• Book online to skip the line, since walk-up waits vary by season and day, and an online ticket is scanned straight in at the door
• Leave the stroller behind if you can: the rooms get crowded, and the museum suggests coming without one or with a folding buggy
• Stairs or a steep ramp lead down to the riverside promenade where the entrance is; inside, it is step-free from the main door

The DDR Museum shows daily life in East Germany through original objects visitors are allowed to handle. Kids sit behind the wheel of a Trabi driving simulator and walk through a furnished prefab apartment whose children's room is stocked with East German toys to play with.

Other rooms cover the Wall, the Stasi and a kindergarten corner. The Stasi section suits older kids more than toddlers.