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title: "Life in the Middle Ages"
date: 2022-11-08
last_modified: 2025-11-05T07:03:54+01:00
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url: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/en/exhibition/life-in-the-middle-ages"
description: "Watch, participate, understand history"
image: "https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ausstellung-leben-im-mittelalter-1.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Life in the Middle Ages

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![Raumansicht Dauerausstellung Leben im Mittelalter mit Publikum](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ausstellung-leben-im-mittelalter-1.jpg)

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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**
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)

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.

![Mitmach-Station in der Dauerausstellung](https://stiftung-stadtmuseum-berlin.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MIS_4766-e1710409319689-300x218.jpg)

Historical circumstances and exciting facts presented in an easy-to-understand way help visitors understand the medieval village located in the Krummes Fenn conservation area. Interactive stations invite you to smell, touch and try things out, and will prepare you for an exciting historical presentation in the outdoor area of the open-air museum.

## 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 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.stadtmuseum.de/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 24 002-162
Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
[Write E-Mail](mailto:info@stadtmuseum.de)

## 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 2025, 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, holders of 3-day museum passes; participants in the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 receive free admission to the Nikolaikirche Museum on presentation of their accreditation

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