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A pair of counterfeit Dior slip-ons in a pink snakeskin-effect finish, featuring silver glitter details and a logo buckle.
Fake Dior slippers
Events · Long Night of Museums

Prohibited items. What customs find in suitcases!

29 Aug 2026, 11 PM–11:30 PM

for everybody
free admission

Customs officers find far more in suitcases than just sunscreen and photos: counterfeit sneakers, luxury watches, and banned media are all part of the mix. Even live animals, stolen art, and weapons are uncovered.

Customs experts provide insights into their daily battle against smuggling and into a world full of deception, tricks, and curious finds.

Discover more

Long Night of Museums 2026

Long Night of Museums
29 Aug 2026, 6 PM – 30 Aug 2026, 2 AM
Guided Tours, Drop-In Workshops and a Late-Night Special with Customs Experts
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Drop-in-Workshop: Bears for everyone! Design experiments on paper

Long Night of Museums
29 Aug 2026, 6 PM–9 PM
in German
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Exterior view of the Kino International in Berlin with a large orange-and-white Berlinale poster showing a bear wearing glasses.

Express Tour: Good Things – Bad Things

Long Night of Museums
29 Aug 2026, 6:30 PM–6:45 PM
in English
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A visitor stands in front of a white display case in the new permanent exhibition.

Express Tour: Good Things – Bad Things

Long Night of Museums
29 Aug 2026, 8:30 PM–8:45 PM
in English
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A visitor stands in front of a white display case in the new permanent exhibition.

Express tour: Designing Berlin

Long Night of Museums
29 Aug 2026, 9 PM–9:15 PM
in English
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Exhibition view featuring photographs, graphic works, posters, and text panels in a modern museum space

Late-Night-Special: Prohibited items. What customs find in suitcases!

Long Night of Museums
30 Aug 2026, 12 AM–12:30 AM
in German
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Contact

Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge
Leipziger Straße 54
D-10117 Berlin

Phone: +49 (0)30 92 10 63 11
info@museumderdinge.de

How to find us

Underground: U2 Spittelmarkt (lift available)
Bus: 200 and 248 U Spittelmarkt

The museum and the archive are located on the ground floor of the building.

The office is located on the fifth floor of the building Leipziger Straße 54.

It is possible to reserve a parking space for visitors with reduced mobility directly at the museum.
To make a reservation please call: +49 (0)30 92 10 63 66 or write us: info@museumderdinge.de

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The museum can be visited:

Thursday – Monday, 12 pm – 7 pm
Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday

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Regular 6 € / Reduced 4 €
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