Museum Ephraim-Palais
In the Ephraim-Palais Museum, the Stadtmuseum Berlin presents its newly revised permanent exhibition “BerlinZEIT – The city makes history!”
Location
Museum Ephraim-Palais
Poststraße 16
10178 Berlin
Opening Hours
Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Mon closed
Additional Opening Hours
see Info & Service
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.
Free admission for all:
Sun | 18.05. | International Museum Day
Sat | 21.06. | Museum Festival
The building, whose history dates back over 250 years, was completely restored in 1987 for Berlin’s 750th anniversary. The Stadtmuseum Berlin uses this unique location for exhibitions and exclusive presentations of objects from Berlin’s history. The Museum Ephraim-Palais is also home to the Ephraim Veitel Stiftung, a foundation promoting Jewish life in Germany. During opening hours, the museum shop offers a variety of literature and souvenirs related to the exhibitions.
Permanent Exhibition
Special Exhibition on the 3rd floor
Graphics, photography and history
Berlin backyards have a lot to tell. Since the industrial revolution in the 19th century at the latest, Berlin has been a center of attraction for people from other regions of Germany and from other countries. The history of the city has therefore always been a history of migration.The backyards are exemplary of urban coexistence with all its contradictions. They show how people shape space. And they encourage us to take a closer look: What can backyards tell us about Berlin? What about ourselves? In short: What is going on there?
Info & Service
Opening Hours
Tue – Sun | 10 am – 6 pm (also on public holidays)
Mon closed
Differing opening hours:
Mon | 21.04. (Easter Monday) | 10 am – 6 pm
Mon | 09.06. (Whit Monday) | 10 am – 6 pm
Sat | 21.06. (Museum Festival / Fête de la Musique) | 10 am – 10 pm | free admission
Sat | 30.08. (Long Night of the Museums) | 10 am – 2 am
Wed | 24.12. (Christmas Eve) | closed
Thu | 25.12. (Christmas Day) | 12 – 6 pm
Fri | 26.12. (Boxing Day) | 12 – 6 pm
Wed | 31.12. (New Year’s Eve) | closed
Thu | 01.01. (New Year’s Day) | 12 – 6 pm
The visitor rules of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply.
Directions
Poststraße 16
10178 Berlin
Contact
Infoline
+49 30 24 002-162
Mo – Fri | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Write E-Mail
Accessibility
The Ephraim-Palais is accessible without steps. All exhibition areas are accessible via an elevator. There are barrier-free toilets in the building.
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 Ephraim-Palais
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, members of the Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Stadtmuseums Berlin e. V., KulturPass holders, media representatives with a valid press card
Accessibility
S-Bahn: S3, S5, S7, S9 “Alexanderplatz” (distance to the museum approx. 800 m)
Underground: U2 “Klosterstraße” (distance to the museum approx. 600 m), U5 “Rotes Rathaus” (distance to the museum approx. 500 m)
Bus: 200, 248 “Nikolaiviertel” (distance to the museum approx. 100 m)
Tram: 12, M1, M4, M5, M6 “Spandauer Straße / Marienkirche” (distance to the museum approx. 650 m)
The Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (Berlin-Brandenburg Transport Association) offers free VBB Bus & Bahn escort service to help you get to the museum by public transport.
Parking
There are two public parking spaces for people with disabilities in Rathausstraße, distance to the museum approx. 500 metres.
On foot
The path to the museum is not vibration-free, but it is easy to walk and ride on. Over a distance of 20 metres, it has a longitudinal gradient of approx. 4.5 percent.
Assistance dogs are welcome in all areas.
The entrance door is a hinged door without an automatic mechanism; employees of the Stadtmuseum Berlin will be happy to help you open it.
There is a dirt-trapping mat in front of the entrance door (behind the entrance door in rainy weather).
All exhibition and event rooms are accessible at ground level or via a lift.
The lift stops on all floors; the lift cabin is 100 cm x 200 cm wide. The route to the lift is not marked. The lift can only be used when accompanied by staff.
Doors and passages are at least 90 cm wide.
The counter for the cash desk, cloakroom and museum shop is 75 cm high at its lowest point; there is no other equivalent means of communication while seated.
The exhibition rooms are spread over the three upper floors of the museum. The oval staircase there has handrails on both sides, but these are not straight. A total of 36 steps with handrails lead from the ground floor to the first floor. After 18 steps there is a landing, where the handrail is interrupted. A total of 33 steps lead from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor. After 16 steps there is another landing with an interrupted handrail. A total of 25 steps lead from the 2nd floor to the 3rd floor. After 12 steps, there is a final landing with an interrupted handrail. The steps are not visually rich in contrast.
There is a barrier-free toilet on the ground floor, equipped with fold-up grab rails and a wheelchair-accessible washbasin (manoeuvring space in front of the toilet and washbasin 130 x 140 cm, to the left of the toilet 83 x 70 cm, to the right of the toilet 97 x 70 cm). There is also a changing table for babies. The door can be opened independently with a handle. Further toilets are located on the 1st floor (ladies) and 2nd floor (men). These are not barrier-free.
Information about the exhibition and the objects is provided in writing in German, English and (partly) Turkish.
An audio guide in German and English (with headphone connection) accompanies the exhibition (available in the foyer). The audio guide does not convey the spoken text automatically, but only on contact with the audio guide stations in the exhibition.
There are tactile objects and media stations (touch screens, olfactory and video stations) in the exhibition. All videos are subtitled in German and English. The sound is provided via the audio guide.
Not all exhibition objects, information, media and audio guide stations are visible, readable or accessible while seated. Staff at the Stadtmuseum Berlin will be happy to help if required.
Seating and portable stools are available in the exhibition.
Audio and tactile tours as well as guided tours in German sign language take place regularly in the exhibition.
Detailed information on this can be found at: www.reisen-fuer-alle.de