Life in the Middle Ages

The everyday world of the rural population

Museumsdorf Düppel

What was life like in the area around Berlin some 800 years ago? The permanent exhibition at the open-air museum invites you to explore a medieval settlement on its original site. Here, you can find out how people lived, worked and went about their daily lives back then.

Location
Museumsdorf Düppel
Clauertstraße 11 
14163 Berlin

Opening Hours
14 March – 7 November 2026
Sat + Sun | 10 am – 6 pm
during the holidays daily except Wed (please note special opening hours)

Special Opening Hours
see Info & Service

Admission
6 Euros / free admission (under 18 years or with reduction)

The exhibition looks back on an era of change. Around 1200, our region was settled by Slavic peoples. However, since the founding of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, more and more people moved here from the west. The exhibition tells the story of how they lived and thought, how they built houses, made tools and grew food, what they ate and where their clothes came from. It also explains how the landscape changed over thousands of years and what it was like in the Middle Ages.
In the exhibition, you’ll learn a lot about the people who lived around Berlin in the Middle Ages.
© Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Michael Setzpfandt

You’ll also find out what the archaeological digs since the 1970s have revealed about the settlement, which was discovered on the site of today’s open-air museum and has been partially reconstructed. You can explore it in the open-air exhibition area.

Hands-on station in the permanent exhibition
© Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Michael Setzpfandt

History told

At audio stations in the exhibition, six fictional villagers talk about their everyday rural lives in the Middle Ages. They share their thoughts, worries, hopes and hardships, giving you a vivid impression of what the people who once lived here might have been like. You’ll meet them again in the outdoor area!
At the gate of the medieval village, an elderly woman speaks of her anxious wait for her son to return home.
© Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Heiko Noack

Info & Service

Opening Hours

Season 2026
14 March – 1 November
Sat + Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
on all public holidays during the season | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
(during school holidays daily except Wed)

Special opening hours
09.07. – 23.08. (except Wed) | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (summer holidays)
17.10. – 01.11. (except Wed) | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (fall holidays)
Sat + Sun | 07. + 08.11. | 3 – 8 p.m. (St. Martin’s Event)
Sun | 06.12. | 12 – 6 p.m. (Winter Life)

Daycare centres, school classes and groups
We offer bookable offers for day-care centres, school classes and groups all year round during and outside the season.

The visitor rules of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply.

Directions

Museumsdorf Düppel
Clauertstraße 11 
14163 Berlin

As there is only a limited parking space, we recommend arriving by S-Bahn, bus or bicycle. Dogs are welcome (leash required).

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Contact

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+49 30 240 02 – 162
Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Tickets

Admission

6 euros / free admission (under 18 years or reduced)

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