Anti-Kriegs-Museum

The Anti-War Museum in Berlin's Wedding district is Germany's first museum dedicated to opposing war, founded by the anarchist-pacifist artist Ernst Friedrich. Established in 1925 and destroyed by the Nazis, it was refounded in 1982 at its current location on Brüsseler Straße. The permanent exhibition takes you through the horrors of past world wars, as well as pacifist campaigns and the current state of war around the world. A faithfully reconstructed air-raid shelter is part of the tour, as is a Peace Gallery with art against war. Temporary exhibitions focus on special topics. The museum is open daily from 4 to 8 p.m., and admission is free. In front of the building stands the sculpture "Breaking the Rifle" ("Das Gewehr zerbrechen") by Antonio Monitillo.