Life in the Middle Ages

Watch, participate, understand history

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Museumsdorf Düppel   

More than eight hundred years ago, a village settlement arose in what is now Berlin-Zehlendorf. How did people live in the Middle Ages? What was village life like? What did people eat? The permanent exhibition at Museumsdorf Düppel invites you on a journey of discovery at this historical site.

Location
Museumsdorf Düppel
Clauertstraße 11 
14163 Berlin

Opening Hours
currently closed
(bookable offers all year round)

During the season
(from 16 March 2024):
Sat + Sun + public holidays | 10 am – 6 pm
(during the holidays daily except Wed)

Entry
5 Euros / 3 Euros reduced)
free until 18 years

A multimedia exhibition at the entrance to the open-air museum provides insight into the everyday life of rural populations in the Middle Ages. In the years surrounding 1200, the region was shaped by the founding of the Margraviate of Brandenburg and by immigration of people from the west who came to settle territories that were formerly occupied by Slavic peoples. A timeline at the exhibition shows how the region developed and how these developments changed the landscape.
What was life like 800 years ago?
© Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Michael Setzpfandt
Hands-on station in the permanent exhibition
© Stadtmuseum Berlin | Photo: Michael Setzpfandt

Six characters tell their stories

Based on original excavation finds, six fictitious residents in the exhibition talk about their everyday lives in the village on the green outskirts of modern-day Berlin. Follow the audio tracks on a journey back in time to the rural world of the Middle Ages and get to know some of the people who may have once lived here.

Info & Service

Opening Hours

Season 2025
29 March – 2 November
Sat + Sun | 10 am – 6 pm
on all public holidays during the season | 10 am – 6 pm
(during school holidays daily except Wed)

Differing opening hours:
Fri | 18.04. (Good Friday) | 10 am – 6 pm
Mon | 21.04. (Easter Monday) | 10 am – 6 pm
Thu | 01.05. (Labour Day) | 10 – 6 pm
Thu | 08.05. (Liberation Day) | 10 – 6 pm
Thu | 29.05. (Ascension Day) | 10 – 6 pm
Mon | 09.06. (Whit Monday) | 10 – 6 pm
Fri | 03.10. (German Unity Day) | 10 – 6 pm

Special opening hours
Autumn holidays | 18.10. – 02.11. | 10 am – 4 pm
St Martin’s Day | 08.11. | 3 – 8 pm
Winter Life | 07.12. | 12 – 6 pm

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

Infoline
+49 30 24 002-162
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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