--- title: "Nikolai Quarter" date: 2023-08-01 last_modified: 2026-07-23T13:02:17+02:00 generated_at: 2026-07-27T11:04:01Z url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/nikolaiviertel" description: "Welcome to the oldest part of the city of Berlin! Three museums invite you to discover history: the Museum Nikolaikirche, the Museum Knoblauchhaus and the Museum Ephraim-Palais. Learn about Berlin's past and take part in our diverse program!" image: "https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/©SSB_Foto-Michael-Setzpfandt-3-1920x1280.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Nikolai Quarter # Nikolai Quarter ![Sommerliche Abendstimmung, Menschen die über das Kopfsteinpflaster im Nikolaiviertel flanieren, rechts das Museum Knoblauchhaus](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/©SSB_Foto-Michael-Setzpfandt-3-300x200.jpg) - [ ![Das Museum bei Nacht von außen mit blauer Leuchtschrift, auf der BERLINZEIT steht](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC186350_1920px-300x200.jpg) Ephraim-Palais Exhibitions on Berlin’s history and culture ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/museum-ephraim-palais) [ ![Das Museum Nikolaikirche bei Nacht.](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/museum-nikolaikirche-bei-nacht-200x300.jpg) Nikolaikirche Where Berlin began ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/museum-nikolaikirche) [ ![Das Museum Knoblauchhaus bei Nacht.](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/museum-knoblauchhaus-bei-nacht-300x200.jpg) Museum Knoblauchhaus One of Berlin’s oldest town houses ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/museum-knoblauchhaus) [ ![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-300x200.jpg) Berlins Middle 800 Years of History and Culture | NIKOLAIKIRCHE ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/ausstellung/berlins-mitte) [ ![Zwei Besucher:innen beim "Foto-Shooting" auf dem Motorroller.](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/berlinzeit-motorroller-pitty-300x200.jpg) BerlinZEIT The City Makes History! | EPHRAIM-PALAIS ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/ausstellung/berlinzeit) [ ![Originalgetreu eingerichtete Räume zeigen, wie die Berliner Kaufmannsfamilie Knoblauch vor rund zweihundert Jahren lebte.](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/fuehrung-berliner-leben-im-biedermeier-300x207.jpg) Everyday Life in Biedermeier Berlin Humboldt, Schinkel and the Knoblauch Family | KNOBLAUCHHAUS ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/ausstellung/berliner-leben-im-biedermeier) [ ![„Drag Story Hour“ im Museum Knoblauchhaus](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/drag-story-hour-300x200.jpg) Sunday in the Nikolai Quarter Every 1st Sunday of the month: a whole load of family fun! ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/veranstaltung/sunday-in-the-nikolai-quarter) ![]() ![Tanzende Menschen vor dem Eingang des Museum Ephraim-Palais mit der Aufschrift "BerlinZEIT", Abendstimmung](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/©-Stadtmuseum-Berlin_Foto-Michael-Setzpfandt-1.jpg) ![](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DSC199858_1920px.jpg) ![Blick aufs Museum Knoblauchhaus mit Weitwinkel](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/©SSB_Foto-Michael-Setzpfandt-2.jpg) ![Vor einem Ladenlokal mit der Plakette Museumslabor stehen Kinder und Erwachsene und spielen miteinander](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/20230604-Ausstellungseroeffnung-Motherland-3038.jpg) ![](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/©SSB_Foto-Michael-Setzpfandt-5.jpg) ## Our Museums **Right in the heart of the Nicholai Quarter, where Berlin was founded some 800 years ago, three museums await you: the Ephraim Palais, the Nikolaikirche and the Knoblauchhaus.** In these historic and reconstructed buildings, you can discover Berlin’s history from the Middle Ages to the present day. Located very close to the TV Tower, the Red Town Hall and the Humboldt Forum, we host permanent exhibitions and changing special exhibitions. With the Combi-Ticket, you can visit all three museums. Admission is free for children, youngsters and many others! ## Combi-Ticket ## Three museums, one price **Combi-Ticket** **15 euros** Valid for our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Nikolaikirche, Ephraim-Palais, Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days (please note opening hours) **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. [ Ticket-Shop ](https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/tickets/combi?museum_id=5) ## What's on in the Nikolai Quarter? - [ ![Blick durch den Kirchenrauf mit Kreuzgewölbe auf die Orgelempore](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Orgelempore__Stiftung_Stadtmuseum_Berlin__Foto_Michael_Setzpfand-196x300.jpg) Nikolaikirche *2026-07-31 17:00:00* ### Nikolai Music on Friday After work concert to mark the start of the weekend, featuring organ music by historical female composers in Berlin's oldest surviving church building. Music, Nikolaiviertel, Nikolai Quarter ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/nikolai-music-on-friday) - [ ![Eine Frau und ein Mädchen beim gemeinsamen Gestalten.](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bunte-druckwerkstatt-300x200.jpg) Ephraim-Palais *2026-08-01 13:00:00* ### Picture Workshop This free creative activity takes families with children aged 3 and above on a photo safari. They then edit and design the pictures using their imagination. Nikolaiviertel, Nikolai Quarter, Workshop, Family and children ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/picture-workshop) - [ ![Cartoon-Zeichnung von buntem Menschengetümmel vor Nikolaikirche, Knoblauchhaus und Ephraim-Palais](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/key-visual-sonntag-im-nikolaiviertel-300x300.jpg) Nikolaikirche *2026-08-02 10:00:00* ### Day of Action at the Nikolaikirche Come along to “Sunday in the Nikolai Quarter”! A varied programme of events awaits you on the first Sunday of every month. Admission is free for everyone under 18 and those entitled to concessions. Day of action, Nikolaiviertel, Sunday in the Nikolai Quarter, Nikolai Quarter ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/day-of-action-at-the-nikolaikirche) - [ ![Der Blick ins Museumslabor zeigt eine Gruppe beim gestalten kreativer Drucke](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/museumslabor-ephraim-palais-300x200.jpg) Ephraim-Palais *2026-08-08 13:00:00* ### Printing workshop With this free creative activity, families with children aged 3 and above can design their own full-colour linocuts in the museum laboratory. Nikolaiviertel, Nikolai Quarter, Workshop, Family and children ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/events/printing-workshop) ## Info & Service ## Ephraim-Palais **Address** Poststraße 16 10178 Berlin **Opening Hours** Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Uhr Mon closed **Admission** 7 euros (Single-Ticket) | free of charge (under 18 years or with proof of reduction) [ Learn more ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/museum-ephraim-palais) ## Nikolaikirche **Address** Nikolaikirchplatz 10178 Berlin **Opening Hours** täglich | 10 – 18 Uhr (auch an Feiertagen) **Admission** 7 euros (Single Ticket) | free of charge (under 18 years or with proof of reduction) [ Learn more ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/museum-nikolaikirche) ## Knoblauchhaus **Address** Poststraße 23 10178 Berlin **Opening Hours** Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Uhr Mon closed **Admission** 7 euros (Single Ticket) | free of charge (under 18 years or with proof of reduction) [ Learn more ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/museum/museum-knoblauchhaus) ## Kontakt Infoline (030) 24 002-162 Mon – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. [Write E-Mail](mailto:info@stadtmuseum.de) ## Ticket-Shop Whether with a Combi-Ticket or a Single Ticket: we are looking forward to seeing you! [ Buy ticket ](https://tickets.stadtmuseum.de/#/tickets/filters) ## Berlin Stories - [ ![Die Waisenbrücke im Jahr 1908 mit dem neu eröffneten Märkischen Museum und dem 1902 errichteten Kaufhaus Neu-Kölln mit seinem markanten, schlossartigen Wasserturm](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/waisenbruecke-maerkisches-museum-1908-300x219.jpeg) Berlin places ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-places) - [ ![Wooden double-decker bus with long bonnet and ‘Salem’ advertising lettering](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/berliner-spielzeug-doppeldeckerbus-300x198.jpg) Berlin things ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-things) - [ ![Heinrich Zille in Hut undMantel mit Zigarre im Mund auf einer handsignierten Postkarte, 1915 ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/heinrich-zille-192x300.jpg) Berlin personalities ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-personalities) - [ ![Mechanische Musikinstrumente im Märkischen Museum, im Hintergrund das Orchestrion „Fratihymnia“ ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mechanische-musikinstrumente-maerkisches-museum_0-300x200.jpg) Berlin sounds ](https://www.berlin.museum/en/topic/berlin-sounds)