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Castle cellar - history of the place
Treppenabgang zum Schlosskeller – Treppenabgang zum Schlosskeller
© Sttiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Alexander Schippel
The palace cellar contains the oldest objects relating to the history of the site. The exhibition in the only preserved area of the Berlin Castle offers a tour from the Middle Ages to the present. Here you will find original parts of the medieval Dominican monastery as well as the foundations of the Berlin Castle, which were uncovered from 2008.
In the labyrinthine corridors, you can discover finds from the chicken coop to the ultra-modern imperial heating system of the time, which tell of the life and work of the monastery residents and palace servants. Down in the cellar, monks used to store barrels, maids used to pluck poultry for the queen's cooks, and the castle guards used to take a break.
Today, original walls and finds show that the work of many people was necessary to make everyday life possible upstairs in the monastery and castle.
If you would like to find out more about the history of the site, we recommend that you visit the shop in the Humboldt Forum or the online shop with a selection of titles and catalogues.
If you would like to receive more information about our programme, we recommend our newsletter.
In the labyrinthine corridors, you can discover finds from the chicken coop to the ultra-modern imperial heating system of the time, which tell of the life and work of the monastery residents and palace servants. Down in the cellar, monks used to store barrels, maids used to pluck poultry for the queen's cooks, and the castle guards used to take a break.
Today, original walls and finds show that the work of many people was necessary to make everyday life possible upstairs in the monastery and castle.
If you would like to find out more about the history of the site, we recommend that you visit the shop in the Humboldt Forum or the online shop with a selection of titles and catalogues.
If you would like to receive more information about our programme, we recommend our newsletter.
Runtime: from July 2021
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