The DDR Museum is an interactive museum in the centre of Berlin. The museum is located in the former governmental district of East Germany, right on the river Spree, opposite the Berlin Cathedral..Its exhibition shows the daily life in East Germany in a direct "hands-on" way. For example, a covert listening device ("bug") gives visitors the sense of being "under surveillance"..The museum was opened on July 15, 2006, as a private museum. In 2008, the DDR Museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award.,BERLIN-GERMANY 17/08/2009..