Platz der Einheit, Bassinplatz Squares and the Dutch Quarter

Potsdam Museum

Potsdam Museum

The historic Dutch house in Benkertstraße Nr. 3 was built in 1733-40. In 1987, the city of Potsdam bought the building to use as a museum. After thorough restoration and reconstruction work, the Potsdam Museum moved into the building in 1999 with exhibits on art and history.

Scenes of old Potsdam, valuable paintings and graphics from the 18th to 20th centuries, as well as landscape paintings from the March of Brandenburg from the 19th century, are displayed in the rooms on the upper floor. Another exhibit shows with photographic views of Potsdam before and after World War II. The current permanent loan exhibits and alternating exhibits on special subjects regarding art and culture in Potsdam can be seen on the ground floor of the Potsdam Museum, which is just under 100 years old.

The collections of the museum consist of more than 150,000 items from the cultural and everyday life of the 17th to 20th centuries: furniture, glassware, cloths, photographs, militaria, posters, toys, tin flats, old documents and prints, historic works of applied arts, sculpture, crafts and technological products, items of daily life, decorative ironwork, watches, coins, badges, tags, maps of Brandenburg, old prints, and old drawings and paintings by Potsdam artists from the 18th to 20th centuries. The history of Potsdam is documented by a huge collection of photographs.

The 'Lindenstraße 54' memorial is also part of the Potsdam Museum. A former interrogation prison of the GDR Ministry of State Security, the building is now used for exhibits, and a tour informs visitors about the consequences of dictatorial power in the 20th century.

Lindenstraße 54, 14467 Potsdam, in the "Commandant's House."