show what can no longer be seen.
When: Sunday 22 April + 3 June 2012, 11 am
Meeting Point: main entrance, Jewish Museum Berlin
Cost: 10 euros
Bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 587 or d.eck[at]jmberlin.de
Through Old Berlin in Search of Traces of Jewish Life
The stroll through the city goes through three historical districts of Berlin, the Klosterviertel, the Nikolaiviertel, and the Marienviertel. Since many of the places of Jewish historical significance have disappeared from the cityscape, tour participants have the opportunity to compare views of then and now with multimedia guide photos, engravings or paintings of the historical buildings.
When: Sunday 13 May 2012, 11 am
Meeting point: Klosterstrasse subway station
Cost: 10 euros
Bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 587 or d.eck[at]jmberlin.de
