--- title: "Berlin Stories" date: 2022-12-01 last_modified: 2026-07-23T10:47:44+02:00 generated_at: 2026-07-27T19:13:01Z url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/berlin-stories" language: "en-US" --- # Berlin Stories # Berlin Stories [ ![Garland-Tänzerinnen in Blumen-Kostümen auf einer Bühne mit Blumenkulisse in Hamburg](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/10-garland-revue-300x223.jpg) African American Performers 1877-1933 From the Jubilee Singers to Jazz: Musicians, Dancers and Variety Artists in Berlin. ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/story/afroamerikanische-buehnenkuenstlerinnen-1877-1933) [ ![Ein Pferdekopf aus Kupfer, der auf einem Sockel steht](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/mauritshuis-Paard-Horse-Quadriga-Check-Creditlines-254x300.jpg) The horse’s head from the Quadriga The last remnant from the original Quadriga on Brandenburg Gate. ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/horse-head-from-the-quadriga) [ ![](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jeanne-mammen_beschnitten-277x300.jpg)](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/jeanne-mammen) [ ![Hinterhof-Detail mit sommerlichen Bäumen, bunt bemalten Wänden, Blumenbeet, bepflanzten Zinkbadewannen und Kinder-Tretroller](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/berlin-jetzt-berliner-hoefe-web-300x198.jpg) Your Berlin Backyards “Berlin jetzt!” Photo Call: Take a look at over 1,700 submitted courtyard photos! ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/berlin-jetzt/berlin-backyards) [ ![Kennedy mit Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer im offenen Wagen.](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/john-f-kennedy-konrad-adenauer-300x205.jpg) With Kennedy through Germany ‘Ich bin ein Berliner!’ Photos of the US President's Berlin visit in June 1963. ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/story/with-kennedy-through-germany) [ ![Die belebte Waisenbrücke über die Spree, im Vordergrund ein ankerndes Ausflugsschiff, im Hintergrund das Märkische Museum am Märkischen Platz mit Kaufhaus Neu-Kölln](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/alte-waisenbruecke-maerkisches-museum-300x219.jpg) The Old Waisenbrücke Bridge The story of a severed lifeline of the city. ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/the-old-waisenbrucke-bridge) [ ![Savoir-vivre im Nikolaiviertel: Das Museum Nikolaikirche ist umgeben von Cafés, Restaurants und liebevoll geführten Geschenkläden. ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_57121-300x200.jpg) Welcome to the Nikolai Quarter! Discover the oldest part of Berlin. ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/nikolaiviertel) [ ![Portrait-Foto von Magnus Hirschfeld, um 1900](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/magnus-hirschfeld-protrait-300x300.jpg) Magnus Hirschfeld A pioneer of the sexual minority emancipation movement. ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/magnus-hirschfeld) ## Discover Berlin - [ ![Heinrich Zille in Hut undMantel mit Zigarre im Mund auf einer handsignierten Postkarte, 1915 ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/heinrich-zille-192x300.jpg) Berlin personalities ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-personalities) - [ ![Die Waisenbrücke im Jahr 1908 mit dem neu eröffneten Märkischen Museum und dem 1902 errichteten Kaufhaus Neu-Kölln mit seinem markanten, schlossartigen Wasserturm](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/waisenbruecke-maerkisches-museum-1908-300x219.jpeg) Berlin places ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-places) - [ ![Wooden double-decker bus with long bonnet and ‘Salem’ advertising lettering](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/berliner-spielzeug-doppeldeckerbus-300x198.jpg) Berlin things ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-things) - [ ![Mechanische Musikinstrumente im Märkischen Museum, im Hintergrund das Orchestrion „Fratihymnia“ ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mechanische-musikinstrumente-maerkisches-museum_0-300x200.jpg) Berlin sounds ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-sounds) ## Popular articles [ ![Josephine Baker mit Musikern bei einem Bühnenauftrtitt in Berlin](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/josephine-baker-1965-205x300.jpg) ### Josephine Baker “All I want is to dance…” Josephine Baker has been inspiring untold numbers of people around the globe for a century. She used dance to get out of the slums of the southern United States and from Paris she conquered the world’s stages in the 1920s. Article, 6 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/josephine-baker) [ ![Die buntgewebte Polsterung der beiden grünen Stühle (Hochlehner) zeigt links Violinen und rechts einen Dudelsack. ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Musikerstuehle297-298_StefanPetri-300x263.jpg) ### The “Reichsbank Furniture” They came to the Märkisches Museum as a transfer from the Ministry of Finance of the GDR in the 1950s: 47 French antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. What does French furniture have to do with Berlin's urban history? A contribution from provenance research. Article, 3 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/the-reichsbank-furniture) [ ![Dirigent Paul Dessau im Gespräch mit Heiner Müller im leeren Zuschauersaal der Staatsoper Berlin bei den Proben zu „Lanzelot“, 1969](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/heiner-mueller-paul-dessau-300x300.jpg) ### Heiner Müller Heiner Müller is regarded as one of the most important German dramatists of the 20th century. Article, 8 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/heiner-muller) [ ![Heinrich Zille in Hut undMantel mit Zigarre im Mund auf einer handsignierten Postkarte, 1915 ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/heinrich-zille-192x300.jpg) ### Heinrich Zille Heinrich Zille, also known in Berlin as “Pinselheinrich”, remains one of the city’s most well-known and most popular artists. And yet, he was not born into a career in art: it was only following his dismissal as a lithographer from the Photographische Gesellschaft which provided him with the impetus to devote himself entirely to his craft. Article, 8 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/heinrich-zille) [ ![Beim „Großen Preis von Deutschland“ auf der Avus winkt das Publikum den vorbeidonnernden Rennwagen zu, 2. August 1959](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/avus-grosser-preis-von-deutschland-1959-300x233.jpg) ### The AVUS The AVUS was used as a race track until the end of the 1990s. Today, it forms the northern section of the A115 motorway. We tell its story. Article, 2 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/the-avus) [ ![Leonore Schwarzer ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/leonore-schwarzer-230x300.jpg) ### Leonore Schwarzer This exclusive online photo exhibition showcases the work of Berlin photographer Leonore Schwarzer and her ability to capture the life of East Berliners in multifaceted images. Article, 2 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/article/leonore-schwarzer) [ ![Jeanne Mammens Atelier am Kurfürstendamm 29](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jeanne-mammen-atelier-300x202.jpeg) ### Jeanne Mammen’s studio A 360° tour with audio commentary Story, 2 min Reading time ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/story/jeanne-mammens-studio)