--- title: "Life in the Middle Ages" date: 2022-11-08 last_modified: 2026-07-24T11:06:52+02:00 generated_at: 2026-07-27T19:30:30Z url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/exhibition/life-in-the-middle-ages" description: "Watch, participate, understand history" image: "https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ausstellung-leben-im-mittelalter-1.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Life in the Middle Ages - ![]() ![Raumansicht Dauerausstellung Leben im Mittelalter mit Publikum](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ausstellung-leben-im-mittelalter-1.jpg) 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. ![Raumansicht der Dauerausstellung im Museumsdorf Düppel](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/02-e1784883919230-300x239.jpg) 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. ![Mitmach-Station in der Dauerausstellung](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_4766-e1710409319689-300x218.jpg) Fascinating facts and historical context bring the medieval village to life. At the interactive stations in the exhibition, you can smell, touch and try things out for yourself. ### 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! ![Hörstation mit QR-Code an der Palisade des Museumsdorfs Düppel](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hoer-station-museumsdorf-dueppel-300x300.jpg) ## 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](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/besuchsordnung-stadtmuseum-berln.pdf) 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). [ Google Maps ](https://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Museumsdorf%20D%C3%BCppel%2C%20Clauertstra%C3%9Fe%2C%20Berlin&aq=0&oq=Museumsdorf&sll=52.516626%2C13.406861&sspn=0.007547%2C0.015256&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&hq=Museumsdorf%20D%C3%BCppel%2C%20Clauertstra%C3%9Fe%2C%20Berlin&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A&cid=16028331331836067604) [ Bus & Train ](https://www.bvg.de/de/verbindungen/verbindungssuche) ## Contact Infoline +49 30 240 02 – 162 Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. [Write E-Mail](mailto:info@berlin.museum) ## Tickets ## Admission 6 euros / free admission (under 18 years or reduced) [ Ticketshop ](https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/tickets/time?museum_id=7&group=day) ### Discount For students, international students, FSJ volunteers, etc., recipients of transfer payments (ALG I / citizen's income), severely disabled persons (at least 50% GdB) and their Personal Assistant, members of the Theater Gemeinde Berlin, holders of the WelcomeCard 2026, holders of the Berlin and Brandenburg volunteer card, members of the International Association of Art, Get2Card holders with appropriate proof, members of Kulturvolk / Freie Volksbühne e. V. with appropriate proof, the Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Stadtmuseums Berlin e. V., the Förderverein Museumsdorf Düppel e. V., holders of the Berliner Ferienpass or Super-Ferien-Pass. ### Free admission for children and young people up to 18 years of age, persons accompanying people with a severe disability (at least 50 % GdB), persons with an electronic residence permit (eAT), Ukrainian passport or residence permit in Ukraine, members of the press and partner institutions, sponsors and members of sponsoring associations, ICOM and DMB members as well as holders of 3-day museum passes. ### 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!