PETRI-Jubiläum - Open House

PETRI Berlin opened a year ago and since then, numerous visitors have been able to discover Berlin's archaeology in an interactive way and learn a lot about the early history of our metropolis along the way. To mark the occasion, the PETRI is inviting visitors to a big weekend of events on June 27 and 28 with Free admission and many free guided tours and offers.

Day 1 | Saturday, 27.06.2026 | 10:00 to 18:00

10:00 to 13:00 | 180 minutes | EN
Open workshop in the restoration department. Take a look at the open restoration workshop and talk to our restorers.

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | DE
Open workshop in the finds entrance of the Landesdenkmalamt Berlin. Take an exclusive look into the workshop of the finds entrance of the Berlin State Monuments Office and find out what the State Monuments Office excavates and how it is handled.

10:30 to 11:30 a.m. | 60 minutes | DE
Curator's tour of the building with the director of PETRI Berlin, Anne Sklebitz

11:30 am to 12:30 pm | 60 minutes | EN
Special guided tour of the excavations at Petriplatz with archaeologist Jamie Sewell (max. 15 people)

12:00 to 13:00 | 60 minutes | EN
Family tour "Berlin archäoLogisch!" for families with children aged 6 - 12 years

12:30 to 13:30 | 60 minutes | DE
Guided tour of the Archaeological Trail "Walk through time(s): Archaeology in Berlin Mitte"

12:30 to 15:30 | 180 minutes
Open workshop in the restoration department. Take a look at the open restoration workshop and talk to our head of restoration.

13:00 to 15:00 | 120 minutes | DE + EN
LIVE restoration at PETRI. At the workshop table in the exhibition, a budding expert from the Berlin University of Applied Sciences will demonstrate how restoration works. The workshop table is located in front of the restoration workshop on the 2nd floor. Just drop by, without registration and at any time!

13:00 to 15:30 | 90 minutes | DE + EN
Try your luck at the PETRI wheel of fortune and create your own buttons and magnets.

13:30 to 15:00 | 90 minutes | EN
Curator's tour of the museum with the Berlin State Archaeologist and Director of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Matthias Wemhoff

14:00 to 15:00 | 60 minutes | DE
Guided tour of the Archaeological Trail "Walk through time(s): Archaeology in Berlin Mitte"

14:30 to 15:30 | 60 minutes | DE
Special guided tour of the excavations at Petriplatz with archaeologist Claudia Maria Melisch (max. 15 people)

15:00 to 16:00 | 60 minutes | DE
Guided tour of the special exhibition "Der Berliner Skulpturenfund. 'Degenerate art' in the bomb rubble" on the 5th floor of the PETRI

16:00 to 17:30 | 90 minutes | EN
Pub quiz on the history of Berlin and with amazing facts

Day 2 | Sunday, 28.06.2026 | 10:00 to 18:00

11:00 to 12:00 | 60 minutes | EN
Guided tour of the special exhibition "The Berlin Sculpture Discovery. 'Degenerate art' in the bomb rubble" on the 5th floor of the PETRI

12:30 to 13:30 | 60 minutes | EN
Guided tour of the Archaeological Trail "Walk through time(s): Archaeology in Berlin Mitte"

13:30 to 14:30 | 60 minutes | EN
Family tour "Berlin archäoLogisch!" for families with children aged 6 - 12 years

14:00 to 15:00 | 60 minutes | DE
Guided tour of the Archaeological Trail "Walk through time(s): Archaeology in Berlin Mitte"

14:30 to 16:00 | 90 minutes | DE
Guided tour "Discover archaeology: from the find to the exhibition at PETRI Berlin

15:00 to 17:00 | 120 minutes | DE
Drop-in workshop "Berlin layered". There is a lot to discover in the ground beneath Berlin. The deeper you dig, the older the finds. Choose the most exciting finds from our display shelf and create your own "stratigraphy", a layered model of the city beneath your feet, as a collage to take home with you.you can find this offer at the top of the 5th floor, join us at any time.
For families with children aged 6 to 12.

16:15 to 17:45 | 90 minutes | EN
Guided Tour 'Discover Archaeology: From Find to the exhbition'

During the day there will be various interventions by the children's and youth circus CABUWAZI in the basement.