Computerspielemuseum (Computer Games Museum)

Founded in 1997 and now based on Karl-Marx-Allee in Friedrichshain, the Computerspielemuseum holds one of the largest video game collections in the world, with over 37,000 items spanning the entire history of the medium — from early mechanical arcade curiosities through home consoles, PC gaming, and up to VR and contemporary hardware.

The defining feature, much like the DDR Museum's approach to Cold War history, is that this is explicitly a hands-on museum: a large share of the exhibits are set up as fully playable stations, so visitors can sit down and actually play a 1970s arcade cabinet, an early home console, or a landmark PC title rather than viewing it sealed behind glass. That format makes it unusually engaging for a museum covering technical and design history, and genuinely appeals across generations — older visitors reliving childhood games, younger ones trying hardware that predates them entirely.