--- title: "Berlin’s Middle" date: 2022-11-18 last_modified: 2026-07-24T12:25:48+02:00 generated_at: 2026-07-27T11:59:23Z url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/exhibition/berlins-middle" description: "A trip to the early days of Berlin’s history in the city’s oldest surviving church building." image: "https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stadtmodell-berlins-mitte.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Berlin’s Middle - ![]() ![Modell der mittelalterlichen Stadt Berlin im Museum Nikolaikirche, im Hintergrund unscharf Besucher und das Innere des Kirchenschiffs](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/stadtmodell-berlins-mitte.jpg) ![Momentaufnahme einer Führung im Museum Nikolaikirche](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/fuehrung-nikolaikirche.jpg) ![Savoir-vivre im Nikolaiviertel: Das Museum Nikolaikirche ist umgeben von Cafés, Restaurants und liebevoll geführten Geschenkläden. ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_57121.jpg) ![](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/nikolaikirche_sichtgrube_feldsteinmauern_stadtmuseum_berlin_foto_m.setzpfandt-e1722519476563.jpg) 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 ![Besucherinnen im Museum Nikolaikirche](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/museumssonntag-museum-nikolaikirche-300x200.jpg) A six-language audio guide and media stations in four languages bring the monument to life. Interactive offerings, learning spaces, guided tours, workshops and events complement the exhibition. ## Additions to the exhibition - [ ![Tastmodell der Berliner Nikolaikirche in der Ausstellung](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/tastmodell-nikolaikirche-berlin-300x200.jpg) Nikolaikirche ### Conceiving Architecture ### The Nikolaikirche for blind, visually impaired and sighted people Permanent Exhibition ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/exhibition/conceiving-architecture) ## 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](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/besuchsordnung-stadtmuseum-berln.pdf) of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply. ## Directions Nikolaikirchplatz 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps ](https://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Nikolaikirche%2C%20Nikolaikirchplatz%2C%20Berlin&aq=2&oq=Nikol&sll=52.514027%2C13.415251&sspn=0.015096%2C0.030513&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&hq=Nikolaikirche%2C%20Nikolaikirchplatz%2C%20Berlin&ll=52.517527%2C13.40744&spn=0.030189%2C0.061026&t=m&z=14&iwloc=A&cid=6093985458874356584) [ Bus & Train ](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search) ## Contact Infoline +49 30 240 02 – 162 Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. [Write E-Mail](mailto:info@berlin.museum) ## 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. [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/tickets/time?museum_id=5&group=day) ### Ласкаво просимо! Всі, хто має український паспорт, візу для України або дійсне студентське посвідчення українського університету та візу на проживання в Німеччині, можуть безкоштовно відвідувати всі наші локації; це також стосується всіх, хто має дозвіл на проживання в електронному вигляді (eAT). Ми з нетерпінням чекаємо на Вас!