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Balazs Kiss
3 reviews on 1 places
Based on the volume of documents and unique artefacts piled up here I would love to give a higher score but an exhibition as analogue as this don't deserve more in 2022 (even if we consider the time travel starting right at the entrance with the cumbersome process of the ticket purchase - strictly with cash).
A huge pile of documentation was cramped into these handful of rooms, one can borrow (that's practically the entrance fee) an audioguide, which tries to ... Well.. guide and put into context this enormous amount of information installed on the walls and in cases. There supposed to be some sort of storyline but it's loosely enforced and feels a bit random - probably the English guide couldn't cover every detail available on display - almost exclusively in German only.
Still remembering these times, the involuntary time travel made a heavy impression but the whole exhibition cries for a rework - maybe a tad bit less information with greater focus and accentuation would help to understand even for the younger generations how Stasi became this powerful & frightful machine by the time of the Berlin wall's fall.
Definitely worth a (2 hours) visit.
A huge pile of documentation was cramped into these handful of rooms, one can borrow (that's practically the entrance fee) an audioguide, which tries to ... Well.. guide and put into context this enormous amount of information installed on the walls and in cases. There supposed to be some sort of storyline but it's loosely enforced and feels a bit random - probably the English guide couldn't cover every detail available on display - almost exclusively in German only.
Still remembering these times, the involuntary time travel made a heavy impression but the whole exhibition cries for a rework - maybe a tad bit less information with greater focus and accentuation would help to understand even for the younger generations how Stasi became this powerful & frightful machine by the time of the Berlin wall's fall.
Definitely worth a (2 hours) visit.
The idea is generally good, the exhibition asks some difficult questions laying in front of us as humankind - but barely opened and a sizable share of the exhibition is already out of order, that's somewhat unexpected.
While there is storytelling in many of the stations, they are not appealing enough for the younger generations (at least my kids would not want to wait all that long as I had to to learn bits of info) - room for improvement.. Somehow the curators seemed to forget that in 2021 kids have an attention span of 15 seconds.
Also one has to wait for the most exciting attractions (despite I was there not in absolute prime time) and with younger kids that could be a torture.
Everything is bilangual (DE/EN), which is a huge good point, though.
All-in-all... Once can be visited but I expected more.
While there is storytelling in many of the stations, they are not appealing enough for the younger generations (at least my kids would not want to wait all that long as I had to to learn bits of info) - room for improvement.. Somehow the curators seemed to forget that in 2021 kids have an attention span of 15 seconds.
Also one has to wait for the most exciting attractions (despite I was there not in absolute prime time) and with younger kids that could be a torture.
Everything is bilangual (DE/EN), which is a huge good point, though.
All-in-all... Once can be visited but I expected more.
Excellent asian shop - large area, huge range, helpful staff. 👍