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Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
June 19 to 21, 2026: Events, festivals, exhibitions and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
A cultural monument made of paper. The Spandau church library
Cabinet exhibition
Ausstellung zur Spandauer Krchenbibliothek.
© Ev. KG St. Nikolai Berlin-Spandau
The small exhibition room on the first floor on the right informs visitors about the valuable holdings of the historical library of St. Nikolai. The furnishings are based on the study of the priest Daniel Friedrich Schulze (1739-1811): Writing desk, bookshelf and a large table for spreading out the writings. The desk displays a selection of funeral sermons and other personal writings from the library.
The St. Nikolai parish in Spandau has one of the few church libraries in Brandenburg whose collection has been preserved for centuries without major loss. All phases of the cultural development of Brandenburg-Prussia - the Lutheran Reformation, the change of denomination in 1613, the rise of Huguenot spirituality and the Enlightenment - have left their mark, so that the library itself can now be considered a cultural monument. You can find more information about the historical book collection here.
In addition to the cabinet exhibition "A cultural monument made of paper", we offer public guided tours of the library room, see dates below.
Before or after your visit to the exhibition, the adjoining cosy café invites you to linger: under secluded old trees on Reformation Square, in the bright conservatory or in the half-timbered parlour with fireplace.
Guided tours of the exhibitions:Not just built on sand + Cultural monument made of paper(incl. historical church library, with curator Sabine Müller):May 8 | June 5 | July 3 | July 31 | August 14 | September 25 | 23. October 2026
Guided tours of the old half-timbered house(incl. Gothic cellar, with art historian Heike Schmidt-Deeken):May 22 | June 19 | July 17 | August 28 | September 11 | October 9, 2026
Donations requested.Translated with DeepL
The St. Nikolai parish in Spandau has one of the few church libraries in Brandenburg whose collection has been preserved for centuries without major loss. All phases of the cultural development of Brandenburg-Prussia - the Lutheran Reformation, the change of denomination in 1613, the rise of Huguenot spirituality and the Enlightenment - have left their mark, so that the library itself can now be considered a cultural monument. You can find more information about the historical book collection here.
In addition to the cabinet exhibition "A cultural monument made of paper", we offer public guided tours of the library room, see dates below.
Before or after your visit to the exhibition, the adjoining cosy café invites you to linger: under secluded old trees on Reformation Square, in the bright conservatory or in the half-timbered parlour with fireplace.
Guided tours of the exhibitions:Not just built on sand + Cultural monument made of paper(incl. historical church library, with curator Sabine Müller):May 8 | June 5 | July 3 | July 31 | August 14 | September 25 | 23. October 2026
Guided tours of the old half-timbered house(incl. Gothic cellar, with art historian Heike Schmidt-Deeken):May 22 | June 19 | July 17 | August 28 | September 11 | October 9, 2026
Donations requested.Translated with DeepL
Runtime: Fri, 12/06/2026 to Sun, 25/10/2026
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