Berlin - Radio Tower Funkturm

At the very foot of the Radio Tower in Berlin stands the German Radio Museum (entrance from Messedamm), which was reopened in time for the 1989 Radio Exhibition after extensive building work. By 1993 the building should be extended still further to provide a total exhibition area of 2,500 sq.m/26,900 sq.ft. The collection shows the development in radio transmitting and receiving technology from the commencement of German radio in 1923 to the mid-sixties. It also contains an historically accurate reproduction of the studio from which Germany's first radio transmission was sent out in 1923. Temporary exhibitions are also held in the museum.

To the northeast, on the far side of Masurenallee, stands the five-storied House of Radio built by Hans Poelzig between 1929-31. Adjoining it on its north side is the television center of the SFB (Sender Freies Berlin, or Free Berlin Television).