Brandenburg Gate Museum


The Brandenburg Gate Museum was a private museum in Berlin which opened as THE GATE Berlin on April 27, 2016. It was situated vis-à-vis the Brandenburg Gate in the building Pariser Platz 4a and told 300 years of Berlin history in a multimedia show. Since its founding the Brandenburg Gate Museum was part of the Long Night of Museums in Berlin. The Museum has been closed since the end of April 2019.

Permanent exhibition

On a 71 m² large panoramic screen which covered three walls of the room the museum showed a visual history presentation without language barriers. A 38 channel surround system provided a supporting 3D sound experience. The show took 20 minutes to illustrate Berlin, German and world history based on the Brandenburg Gate. The supporting exhibition deepened the historical facts and showed a faithful replica of the head of Nike, the Brandenburg Gate Quadriga charioteer and goddess of victory.
Main topics of the exhibition were the following:
In the exit area there was a shop and a cafe.