Stasimuseum

Stasimuseum
Stasimuseum
The main entrance to the Stasimuseum
Established1990 (1990)
LocationGermany
Coordinates52°30′52″N 13°29′15″E / 52.51444°N 13.48750°E / 52.51444; 13.48750
Visitors100,000 in 2017
Websitestasimuseum.de

The Stasimuseum (also known in German as the Forschungs- und Gedenkstätte Normannenstraße) is a research and memorial centre concerning the political system of the former East Germany. It is located in the Lichtenberg locality of Berlin, in the former headquarters of the Stasi (officially the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit), on Ruschestraße, near Frankfurter Allee and U-Bahn station Magdalenenstraße.