U5 Magdalenenstraße,
Bus 240, N50, N56 Magdalenenstraße
Informations about accessibility
for people with impaired mobility
The museum is accessible for wheelchair users by the seperate entrance with an automatic door left from the main entrance.
Short Facts
Built
1962 as headquarters of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR
Opened
1990 as Normannenstrasse Research Centre and Memorial, 2015 Permanent exhibition “State Security in the SED Dictatorship”,
2018 Exhibition “Access to Secrecy” in the Stasi Records Archive
Accessible rooms:
1500 m²
What to see
Ministry offices with original furniture, special cameras, bugs, letter-opening devices, Stasi files
Definitely don’t miss
Erich Mielke’s office
Extra
open-air exhibition in the courtyard on the Peaceful Revolution 1989-90