Special and Funny Museums
Last updated on 06/30/2026
The 10 best curious museums in Berlin
Anyone who finds old oil paintings behind glass a bit too well-behaved is looking in Berlin for museums of an entirely different kind. Here the focus is not on classical art, but on the quirky, the playful and the unexpected. The Lippenstiftmuseum in Wilmersdorf collects red glamour from the Baroque era to today, the Ramones Museum in Neukoelln is the only house in the world devoted to a punk band, and at MAGICUM in Mitte, historic vaults set the scene for witch scales and alchemy. In between you will find the Computerspielemuseum in Friedrichshain, the preserved East German prefab flat in Hellersdorf and the Museum der Unerhoerten Dinge in Schoeneberg. Ten houses where wonder matters more than reverence. Which of these unusual museums would you visit first?
Ellen Mehrhoff-Roddewig
I like museums that surprise me rather than lecture me. That is why this list was one of my favourite pieces of research. From the diva's lipstick to the punk museum in Neukoelln, I gathered places you will not find a second time anywhere. Come along on a little tour through curious Berlin.
Original lipsticks from Hildegard Knef and Evita Perón are together with the charming Peter Koch as host the highlights of the lipstick museum. René Koch worked for over 20 years as head make-up artist at Yves Saint Laurent.
In the basement of the Berlin TV Tower, one of the city's most curious museums is located: BODY WORLDS displays real human bodies as plastinated artworks. Anatomy, health, and the big questions of life across 1,200 square meters.
The first Gutenberg Bible was printed on hemp paper, van Gogh painted of course with hemp oil colours and even plastic sandals can now be made from refined hemp oil.
The world's first and only Ramones Museum is at Berlin-Kreuzberg!
MAGICUM Berlin Magic Museum is Berlin's first interactive magic museum. It is centrally located in Berlin-Mitte and invites you to immerse yourself in the world of magic.
A flat in a Plattenbau, the way of large panel system construction used in East Germany, still totally equipped with GDR furniture can be visited at Hellersdorf!
A train of thought, a flash of inspiration or the hide of a bonsai stag - the Museum of Things Unheard of makes the real world meet the universe of fantasy.
An interactive and fascinating exhibition awaits you at the Deja Vu Museum in Berlin-Mitte.
You'll get in a romantic mood when walking amongst 90 historic gas lanterns from all over Europe in the Gas Light Open Air Museum.
