--- title: "Everyday Life in Biedermeier Berlin" date: 2022-11-01 last_modified: 2026-02-23T13:19:23+01:00 generated_at: 2026-05-31T03:43:25Z url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/berliner-leben-im-biedermeier" description: "Humboldt, Schinkel and the Knoblauch family" image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/eduard-gaertner-wohnzimmer-der-familie-hauschild.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Everyday Life in Biedermeier Berlin ![](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/eduard-gaertner-wohnzimmer-der-familie-hauschild.jpg) 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** 7 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. From 3 October 2025 to 12 July 2026, the Humboldt Forum Ticket is also valid at the Museum Knoblauchhaus (see ‘Tickets’). - A free audio guide leads you through the exhibition in German, English, Spanish and Turkish. 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. ![Die Einrichtung der Küche im Museum Knoblauchhaus entspricht dem Zustand um 1830.](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Knoblauchhaus_Kueche_Ziebe-300x200.jpg) ![Die Schreibstube im Museum Knoblauchhaus](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/25_Schreibstube_0036_TobTanzyna-Entwurf-300x204.jpg) ![Historische Aufnahme des Knoblauchhauses aus dem Jahr 1895](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Museum-Knoblauchhaus-FASchwartz-1895-300x238.jpg) 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 19th 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. ![Das Empfangszimmer ist der mittlerweile von drei nebeneinanderliegenden Prachträumen im Erdgeschosses des Knoblauchhauses.](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Knoblauchhaus_IMG_9585-300x202.jpg) ![Ausstellungsbereich Berliner Salon über die Brüder Humboldt](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Berliner-Salon-©-Stadtmuseum-Berlin_Foto-Michael-Setzpfandt-18-300x200.jpg) 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 19th century. These included prominent figures such as Prussian star architect [Karl Friedrich Schinkel](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/karl-friedrich-schinkel), explorer Alexander von Humboldt and his brother, educational reformer Wilhelm von Humboldt. ## Info & Service ##### Opening Hours Tue – Sun | 10 am – 6 pm (also on public holidays) Mon closed **Differing opening hours:** Wed | 20.05. | 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Staff meeting) Mon | 25.05. | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (Whit Monday) Sun | 21 .06.2026 | 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. (Museum Festival / Fête de la Musique) Sat | 29.08. | 10 a.m. – 2 a.m. (Long Night of Museums) 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.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/besuchsordnung-stadtmuseum-berln.pdf) of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply. ##### Directions Poststraße 23 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps](https://g.page/Knoblauchhaus?share) [ Bus & Train](https://www.bvg.de/en/connections/connection-search) ##### Contact Infoline +49 30 24 002-162 Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. [Write E-Mail](mailto:info@stadtmuseum.de) ##### 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** 7 euros Day ticket for the Museum Knoblauchhaus **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. **Humboldt Forum Ticket** 15 euros | 7 euros (with proof of reduction) From 3 October 2025 to 12 July 2026, the Humboldt Forum ticket will also be valid at the Knoblauchhaus Museum. It can be purchased at the Humboldt Forum ticket office on site or online at the [Humboldt Forum ticket shop](https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/visit/admission-and-tickets/).