Science Center Spectrum

Touching explicitly encouraged: The Science Center Spectrum in Kreuzberg

The Science Center Spectrum is Germany’s most traditional and oldest still existing science center. Yet, it doesn’t feel dusty at all. Over 150 interactive experiments are spread across four floors and approximately 1,400 square meters of exhibition space. The offer is primarily aimed at children aged 4 and up, and teenagers.

A total of eight thematic areas provide exciting insights into the fundamentals of science and technology: electricity and magnetism, music and hearing, and mechanics and motion are just a few of them. For example, children can lift their parents using a „people lifter” or play a laser guitar. Particularly impressive is the 17-meter-long and 48-kilogram Foucault pendulum in the Science Center’s atrium, which captivates young and old alike.

Family outing with real educational value

The Science Center Spectrum aims to convey knowledge in a playful way. The focus is on the personal experiences of the young visitors, who acquire their insights through observation, experimentation, wonder, and even laughter. Therefore, touching and hands-on activities are not only allowed at Spectrum but are usually explicitly encouraged. Furthermore, only the essentials are provided for reading in all exhibition sections, and these are bilingual in German and English.

The Science Center Spectrum is located directly next to the German Museum of Technology at Möckernstraße 26 in Kreuzberg. Online tickets cost 12 Euros, reduced 6 Euros. On-site, you pay 13 Euros, reduced 7 Euros. Especially during holiday periods, booking an online ticket is recommended to avoid waiting times.