Everyday Life in Biedermeier Berlin

Humboldt, Schinkel and the Knoblauch family

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Museum Knoblauchhaus

Living room of the Hauschild family, painting by Eduard Gaertner (detail), 1843

Welcome to Biedermeier Berlin! The Knoblauchhaus Museum is one of the few preserved town houses from this era of Berlin’s history. The reconstructed living quarters of the Knoblauch family give visitors a glimpse into the everyday life of an upper-middle-class family in 19th century Berlin.

Location
Museum Knoblauchhaus
Poststraße 23
10178 Berlin

Opening hours
Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (also on public holidays)
Mon | closed (except Whit Monday)

Admission
5 euros (single ticket) | 15 euros (combi-ticket*) | free admission (under 18 years or with reduction)

*Valid on two consecutive days for the Museum Ephraim-Palais, the Museum Nikolaikirche and the Museum Knoblauchhaus.

On the first floor, you will get to know the members of the Knoblauch family and learn about their contributions to the city. On the second floor, day-to-day objects, images and documents provide information about social life, economy, politics and architecture in the period between 1815 and 1845.

The furnishings of the kitchen in the Knoblauchhaus Museum correspond to the state around 1830.

The Writing Room in the Knoblauchhaus Museum

The Knoblauchhaus, taken in 1895 by the photographer F. Albert Schwartz (1836 – 1906).

Henriette Knoblauch’s living room contains typical Biedermeier furniture: a bureau, a sewing table, a sofa, and a round table. The library is dedicated to her husband, Carl Knoblauch. He managed the paternal silk business and was active in local, social, and cultural causes.

In the reception room, or entrée, you will meet Carl’s brother Eduard Knoblauch, an architect who studied under Schinkel. Eduard was one of the most important architects of the 19^th century. His best-known work is the Neue Synagoge on Oranienburger Straße. In the corner room at the back of the house, you will meet Hermann Knoblauch, whose academic career as an experimental physicist led him to universities in Berlin, Bonn, Marburg and Halle. Like his father Carl Knoblauch before him, he was also involved in politics.

The reception room is the middle of three adjoining magnificent rooms on the ground floor of the Knoblauchhaus.

One section of the Berlin Salon focuses on the careers of the Humboldt brothers.

The “Berliner Salon” on the upper floor of the Knoblauchhaus complements the permanent exhibition with a focus on silk merchant and politician Carl Knoblauch’s network of friends and acquaintances in the first half of the 19^th century. These included prominent figures such as Prussian star architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, explorer Alexander von Humboldt and his brother, educational reformer Wilhelm von Humboldt.

Info & Service

Opening Hours

Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (also on public holidays)
Mon closed (except Easter Monday and Whit Monday)

On 6 June, the museum will be closed from 3 pm. The reason is an internal event.

We kindly ask for your understanding.

Directions

Poststraße 23
10178 Berlin

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Bus & Train

Contact

Infoline
+49 30 24 002-162
Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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Accessibility

not barrier-free

Tickets

Admission

Combi-Ticket
15 euros
Valid for our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Museum Nikolaikirche, Museum Ephraim-Palais, Museum Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days (please note opening hours)

Single Ticket
5 euros
Day ticket for the Museum Knoblauchhaus

Free admission
With proof of reduction
For children & young people under 18, students, trainees, FSJ/FÖJ/BFD volunteers, Berlin-Ticket-S holders, severely disabled persons (with mark B) & accompanying person, refugees (with valid work or residence permit /eAT and Ukrainian passport or valid residence permit from Ukraine), recipients of residence permit /eAT and Ukrainian passport or valid residence permit from Ukraine), recipients of transfer benefits (citizen’s allowance, ALG I), holders of the Berlin-Brandenburg volunteer card, holders of the Super Holiday Pass / Berlin Family Pass, ICOM members, members of the German Museums Association, KulturPass holders, media representatives with a valid press card
Museum Sunday
Free admission for everyone on the first Sunday of every month!