German Spy Museum
The Berlin Spy Museum, the Deutsches Spionagemuseum, opened to the public on 19 September 2015 and was created by former journalist Franz-Michael Günther. It was built in a place that carries Cold War geography in plain sight: the museum sits in the central area of Potsdamer Platz, near the former “death strip” on the perimeters of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West. Günther’s aim was not just to display spy lore, but to frame espionage as a history of techniques and tradecraft. The museum presents around 1,000 different exhibits and artefacts, with a particular focus on the World Wars and the Cold War, presented through a multimedia educational experience. Since opening, it has reached one million visitors, and in 2020 it was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award. …
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