Plan Your Visit
Opening Hours
10 am to 7 pm
Daily, except Tuesdays
(Ticket counter closes at 6.15 pm)
20 – 24 February 2023 (Exhibition install)
3 – 7 July 2023 (Exhibition install)
13 – 17 November 2023 (Exhibition install)
Entry Prices and Tickets
€ 16 € 18 € 10 € 0 € 20 € 12
Full-price admission
Mon, Wed to Fri
Full-price admission
Sat/Sun, Public Holidays
Reduced admission fee*
Daily, except Tuesdays
Free admission*
Combined ticket full-price*
Daily, except Tuesdays
Combined ticket reduced*
Daily, except Tuesdays
The combined ticket is valid for the Museum Barberini and DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam. The ticket allows admission to each venue once and can be used for 48 hours. A visit is thus possible on two consecutive opening days. The combined ticket can be purchased without a time slot ticket at the museum and the webshop.
In the following period of time, it is not possible to purchase combination tickets to visit both venues, as DAS MINSK / the Museum Barberini will be closed during the installation of the subsequent exhibitions.
Full day closing time at Museum Barberini:
· February 20-24, 2023
· July 3-7, 2023
Full day closing time at DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam:
· January 16-February 10, 2023
· May 8-June 2, 2023
· August 21-September 15, 2023
Free admission
The following individuals are entitled to free admission to the Museum Barberini – on presentation of the necessary proof:
- Children and young people under the age of 18 and school pupils over the age of 18
- Recipients of unemployment benefits (ALG 1), basic security benefits for job seekers (ALG II – Hartz IV) or social benefits, holders of the Berlin Pass or the "Sozialkarte"
- Recipients of benefits under the Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act
- Carers accompanying people with disabilities (confirmed with “B” in disability certificate)
- Journalists with a valid press card
- Members of ICOM
- Members of the German Museum Association, the German Art Historian Association, the German Federal Association of Museum Education.
- Members of the Association of German Tour Guides, the BBS Berlin Guides Association
- Students and their lecturers visiting the museum as a group in the context of a course (after registration via the Visitor Service)
- Fine artists listed in the German Federal Association of Fine Artists
- Members of Sotheby’s Preferred (plus free admission for 3 people)
- Holders of the Berlin WelcomeCard All Inclusive
- Holders of a valid Barberini Friends annual ticket
Except for Barberini Friends, please book a free time slot (€ 0) for your visit even if you qualify for free admission, as we can only accommodate a limited number of visitors in the museum at any one time.
The following people are entitled to a reduced admission fee on entry to Museum Barberini – on presentation of the necessary proof:
- Students, apprentices/trainees
- People with disabilities (from 50% degree of disability)
- Young adults taking part in Voluntary Social Year program, young adults taking part in German Federal Volunteers Service
- Volunteers working in museums
- Holders of a combined sanssouci+ and charlottenburg+ ticket from the SPSG (+/- 1 day)
- Holders of an SPSG annual pass
- Holders of an artCard by 'art' magazine
- Holders of the Berlin WelcomeCard
- Holders of a Louisiana Member Card
Please note that we cannot offer pensioners reduced admission.
These prices apply to groups of 10 people or more:
€14
Mon, Wed to Fri
€16
Sat/Sun, Public Holidays
Information on our extensive digital offers can be found here.
Barberini Friends can visit the museum without booking a time slot ticket.
€ 40
Barberini Friend
Annual membership pass
€ 70
Barberini Friends
Annual membership pass for couples
€ 20
Barberini Young Friend
Annual membership pass for under 35-year-olds
€ 55
Annual membership pass plus for over 35-year-olds
Admission to the Museum Barberini and DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam
€ 27
Annual membership pass plus for under 35-year-olds
Admission to the Museum Barberini and DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam
How to get here
Museum Barberini
Humboldtstraße 5–6
Alter Markt
14467 Potsdam
Lukas Spörl
How to get to Museum Barberini?
From Berlin: IC, RB, RE, HBX, S 7
DB Travel Information
BVG Travel Information
VBB Travel Information
Parking places for cars:
P+R Bahnhofspassagen multi-storey car park, Babelsberger Str. 16
Am Lustgarten car park, Lustgartenwall
Wilhelm-Galerie multi-storey car park, Platz der Einheit Ost
Potsdam water taxi
Stop: Lange Brücke 6
Parking places for coaches:
Bassinplatz car park: 13 parking spaces
Charlottenstr.: 9 parking spaces
Lustgarten car park: 8 parking spaces
David von Becker
Henry Balaszeskul
Audio guides
Audio guides for adults and children can be found on our Barberini App, which can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store and Google Play.
The Barberini App is your personal companion before, during and after your museum visit and offers audio guides as well as city walks through Potsdam, multimedia content about the exhibitions and interesting facts about the museum's founder and the history of the Palais Barberini.
David von Becker
Frank Nürnberger
Café & Restaurant
Come and relax in the Barberini Café & Restaurant after your visit to the exhibition or an event and enjoy tasty light meals, quiches, salads, and delicious cakes. In the summer months, you can also sit outside in the courtyard of the museum with a view of the scenic “Alte Fahrt” waterway of the River Havel and the “Freundschaftsinsel” or Friendship Island – the most beautiful place to round off your visit to the museum!
It is not possible to make a reservation during normal opening hours. However, you are welcome to book the restaurant exclusively for your private event outside normal opening hours: restaurant@museum-barberini.de
Henry Balaszeskul
Henry Balaszeskul
Barberini Shop
The museum shop offers selected art books and museum products from all over the world, stylish articles crafted by international artisans, pieces by young designers from German art academies and special gifts suitable for every occasion. An extensive collection of books for children and teenagers rounds off our collection – continuously inspired by the museum’s exhibitions. You can also order catalogs, posters and much more online.
Daily, except Tuesdays, 10 am to 7 pm
Helge Mundt
City Walking Tours
The “Italy in Potsdam” audio tour on the Barberini app invites you to discover 30 buildings and works of art located around the Museum Barberini, which were created in Potsdam in the Italian style during the 18th and 19th centuries. Attractions include the “Nikolaikirche” (St. Nicholas Church), the Brandenburg Gate and the Orangery Palace at Sanssouci – the walk takes you through the town and reveals astonishing parallels between the buildings of Potsdam and Italian architecture. The “Italy in Potsdam” town tour is also available as a printed guidebook in the museum shop.
With the arrival of the French Impressionists at the Museum Barberini, Potsdam has become home to one of the most important collections of art from this era. The close relationship between Potsdam and France has therewith acquired a new dimension. This city tour France in Potsdam was created to mark the fifth anniversary of the Museum Barberini in January 2022 and highlights the French influences and connections that have helped shape Potsdam over the centuries.
Further recommendations on how to spend a day in Potsdam: Neighborhood and Surroundings.
FAQs
During your visit to the museum, you can hire the Barberini App on your own smartphone. The app not only offers audio tours for adults and children but also service information and editorial content such as video interviews with experts. The Barberini App can be downloaded free of charge from the App Store or Google Play. Barberini App
Museum audio equipment is currently not available.
Your health and that of the staff of the Museum Barberini remain our highest priority. In order to make your visit as pleasant, but also as safe, as possible we have developed comprehensive safety and hygiene measures, which include a reduction of the number of visitors and the regulation of admission times with timeslot tickets, optimized visitor guidance throughout the museum as well as the increased disinfection of sensitive areas. All information about your visit in times of Corona can be found here.
You can buy gift vouchers from the museum cash desk during regular opening hours until one hour before the museum's closing time or online. The vouchers are not linked to specific articles so you can use them to buy annual season tickets, normal entry tickets and food and drinks in the museum café. The gift voucher cannot be used for articles in the museum shop.
We want to make your visit to the Museum Barberini as pleasant as possible. Please help us by observing certain rules to protect the works on display and show your consideration for other museum visitors. Our supervisory staff are required to ensure that these rules are observed. Museum rules
Baby carriages and strollers can be taken into all the galleries. Strollers are also available free of charge for the duration of your visit. Please contact our guest services in the foyer if you are interested.
Taking photographs and filming in the galleries is allowed for private purposes but may be restricted for copyright reasons. For more details on this, please ask at the museum. We would like to point out that publishing online or posting them on social media is not considered private use and may, under certain circumstances, violate copyright laws. Taking photographs and filming for professional and commercial purposes requires the prior written approval of the Museum Barberini. Request
Wheelchairs and rollators are available free of charge for the duration of your visit. Please contact our guest services in the foyer if you are interested. The entire museum building is wheelchair accessible. Visitors with special needs
Benches are available throughout the museum building and in the inner courtyard. Folding stools are also available to use when visiting the exhibition. Please contact our guest services in the foyer if you are interested. There is also an auditorium with seating on the 2nd floor where you are invited to rest and spend some time viewing films on the exhibition.
We would be delighted to help you plan and set up your event! You can hire the exhibition rooms for exclusive use and also the foyer, auditorium, studio, and inner courtyard. Venue hire
Wi-Fi is available free of charge throughout the museum building. Connect your mobile device to the Wi-Fi network “Barberini Gast” and download the Barberini App.
