Computerspielemuseum Berlin

The Computerspielemuseum Berlin (Computer Games Museum Berlin) was founded in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, it had a permanent exhibition in Berlin. Afterwards, it became an online only museum. In 2011, it reopened its permanent exhibition in Berlin's neighborhood of Friedrichshain in the Karl-Marx-Allee. During the first month of its permanent exhibition, it had 12,000 visitors.[]

General

The Computerspielemuseum opened the first permanent exhibition in the world for digital interactive entertainment culture in 1997 in Berlin. After that, it became responsible for 30 national and international exhibitions. Among these was the project "pong.mythos" sponsored by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, Germany's most successful traveling exhibition in the history of computer games. In the last five years, over 470,000 visitors have seen this exhibition. The museum contains around 25,000 data storage devices with games, around 12,000 technical magazines, many historical Arcade games, home computers and console systems and an extensive amount of other documents, for example: videos, posters and handbooks. It contains one of the largest collections of entertainment software and hardware in Europe.

The Computerspielemuseum's collection is the property of the Booster Club for Youth and Social Work. The new museum itself is run by Gameshouse gGmbH. Building the new permanent exhibition was financed by the German Lottery Fund in Berlin and from the Cultural Investment Program of Berlin's Cultural Affairs Department, so the ERDF.

There are over 300 interactive exhibits illustrating the cultural history of computer gaming. One is the highlights is an actual video arcade from the 1980s with authentic arcade games from the decade that launched video games into popular culture. All console game systems are on display from the original Magnavox Odyssey from 1972 to more recent household devices like the Nintendo systems and all versions of the PlayStation family. An original exhibit in the museum is called the "PainStation", where the loser of the game is subject to physical punishment such as heat or a mild electric shock.

The Computerspielemuseum is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) as well as the Nestor project, which is financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany).

Projects

The museum is a cooperative partner of the EU research project ''PLANETS (Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services). Besides that, it is also a contributor to the EU research project Keeping Emulation Environments Portable.

Special Exhibition

The Computerspielemuseum shows in special exhibitions chosen games, books, merchandise etc. to different topics.

  • Tell me more! Tell me more!- Fiction & Computergames (by we love old games, 2018)
  • Monsters Attack Planet Earth (by we love old games, 2018)

Prizes

The museum won the German Children's Cultural Prize in 2002 and the Deutscher Computerspielpreis (German Computergames Prize) in 2017 in the category Special Award.

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Stephen D
19 September 2017
Reasonably large selection of exhibits, many of which are playable - if busy it can be hard to find any free, playable, exhibits.
J Kofler
14 November 2018
If you're a small group (4-8 people, 12+ years), try the game they offer! Can be done after 18:00, costs 2 Euros extra and gives you a different view of the museum and the exhibits!
Ivan Stupak
1 April 2019
This place almost made me cry of joy :) Though they should definitely add more stuff. Still - great place to take your kids and show them the real stuff from our childhood.
Hartje Utrecht
21 March 2013
Really enjoyed the trip down memory lane. The museum is small but we spend quite some time walking around and playing video games. Especially the old arcades are awesome.
Sas Rez
28 December 2014
Genial. Die Geschichte der Videospiele mit jeder Menge zum selbst ausprobieren und lernen. Die Pain Station ist mal was anderes für alle die sich trauen.
Sergio F.
18 July 2016
El mejor museo de videojuegos que he visto. Si te gusta la temática la visita es obligatoria.
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