Puppentheater-Museum — Attraction in Berlin

For a puppet lover, this little museum is a MUST. You have to press the buzzer and push the door in order to get in, and please ask for the English description in order to read and understand the puppets you are seeing.

Then follow the numbered cases through the museum. Each glass case has stunning antique dolls, that were once used in plays around Europe.

Like all puppet museums around the world, they are not for children. Puppet shows were used to bring to the people in the street political commentaries and to shed light upon the human condition.

The puppet makers are true artists and the wood and fabric is their medium.

My husband and I LOVED every moment of our visit and would highly recommend it to all while...

One of four puppet museums scattered throughout Germany, the Puppentheater-Museum in Berlin holds a collection of more than 300 different puppets in a glass-roofed former sculptor’s studio on Karl-Marx-Strasse.

Varying widely in shapes and sizes, many of the different puppets in the museum’s collection represent fairytale figures such as devils, dragons or princes.

In addition to rotating their collection of puppets at least annually, the Puppentheater-Museum holds readings and workshops for both children and adults and puts on shows with the puppets in a small theater space. Tour guides at the museum put together special tours depending on the age and size of...

I was not impressed, this is a very small display not like the other museums found around germany and they also had no option of description in english. The staff were very friendly and kind that made the visit pleasant. The museum is good if you ve seen no other puppet museums around europe. But if your schedule is full, can be skipped.

The place is easy to find on the...