Museums in Berlin: Special Opening Hours on Holidays

Most museums in Berlin are closed on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Special opening hours apply on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Anyone planning a visit to a museum in Berlin "between the years" 2023 and 2024 is generally advised to check the opening hours on the respective museum's website. All information presented here is conscientiously researched, but without guarantee.

Museums: Opening Hours on Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

• Ägyptisches Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Alliied Museum Berlin
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: closed
• Altes Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon t 6 pm
• Alte Nationalgalerie
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 am to 6 pm
  December 26th: 10 am to 6 pm
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon t 6 p.m.
• Berlinische Galerie
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Bode Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Bröhan Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• C/O Berlin
  Not yet known
• DDR Museum
  Christmas Eve: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  December 25th: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m
  December 26th: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m
  New Year's Eve: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m
  New Year's Day: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m
• Holocaust Memorial
  The stelae field is accessible at all times.

• German Historical Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  The opening hours apply only to the Pei Building. The armory is closed until probably the end of 2025.
• Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum for Film and Television
  Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: closed
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• German Spy Museum
  Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• German Museum of Technology Berlin
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Disgusting Food Museum Berlin
  Christmas Eve: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: closed
  New Year's Eve: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Day: closed
• Ethnological Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.

• Gemäldegalerie
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Hamburger Bahnhof
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Haus am Checkpoint Charlie - Wall Museum
  Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Haus am Waldsee
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 11 am to 6 pm
• Humboldt Forum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Jewish Museum Berlin
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 110 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Körperwelten Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• Labyrinth Children's Museum
  Closed
• Machmit! Museum for Children
  Not yet knonwn
• Gropius Bau
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Museum Berggruen
  Closed
• Museum of Photography - Helmut Newton Foundation
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  December 26th: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.

• Museum of Communications
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Natural History Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Neues Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Neue Nationalgalerie
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 pm..

• Pergamon Museum
  Closed
• Charlottenburg Palace
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Science Center Spectrum of the German Technical Museum
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Topography of Terror
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25h: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: closed
• Tränenpalast
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  December 26th: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  New Year's Day: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.