Our programmes encourage pupils to engage actively with history while developing knowledge and critical thinking.
Experience history in the museum – varied, interactive and engaging. Here, students encounter original artefacts and discover how the past connects to the present.
Our educational programmes invite pupils to reflect on war and violence. From medieval swords to modern military drones, the exhibits bring history vividly to life.
Choose from introductory tours covering different historical periods as well as thematic tours and workshops. We’ll be happy to advise you on choosing and planning your visit.
All activities for schools are free of charge. School groups are not charged admission. Teachers may also visit the museum free of charge in advance to prepare for their class visit.
These tours open up different perspectives on the permanent exhibition – each with its own distinctive focus.
90 minutes | From year 7
The tour takes the group through sections devoted to key themes, such as the relationship between the military and technology and the role of animals in war. The tour also introduces the chronological exhibition, which presents key events in German military history. The tour ends on the fourth floor with a visit to the tip of the Libeskind wedge.
90 minutes | Years 1–4
This interactive tour guides the children through the museum. They become familiar with the building and discover how the museum tells the story of violence and war through exhibits selected with children in mind. The young participants are given plenty of space for their questions and thoughts. They express their impressions through a creative activity, creating something they can take home with them and share with their families.
Guided explorations and workshops combine a tour of various sections with group work on original exhibits or creative independent work.
120 minutes | From Year 7
After a brief introduction to the history and concept of the museum, the participants explore the exhibition areas covered by the themed tour independently in small groups. They select significant exhibits and present them to their classmates during a joint tour. The result is a tour shaped by the pupils themselves. Students are encouraged to explore the museum independently.
These tours take visitors through the chronological sections of the permanent exhibition, supplemented by selected exhibits from the themed sections.
90 minutes | From Year 7
The tour uses exhibits to show how social upheavals and technical developments between 1789 and 1914 changed the nature of warfare. It traces the historical events of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, the Revolution of 1848/49 and the period preceding it, the Wars of Unification, and the militarism and colonialism of the imperial era.
90 minutes | From Year 8
The tour presents original objects such as uniforms, equipment, weapons, photographs and memorabilia that tell the story of the outbreak of war and the warring parties, new military technology and industrialized mass warfare, trench warfare and the home front. Maps, models and interactive stations complement the tour.
90 minutes | From Year 9
Using biographies and original objects, the tour takes a detailed look at conformity and exclusion, technology and propaganda, war of annihilation and the Holocaust, fanaticism and resistance. On display are exhibits from various theatres of war, posters and photographs, fragments of large equipment, and personal belongings of victims and perpetrators.
90 minutes | From Year 9
The tour explores a period marked by boundless violence and fragile peace. Exhibits are used to highlight the connections and differences between the two world wars. The focus is on the people who shaped this period – whether as soldiers or civilians, followers or resistance fighters, perpetrators or victims.
90 minutes | From Year 9
The tour explores the situation in divided Germany after the end of the Second World War. The focus is on the confrontation between the two German armies. The concepts of the ‘citizen in uniform’ and the ‘socialist soldier personality’ are compared and contrasted. Exhibits illustrate everyday life in the barracks, the nuclear threat and the peace movement, rearmament and arms scandals, the inner-German border and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
90 minutes | From Year 9
This tour explores the recent history of the Bundeswehr. It starts with two sections of the Berlin Wall and ends with objects from the NATO mission in Lithuania. The focus is on exhibits relating to the missions of soldiers in Germany and abroad. They tell of reconstruction, support and camaraderie, but also of combat, psychological and physical trauma, and death.
You can also explore our museum free of charge without a guide. Please register your class in advance.
All programmes for schools are free of charge. Once teachers have registered their visit, they are also entitled to free admission to prepare for their visit.
A tailored learning experience: we design programmes that match your learning objectives and inspire your students.
Are you planning a trip to our centre with your class or after-school group? Please get in touch – together we’ll find the right package for you.
