5 Locations
The wax figure brings the famous face to face with visitors in Berlin, at the city's waxwork attraction. From world leaders to pop stars, a wax figure here lets you pose beside the celebrated. This overview gathers Berlin locations tied to the waxworks.
Madame Tussauds on Unter den Linden displays lifelike wax figures of politicians, film and music stars and historical figures, many in themed sets for photos. It makes a fun, family friendly stop near the Brandenburg Gate, and workshops reveal how the figures are made. Booking online usually beats the queue.
Browse the venues below to find a wax figure across Berlin, from Madame Tussauds to themed attractions.
The DDR Museum is located on the banks of the Spree opposite Berlin Cathedral and showcases everyday life in the GDR across 930 square meters beneath the riverside promenade. The collection comprises over 360,000 objects, mostly donated by around 10,000 private individuals. If you want to experience the GDR up close, you can sit in a Trabant here and open every drawer.
With 500,000 objects, the Coin Cabinet in the Bode Museum is one of the largest numismatic collections in the world, and the Sculpture Collection is one of the largest collections of older sculpture ever. As early as 1904, painting and sculpture were presented here side by side as equals for the first time, at the instigation of Wilhelm von Bode.
The Deutsche Kinemathek holds the estate of Marlene Dietrich: around 300,000 sheets of paper, 16,500 photographs and 3,300 textile objects. It also keeps audiovisual material on almost 80,000 film titles. Since the move from Potsdamer Platz the institution has worked in the E-Werk on Mauerstraße, a former substation with around 4,000 square metres.
The Berlin edition of Madame Tussaud's wax museum located Unter den Linden is the right place for those who always wanted to take a picture with Elyas M’Barek, Angelina Joli or Matthias Schweighöfer.
The Palace of Tears in Berlin-Mitte is the former departure hall from the GDR to the West.