Computerspielemuseum

Computerspielemuseum

The Computerspielemuseum in 2013
Established	1997 (1997) (reopened 2011 (2011))
Dissolved	2000 (2000) (original exhibition)
Location	Karl-Marx-Allee, Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany
Coordinates	52°31′03″N 13°26′31″E / 52.5176°N 13.4419°E / 52.5176; 13.4419
Type	Video game museum
Collection size	>37,000 items
Owner	Booster Club for Youth and Social Work
Website	www.computerspielemuseum.de

The Computerspielemuseum (German for Computer Game Museum) is a 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]}