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The Museum Made Easy

An Inclusive Tour (in German – plain language)

The Jewish Museum Berlin opened in 2001.
It is one of Europe’s largest Jewish museums.
In our exhibition, we tell the history of German Jews and show how they live today.
We will guide you through the exhibition and show you the museum. 
 

by appointment

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Old Building is marked in green

Where

Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

This is what happens on the tours:

  1. You’ll receive a warm welcome.
  2. We’ll look at the building.
  3. We’ll look at a Torah. A Torah is a scroll. These scrolls contain texts that are important to Jews.
  4. We’ll take a break.
  5. We’ll bake some plaited yeast bread. This is called Challah. Challah is a bread for Jewish holy days.
  6. We’ll say goodbye.

 

A baking sheet with four yeast plaits sprinkled with sesame seeds and poppy seeds.

This is what plaited yeast bread look like: Challot at the Jewish Museum., photo: Dalik Sojref

A pair of hands feeling a model of a synagogue

Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: An overview

General Information
Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: Directions, visiting the museum, audience-specific
Simple English: Information about the Jewish Museum Berlin and its website in Simple English
Sign Language Information and offers in German Sign Language
Accessibility Statement: Information on areas in which accessibility is still lacking, options for giving feedback, and the arbitration service
Tours & Workshops
JMB App: Including audio tours, German plain language, German Sign Language, optimized for screen readers, features touching instructions for tactile paintings, and audio texts for reading along
Access Program Tours by appointment and with fixed dates
See also
Jewish Places: Information about Jewish sites in Easy Read (German)

Where, when, what?

  • Whenby appointment
  • Duration3 hours
  • Where Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the Glass Courtyard
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
    See location on map

  • Language German – plain language

    Cost per group 60 € for school groups, 100 € for adults reduced rate

    Number of participants Up to 15

    Booking request T +49 (0)30 259 93 305 (Mon–Fri, 10 am–4 pm) visit@jmberlin.de For groups we offer guided tours on your desired date. Please contact us at least 6 weeks before your desired date for this service. 

    Please note This tour is an inclusive offer for adults and school classes in grades 7 to 13 (ages 13 to 19). The tour is for people with the need for calm and plain language. It is aimed at groups with learning, speech or motor and psychosocial impairments.

Bookable Tours and Workshops: Tours for Adults (12)

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Guided Tours: Access Program (7)

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  • Access Program

    Would you like to visit our permanent exhibition and have special needs? Choose a program from our access offers.

  • The picture shows three teenagers, one of them using a wheel chair. They are squeezed in between blocks of concrete and looking upwards.

    German Jews’ Reactions to National Socialism

    “The Museum Made Easy:” Bookable Project Days in Plain Language (in German)

    Workshop
    By appointment

  • Exhibition view: one visitor stands under a sound tube, another sits in a sound bunk

    Judaism Aloud

    An audible and palpable tour for visitors with blindness or limited vision

    Guided Tour
    By appointment

  • A baking sheet with four yeast plaits sprinkled with sesame seeds and poppy seeds.

    The Museum Made Easy

    An inclusive tour in German plain language (for school groups ages 13 to 19)

    Guided Tour
    By appointment

  • Spice boxes designed in the shape of silver flowers.

    Shabbat

    For students ages 11 or older 

    Workshop
    By appointment

  • Collage: A beige jug with a lid is disassembled into larger individual parts. A black and gold-colored plant tendril grows from an upper part of the jug. A face appears in profile on the right-hand side (as part of the jug).

    Pictures Make People

    A museum visit for people with dementia and their companions (in German)

    Guided Tour
    Fri 17 Oct + Thu 20 Nov + 8 Dec 2025, 2 pm

  • Exhibition view: one visitor stands under a sound tube, another sits in a sound bunk

    Judaism Aloud

    A public audible and palpable tour for visitors with blindness or limited vision

    Guided Tour
    Wed 29 Oct + 26 Nov 2025, 3 pm

  • Long white paper banners with text hang from the ceiling interrupted by showcases, in the background stands a blonde woman

    Katastrophe

    A guided tour in German sign language

    Guided Tour
    By appointment

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