Activity: Experiencing Berlin History
I would really like to recommend the Märkisches Museum close to S-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke if you really want to learn something about the history of Berlin. Every first wednesday in of every month the entry is free. I didn't take any pictures inside because I didn't want to spend 2,00€ for the permission.
But I can say so much:
They have the only remaining horse head of the original statue of the Quadriga which was designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1793. After it got severely damaged in WWII it was pulled down from the Brandenburger Gate on the 1. May 1950 and then melted. One horse head was safed - and they have it in this musuem. They also have knight's armours from 1500, spears, toys from the 1950's, pictures from the 1890's and Bismarck statues and a lot of more things related to Berlin history. It's a very nice mix and the exhibition is bilingual German/English.
If you can go on a Sunday there is going to be a concert of funny machines which were used around 100 years ago to play music, like a piano-"robot", hand organs and a lot of other devices which names I have never heard before. The concert is included in the entrance fee and starts at 15.00h.
Entrance to the Märkisches Museum
Next to the Märkisches Museum is the Berliner Bärenzwinger (bear-kennel) which was opened in 1939 and as I understood it, it's because of the bear in the Berlin flag. Nowadays the bear-kennel is debatable because the space for the bears is really small. I actually also didn't see the bear. It's only one bear left - called Schnute, the second bear Maxi died this august. And the plans are that there is not gonna be any new bears. I think I concur!
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