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.

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.

• 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 - 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 2 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
  The opening hours apply only to the Pei Building. The armory is currently closed due to renovation.
• Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum for Film and Television
  Currently closed
• Deutsches Spionagemuseum - 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.
• Deutsches Technikmuseum - 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: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Disgusting Food Museum Berlin
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: closed
  December 26th: 12 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  New Year's Eve: closed
  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: 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  New Year's Day: 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• Futurium
  Christmas Eve: closed
  December 25th: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  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.

• 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.

• 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 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..

• 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.