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Museums in Berlin: Special Opening Hours on Holidays

Christmas baubles

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.

If you are planning to visit a museum in Berlin between Christmas and New Year's Eve 2025/2026, we recommend checking the museum's website for opening hours. All information on this webpage has been carefully researched, but is subject to change. Here is an overview of Berlin's most important museums and their opening hours on Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day (subject to change):

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: closed
    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 to 6 pm
  • Alte 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: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 12 noon to 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.
  • Berlin Story Bunker
    Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    December 25th: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    December 26th: 10 a.m. t0 7 p.m.
    New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 10 a.m. t0 7 p.m.

Large domed hall of the Bode Museum

  • 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: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    December 26th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    New Year's Eve: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  • C/O Berlin
    Christmas Eve: closed
    December 25th: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    December 26th: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    New Year's Eve: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  • 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
    Christmas Eve: closed
    December 25th: closed
    December 26th: closed
    New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
    New Year's Day: closed
    The stelae field is accessible at all times.

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Gemäldegalerie Berlin

  • 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 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.
  • 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 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • 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: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  • Illuseum Berlin
    Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    December 25th: closed
    December 26th: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
    New Year's Eve: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
    New Year's Day: closed
  • James Simon Gallery
    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 4 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  • Jewish Museum Berlin
    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.
  • 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.

Martin-Gropius-Bau

  • Labyrinth Children's Museum
    Christmas Eve: closed
    December 25th: closed
    December 26th: closed
    New Year's Eve: closed
    New Year's Day: closed
  • Machmit! Museum for Children
    Christmas Eve: closed
    December 25th: closed
    December 26th: closed
    New Year's Eve: closed
    New Year's Day: closed
  • Magicum - Berlin Magic Museum
    Christmas Eve: closed
    December 25th: closed
    December 26th: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    New Year's Eve: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  • Martin Gropius Bau
    Christmas Eve: closed
    December 25th: 12 noon to 7 p.m.
    December 26th: 12 noon to 7 p.m.
    New Year's Eve: closed
    New Year's Day: 12 noon to 7 p.m.
  • Museum Berggruen
    Currently 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 für Kommunikation

  • 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: closed
  • 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.
  • Museum 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 4 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..

Pergamonmuseum

  • Pergamon Museum
    Currently closed
  • Schloss Charlottenburg - 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.

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Last edited: 17 December 2025