Accessibility
Visitors of all abilities are most welcome here! We offer a wide range of services and programs to make the museum and its exhibitions accessible to everyone.
Accessibility
The entire museum building is wheelchair accessible:
- ground level access via the main entrance to the museum from the Alter Markt, Humboldtstr. 5–6
- guidance system for the blind from the museum entrance to the cash desk and to the elevator
- lowered museum cash desk
- seating options in the entrance and service area
- barrier-free WC in the basement and in the restaurant
- portable stools, rental wheelchairs and rollators are available. Please contact our team at the Infopoint in the entrance area.
- wheelchair-accessible passages and exhibition rooms
- illuminated emergency exits
- elevators with acoustic announcement and buttons in Braille
- beacon technology: the audio tour on the free app recognizes location and calls up descriptions of the individual exhibits
- Service dogs are allowed
There are barrier-free parking spaces available for visitors with a parking permit for disabled persons. Please reserve a parking space at least three working days in advance: service@museum-barberini.de
Prices
People with disabilities (from 50% GdB) receive a discounted admission of € 10. Admission is free for a caregiver accompanying a visitor with a disability.
Texts in Easy German
We provide texts in Easy German for each exhibition. These texts can be accessed on the Barberini App and in our media library.
Online Live Tour for Blind and Visually Impaired Visitors
Experienced museum guides will describe and explain selected works of art for blind and visually impaired visitors. In the Zoom session, either by telephone or on your computer, visitors have the opportunity to discuss art with guides. This enables you to experience the artworks without actually coming to Potsdam.
Customized Programs
The Museum Barberini offers tours for visitors who are deaf (with Sign Language interpreters), for visitors who are blind or have low vision, for visitors with dementia, and tours in Easy German.
All offers can be requested and booked via the visitor service. When booking a group, please state your special wishes and needs so that we can tailor the introductions or workshop to your group’s individual requirements:
service@museum-barberini.de
T +49 331 236014-499
Together with the Volkshochschule Potsdam, the Museum Barberini offers tours of the current exhibition as well as tours in Easy German, Easy English or Easy Spanish. All offers can be found at this link and can also be booked there. (Website in German)
For further information on barrier-free services in Brandenburg, please visit the website www.barrierefrei-brandenburg.de
Offer for senior facilities and nursing homes
Barberini on the Road: the Museum Barberini will come to you!
Museum visits are not always possible for groups from senior facilities and nursing homes, so the Museum Barberini is now organizing tours and lectures at your location on topics related to current exhibitions. A guide from the Museum Barberini will give a digital presentation of the exhibition at your institution, showing artworks in high-resolution projections and sharing the stories of the pictures with you.
Fee: 105 euros per group
Book here: bildung@museum-barberini.de