Berlin’s Middle
800 years of history and culture
A trip to the early days of Berlin’s history in the city’s oldest surviving church building.
Location
Museum Nikolaikirche
Nikolaikirchplatz
10178 Berlin
Opening Hours
daily | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (also on public holidays)
Admission
7 euros (single ticket) | 15 euros (combi-ticket*) | free admission (under 18 years or with reduction)
*Valid on two consecutive days for the Ephraim-Palais, the Nikolaikirche and the Knoblauchhaus.
The permanent exhibition at the Nikolaikirche uses a wealth of original furnishings and artefacts to illustrate the building’s former functions. Themed displays invite you to delve even deeper into its past.
- In Search of Traces: The Early History of Berlin
- From Fieldstone to Brick: The Architectural History of the Nikolaikirche
- Walks: The Nikolai Quarter Then and Now
- World-Famous: Hymns from St Nikolai
- Liturgy in Transition: Ecclesiastical Art and Liturgical Objects
- Funeral Culture within the Church: Berlin’s Pantheon
- Lost and Rediscovered: The Coin Hoard from the Church Tower
Info & Service
Opening Hours
daily | 10 am – 6 pm (also on public holidays)
Differing opening hours:
Sat | 29.08. | 10 a.m. – 2 a.m. (Long Night of Museums)
Mon | 31.08. | Closed
Mon | 14.09. – 01.10. | Closed (Change of exhibition)
Thu | 24.12. | Closed (Christmas Eve)
Fri & Sat | 25. + 26.12. | 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. (First & Second Christmas Day)
Thu | 31.12. | Closed (New Year’s Eve)
Fri | 01.01. 2027 | 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. (New Year’s Day)
The visitor rules of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply.
Directions
Nikolaikirchplatz
10178 Berlin
Contact
Infoline
+49 30 240 02 – 162
Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Tickets
Admission
Combi-Ticket
15 euros
Valid for our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Nikolaikirche, Ephraim-Palais, Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days (please note opening hours)
Single Ticket
7 euros
Day ticket for the Nikolaikirche
Free admission
With proof of reduction
for children and adolescents under 18 years of age, students, trainees, FSJ/FÖJ/BFD volunteers, Berlin Ticket S holders, severely disabled persons (at least 50% GdB) and their Personal Assistant, refugees (with a valid work or residence permit/eAT and a Ukrainian passport or valid residence permit from Ukraine), recipients of transfer payments (Bürgergeld, ALG I), holders of the Berlin-Brandenburg Ehrenamtskarte, holders of the Super-Ferienpass / Berliner Familienpass, ICOM members, members of Deutscher Museumsbund, Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Stadtmuseums Berlin e. V. (except for the Museumsdorf Düppel), Förderverein Museumsdorf Düppel e. V., and Förderkreis Museum Knoblauchhaus e. V., media representatives with a valid press card.