Computerspielemuseum

Computerspielemuseum
The Computerspielemuseum in 2013
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Established1997 (1997) (reopened 2011 (2011))
Dissolved2000 (2000) (original exhibition)
LocationKarl-Marx-Allee, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Coordinates52°31′03″N 13°26′31″E / 52.5176°N 13.4419°E / 52.5176; 13.4419
TypeVideo game museum
Collection size>37,000 items
OwnerBooster Club for Youth and Social Work
Websitewww.computerspielemuseum.de

The Computerspielemuseum (German for Computer Game Museum) is a German video game museum founded in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, it had a permanent exhibition in Berlin. Afterward, it became an online-only museum. In 2011, the museum reopened its permanent exhibition in Berlin's neighborhood of Friedrichshain, on Karl-Marx-Allee. During the first month of its permanent exhibition, it had 12,000 visitors.[citation needed]