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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?

Place 1
Lipstick Museum

Lipstick Museum

Wilmersdorf

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.

Place 2
Hemp Museum Berlin

Hemp Museum Berlin

Mitte

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.

Place 3
BODY WORLDS Berlin (Körperwelten)

BODY WORLDS Berlin (Körperwelten)

Mitte

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.

Place 4
Ramones Museum

Ramones Museum

Kreuzberg

The world's first and only Ramones Museum is at Berlin-Kreuzberg!

Place 5
MAGICUM Berlin Magic Museum

MAGICUM Berlin Magic Museum

Mitte

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.

Place 6
Museum Flat WBS 70

Museum Flat WBS 70

Hellersdorf

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!

Place 7
Museums of Things Unheard of

Museums of Things Unheard of

Schöneberg

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.

Place 8
DeJa Vu Museum Berlin

DeJa Vu Museum Berlin

Mitte

An interactive and fascinating exhibition awaits you at the Deja Vu Museum in Berlin-Mitte.

Place 9
Gas Light Open Air Museum

Gas Light Open Air Museum

Tiergarten

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.

Place 10
Museum of Letters

Museum of Letters

Mitte

The letter "U" from a U-Bahn station, the "le" from Alexanderplatz or the famous "Zierfische" logo of the now Geschlossen aquaristics shop at Frankfurter Tor: Barbara Dechant and Anja Schulze have saved letters from the Berlin public since 2005.