Citadel Spandau - five museums 365 days open

Easter Knights' Festival: March 30 - April 1 Different admission prices and times apply: daily from 10 am - 7 pm. The Commanders' House, the Julius Tower and the Armory remain open. Other museums and exhibition halls as the ZAK are closed. Public guided tours are canceled. CASTLE AND CITADEL - History that lives in stories - in the Commander's House Next to the ticket office in the gatehouse is the entrance to the upper floor into the exhibition. It is the ideal starting point for any exploration of the citadel, also because at the end of the exhibition you can reach the Julius Tower. - In the representative rooms of the Commandant's House you can discover the history of the castle and fortress. There are models, maps and plans, paintings and photographs, archaeoarcheological findings, tin figure dioramas, weapons and helmets. Everyday objects from the times of occupation can tell stories of historical events. STADTGESCHICHTLICHES MUSEUM - Exciting Spandau - in the Zeughaus On the first floor you get an overview of the history of Spandau. On the upper floor there are special exhibitions, currently until 30.04.2023 "Raus.Raus?Raus!" about the emigrant station Ruhleben, in the 19th century. - More than 300 objects tell of the settlement and development of the Havel city, which has only been part of Berlin since 1920. Representative of the industry that was based here in the 1920s is a roadworthy Hudson Essex and a collection of historic Siemens small electrical appliances. Film props from the studios in Eiswerder with film clips in the "cinema" are also very popular. - A branch of the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum is also located in the Gothic House in the old town of SpandauStr. 32. 13597 Berlin (see also gotischeshaus.de) UNVEILED. Berlin and its monuments - in the Proviant Magazine. From October 18, the exhibition rooms on the Nazi era and East and West Berlin are closed and will reopen on February 09. One of the >Striding Horses<, by the sculptor Josef Thorak, was placed in the room on the Nazi period. A show workshop will allow visitors to observe the restoration work on the >Striding Horse<. - The cultural-historical permanent exhibition in the Proviantmagazin shows monuments from 1849 to 1986, with which the respective state power shaped the Berlin cityscape. Due to political upheavals in the 20th century, monuments were repeatedly removed from public spaces. - The museum offers the opportunity to get acquainted with the great symbols of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the GDR. Monuments that should be buried and forgotten can even be touched, which is normally not possible in museums. EXERCISE HALL - testimonies of the military history - historical cannons and pomp guns - The former drill hall house exhibits historical cannons, among others ceremonial guns from the 16th century. The collection of weapons also reminds us that Spandau was considered Prussia's armory from the 18th century onward. ARCHAEOLOGICAL WINDOW - Interesting insights into the past - Learn about the early history of the citadel. In the west kurtine there are two fascinating excavation findings to visit. It is an excavation field with the remains of a Slavic settlement with a wooden earthen wall, the later stone castle wall and the castle complex from the Renaissance period. - On the other side there are medieval Jewish gravestones, which were probably taken from a Jewish cemetery in Spandau in the 15th century and used for the construction of the castle. An audio installation reveals the meaning of the inscriptions in Hebrew as well as in German and English translation. The citadel is located in a nature reserve, so you can always spot animals such as raccoon, fox and various species of birds and insects. Please refer to our website for more up-to-date information and/or subscribe to our newsletter at: www.zitadelle-berlin.de/newsletter-bestellen/ So you will not miss any of the numerous, mostly free, events both i