Café

Café Benjamine*

After extensive renovation, the former residential building, which is part of the landmarked museum ensemble, has been home to a sustainable organic restaurant. In addition to breakfast, homemade cakes and coffee, daily changing lunch dishes and snacks are served here. The menu is seasonal with a focus on regional products. A fine wine list completes the offer. In good weather, the terrace offers a view of Kolbe’s sculpture garden in addition to culinary delights. The large windows of the spacious dining room provide the best view of the former sculptor’s studio and the museum garden.

The museum café is open Wednesday to Monday from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed on Tuesdays.

For questions about its services, offerings, and bookings, please contact the cafe directly.
Phone: 030 23592503.
Mail: info[at]cafebenajmine.de

* The Café Benjamine owes its name to Georg Kolbe’s beloved wife. Benjamine Kolbe, née van der Meer de Walcheren (1882-1927), daughter of a musical Dutch noble family, was an opera singer. Georg Kolbe met her in the circle around Siegfried Wagner in Bayreuth. Their daughter Leonore was born in 1902. After moving to Berlin, Benjamine organized the Kolbes‘ social life and ran an open, welcoming home. Her early and unexpected death was a deep cut for Georg Kolbe that reverberated throughout his life. In the immediate aftermath of this stroke of fate, he had a new place of residence, work and retreat designed for him near the Heerstrasse cemetery, where Benjamine Kolbe was buried and where he himself is buried today: The ensemble of buildings that now houses the museum and café. Before her death, but also long after, Benjamine Kolbe’s clear facial features found their way into her husband’s work many times.