It's frightening, but true: everyday lives cannot function without coal, oil, and gas. Fossil fuels enable mobility and provide electricity and heat. Fossil raw materials are used in road construction and in our clothing. Over decades, we have made ourselves dependent on them—and realized far too late what the consequences are. We live in a carbon culture! And the Deutsches Technikmuseum, as a museum of the fossil fuel age, reflects this in its exhibitions.
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Die Intervention "Carbon Culture. Museum des fossilen Zeitalters" wirft vom 25. Februar bis 27. September 2026 einen kritischen Blick auf unsere Abhängigkeit von Kohle, Öl und Gas.
The intervention “Carbon Culture” at the museum picks up on this theme starting on February 25. A new presentation of selected objects and their connection to landscapes of raw material extraction opens up unusual perspectives. Short text passages and specific questions accompany visitors. They encourage reflection and turn the museum into a place for critical engagement with a technology and cultural history that is harmful to the climate.
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Price info: At the till/ without online ticket € 13 (including 1 € service fee)
Don't fancy queuing? We generally recommend booking an online ticket, especially during the vacation season!
Price: €12.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Reduced price info: At the till/ without online ticket € 7 (including 1 € service fee)
Admission is free for those under 18 and up to the completion of regular schooling.
Discounts are available to the following, with appropriate proof:
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Unemployed persons
Severely disabled persons (from 50%)
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Don't fancy queuing? We generally recommend booking an online ticket, especially during the vacation season!
Price: €12.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Reduced price info: At the till/ without online ticket € 7 (including 1 € service fee)
Admission is free for those under 18 and up to the completion of regular schooling.
Discounts are available to the following, with appropriate proof:
Students
Unemployed persons
Severely disabled persons (from 50%)
Recipients of social welfare
Recipients of benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz)
Federal volunteers and those doing voluntary military service
Berliners with the berlinpass and berlinpass-BuT
Groups from institutions for the disabled
