Museum Island Berlin tickets: €24 for a day, closed on Mondays, and the Pergamon is shut

💡 The Short Version: The Museumsinsel ticket is €24 (€12 reduced) for one day and opens the Neues Museum, the Altes Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Bode-Museum and the Pergamon Panorama. It pays from the second museum: single tickets are €14 (€16 at the Alte Nationalgalerie), and the five open venues cost €70 separately. Every museum on the island is closed on Mondays. The Pergamon Museum itself is closed until 4 June 2027. Buy from the State Museums at smb.museum, online up to four weeks ahead or at the counters. Or book a tour: a one-hour boat trip from opposite the Berlin Cathedralad is €22 and passes the island, and the Discover Berlin walking tourad runs from the Brandenburg Gate to it.

The tickets

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB) runs all the museums on the island and sells the tickets at smb.museum. Search results for Museum Island tickets include resellers whose listings print hours and closures that differ from the SMB’s. The SMB sells the same ticket at the same price, so there is nothing to gain from a reseller.

• It pays from the second museum. Two single tickets at €14 are €28, and the five open venues are €70.
• Valid at any time on its day. A day ticket works at any time during opening hours. Time slots are needed only for large special exhibitions.
• Up to four weeks ahead, online or at the counters.
• Children and young people up to 18 are free, but still need a free ticket from the desk or online.
• Half price for schoolchildren, apprentices, students, volunteers, ALG I recipients and people with a severe disability.
• The Museum Pass Berlin is €32 for three consecutive days at more than 30 museums, including these. Museum Pass or WelcomeCard has the sums.

Museum Island from the Spree, with the Bode-Museum at the tip and the TV Tower behind. Photo: DXR, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tours worth paying for

The museums sell self-guided tickets, so the paid options here are about the island’s setting. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

One-hour Spree cruise opposite Berlin Cathedral

From €22 · 1 hour · 1,382 reviews

Berlin: 1-Hour Spree Cruise Opposite Berlin Cathedralad is a sightseeing tour explained in German and English. The listing names the Reichstag, Museum Island and the Government Quarter. The Spree cruise comparison sets it against the other boats.

Discover Berlin walking tour

From €18 · 2 to 4 hours · 6,703 reviews

Berlin: Discover Berlin Walking Tourad is run by Original Berlin Walks in English and German, with a live guide. The listing says it covers the major sights from the Brandenburg Gate to Museum Island. Cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund.

What to see

The day ticket covers every open museum, so the order is a choice of subjects. Start with the Neues Museum if Nefertiti is the reason you came.

The James-Simon-Galerie, the entrance to the Neues Museum, on the Kupfergraben canal. Photo: Leonhard Lenz, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

1. Neues Museum. The bust of Nefertiti stands in the North Dome Hall, and the Egyptian Court is in the same building. The entrance is through the James-Simon-Galerie on Bodestraße. It is closed from 15 to 17 March 2027 for maintenance.
2. Altes Museum. Greek, Etruscan and Roman art from the Antikensammlung, and coins. The SMB names the “Berlin Goddess” funerary statue, the Praying Boy, the busts of Caesar and Cleopatra and the Hildesheim silver treasure. The entrance is on Am Lustgarten.
3. Alte Nationalgalerie. Art of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including Caspar David Friedrich’s “Monk by the Sea”. The second exhibition floor, with the French Impressionists and Liebermann, is closed from 29 September to 21 October 2026 and open again from 22 October.
4. Bode-Museum. Sculpture and painting from the 13th to the 18th century, Byzantine art and coins. The entrance is by the Monbijoubrücke, and the museum is open until 20:00 on Thursdays.
5. Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama. A separate building at Am Kupfergraben 2, beside the island. It shows 80 works from the Antikensammlung, including the largest surviving section of the Telephos Frieze from the Pergamon Altar, and Yadegar Asisi’s 360-degree panorama of ancient Pergamon. The Pergamon page says what reopens in 2027.

The Altes Museum across the Lustgarten. Photo: Bahnfrend, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What to skip: the single tickets. Once you plan a second museum, the day ticket is cheaper, and the Pergamon Museum is closed until June 2027.

The Bode-Museum from Am Kupfergraben. Photo: Flocci Nivis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.

Hours and getting there

All of Museum Island is closed on Mondays.

• Getting there: U-Bahn Museumsinsel, or S-Bahn Friedrichstraße or Hackescher Markt.
• The Pergamon Museum is closed. The Panorama is the only part open, and the Museumsinsel ticket includes it.

The Berlin Cathedral, the DDR Museum and the Humboldt Forum (see best museums in Berlin) stand within a short walk, and the TV Tower is a little further on. What to book before you go to Berlin has the closed days for every sight, and 3 days in Berlin places the island on a day that is not Monday. To stay close, see where to stay in Berlin. Spree river cruises pass the island, and Berlin public transport has the fares to U Museumsinsel.