Deutsches Museum Munich: Opening Hours, Tickets and Tips for Your Visit

By Daniel Schulz, residir GmbH · Last updated: 13 October 2026

The Deutsches Museum in Munich is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, with last admission at 4:30 pm. Adults pay 16 euros, children aged six and over, pupils and students 9 euros, and the family ticket costs 33 euros (as of October 2026). The museum is being modernised until 2028: aviation, chemistry and health have reopened, while the mine and the planetarium are currently closed.

At Ländstraße 6 in Lehel we run a boarding house with 54 apartments, opening in autumn 2027. The Deutsches Museum is our nearest big neighbour: across Ludwigsbrücke you reach the Museumsinsel (Museum Island) in about twelve minutes on foot. If you are looking for accommodation in Munich in this area, you can comfortably split the museum over two half-days rather than trying to see everything in one go.

In this article:

• Deutsches Museum Munich at a glance
• Deutsches Museum opening hours
• Deutsches Museum tickets and admission prices
• Exhibitions: what is open and what is not
• Deutsches Museum with children
• Getting to the Museumsinsel and parking
• Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum
• Flugwerft Schleißheim
• Tips: queues, duration and breaks
• Conclusion
• Frequently asked questions

Deutsches Museum Munich at a glance

The Deutsches Museum is one of the world’s largest museums of science and technology. The name usually refers to the main building on the Museumsinsel in Munich, right in the middle of the Isar. It also has two further sites in the region: the Verkehrszentrum (transport centre) on the Theresienhöhe and the Flugwerft Schleißheim (aviation museum) in the north of the city.

Site	Opening hours	Adult admission	From Lehel approx.	Time needed
Museumsinsel (main building)	daily 9 am–5 pm, admission until 4:30 pm	€16	12 min on foot	3–4 hrs
Verkehrszentrum, Theresienhöhe	daily 9 am–5 pm	€9	U4/U5 from Lehel, no change	approx. 2 hrs
Flugwerft Schleißheim, Oberschleißheim	daily 9 am–5 pm	€9	S1, a good hour door to door	2–3 hrs

If this is your first time in the city, you will also find the museum in our overview of things to do in Munich. This article focuses solely on the Deutsches Museum in Munich and its two branch sites.

Deutsches Museum Munich opening hours

The Deutsches Museum’s opening hours are easy to remember: the Museumsinsel is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, including Mondays. Last admission is at 4:30 pm. For a worthwhile visit, though, you should be at the ticket desk by 2 pm at the latest.

The museum is closed on seven days a year: 1 January, Good Friday, 1 May, All Saints’ Day (1 November), Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. On all other public holidays it is open as normal. Evening openings only take place for individual events.

The same opening hours apply to the Verkehrszentrum and the Flugwerft Schleißheim. All information is as of October 2026. If individual galleries are closed for maintenance, this is shown daily on deutsches-museum.de.

Deutsches Museum tickets and admission prices

According to the city, the Deutsches Museum charges the following admission prices on the Museumsinsel (as of October 2026):

• Adults: 16 euros
• Children and young people aged 6 to 17, pupils, apprentices and students: 9 euros
• Children up to five: free
• Visitors with severe disabilities: 9 euros, one registered companion free
• Family ticket for up to two adults with children up to 17: 33 euros
• Groups of 15 or more: 13 euros per adult

At the Deutsches Museum in Munich there is no reduced admission for pensioners – the Museumsinsel price list has no separate senior rate. At the Verkehrszentrum and the Flugwerft, however, seniors pay the reduced price of 6 euros. A family with two children will save a good deal with the family ticket compared with individual tickets.

People often ask about 1-euro admission to the Deutsches Museum. The well-known 1-euro Sunday applies to the state museums, such as the Pinakothek der Moderne and the other Pinakotheks in Munich. According to the current price information, it does not apply to the Deutsches Museum – you pay the normal price here on Sundays too.

You can buy Deutsches Museum tickets at the ticket desk in the entrance area. Whether there is an online ticket with a time slot for your day can be seen in the ticket shop on the official website. On rainy days and during the school holidays it is worth checking before you set off. Guided tours for groups, children and on specific themes can be booked online.

Deutsches Museum exhibitions: what is open and what is not

The Deutsches Museum has been undergoing renovation in two phases for years. The first phase was completed in July 2022: 20 new or revamped permanent exhibitions covering around 20,000 square metres, including aviation, chemistry and health. Since then, the other half of the building has been cleared and renovated.

The large aircraft are back on display in the aviation hall, including the Junkers Ju 52, affectionately known to everyone as “Tante Ju” (Auntie Ju), and a Sikorsky helicopter. If you are after hands-on technology, the new exhibitions offer more of it than before: many stations can be operated, turned or tried out.

Mine and planetarium currently closed

The mine at the Deutsches Museum has been closed since July 2022. Older visitors in particular remember the narrow tunnels in the basement and ask about them first. According to the museum, the modernisation should be completed by 2028, in time for its 125th anniversary. There is no fixed date yet for the mine to reopen.

The planetarium at the Deutsches Museum is also closed while the second half of the building is renovated, as is the eastern observatory. According to the city, the western observatory is open. The shipping exhibition is currently being cleared and so cannot be seen either. The museum’s website shows which galleries are open on the day of your visit.

Deutsches Museum with children: Kinderreich and children’s birthday parties

For families, the Deutsches Museum in Munich is the classic rainy-day outing with children. Many locals still know the children’s area for three- to eight-year-olds as the Kinderreich (children’s kingdom). According to the City of Munich it is on level -1, with stations for building, experimenting and trying things out. As the museum is being rebuilt, check before your visit whether and in what form the Kinderreich is currently open. Our guide to a holiday apartment with kids explains how to balance outings and downtime at your accommodation.

Older children tend to head for the aviation section and the demonstrations. With children, it is better to plan two visits of two hours each than one of five. If you are staying in Lehel, you can go back at lunchtime, eat in peace and return in the afternoon. More ideas for museums, the zoo and playgrounds can be found in our guide to Munich with kids.

You can also hold a children’s birthday party at the Deutsches Museum: the museum offers themed programmes for groups of up to ten people, which you book in advance. Families staying for several days appreciate having their own kitchen, which is why many choose an aparthotel in Munich instead of a hotel room.

Getting to the Museumsinsel in Munich and parking

The Museumsinsel in Munich lies between Ludwigsbrücke and Corneliusbrücke in the middle of the Isar. From Ländstraße, walk along Zweibrückenstraße to Ludwigsbrücke and you will be at the entrance in about twelve minutes. The route passes the Isartor and is completely flat, so it is no problem with a pushchair either.

By public transport, take the S-Bahn to Isartor and walk from there across Ludwigsbrücke. The tram stops at Deutsches Museum, right at the end of the bridge. Fraunhoferstraße U-Bahn station is a little further south in the Glockenbachviertel. If you are coming by car, our separate guide to parking in Munich covers car parks, charges and the low-emission zone.

Parking at the Deutsches Museum in Munich is tricky, as there are hardly any spaces on the Museumsinsel itself. Use the car parks in the surrounding area; disabled parking spaces are available at Boschbrücke and Ludwigsbrücke. Guests staying in a boarding house in Munich near the Isar are best off leaving the car at home for this trip.

Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum on the Theresienhöhe

The Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum (transport centre) stands by the Bavariapark on the old trade fair grounds, just above the Theresienwiese. In three historic halls it displays around 275 vehicles: locomotives, trams, cars, motorcycles, bicycles and carriages. Hall I is devoted to urban transport, Hall II to travel and Hall III to mobility and technology.

The Verkehrszentrum in Munich is easy to reach from Lehel: the U4 and U5 run from Lehel station to Schwanthalerhöhe without changing. Tickets for the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum cost 9 euros for adults and 6 euros reduced, with a family ticket at 19 euros (as of October 2026). Allow about two hours.

For children there is a tube slide and a maglev train demonstration at the end of Hall I. During Oktoberfest the area around the Theresienwiese gets very busy, so it is better to plan your visit for the morning.

Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim

The Flugwerft Schleißheim is the Deutsches Museum’s aviation museum. It is located in Oberschleißheim north of Munich at one of Germany’s oldest airfields, right next to Schleißheim Palace. It displays aircraft, helicopters and space technology in a historic hangar and a modern exhibition hall.

You can reach the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft by taking the S1 to Oberschleißheim, then continuing on foot or by bus. From Lehel, allow a good hour door to door. Admission costs 9 euros, 6 euros reduced, and the family ticket is 19 euros (as of October 2026). The address is Effnerstraße 18, and parking is limited.

Half a day is enough, though adding the palace and its gardens turns it into a full day out. Business travellers staying in serviced apartments in Munich often use a free weekend afternoon for it.

Tips for your visit: queues, duration and breaks

Queues at the Deutsches Museum in Munich are longest on rainy days, at weekends and during the Bavarian school holidays. In our experience it is quietest right at 9 am and in the late afternoon. If you have the choice, go on a weekday and avoid the period between 11 am and 2 pm.

• Time: Three to four hours for the Museumsinsel; even a whole day is barely enough for all the open exhibitions.
• Breaks: Step out to the Isar at lunchtime. The riverbank is right outside the entrance, with the Müller’sche Volksbad (historic public baths) on the other side of the river.
• Luggage: Bring only small bags – large bags and suitcases are impractical in the museum.
• Accessibility: All exhibitions can be reached via ramps and lifts. What to look out for in your accommodation is covered in our guide to finding an accessible holiday apartment.

If you only have two days in the city, the museum fits nicely into a Saturday afternoon. How we would plan the rest is set out in our plan for a Munich weekend.

Not to be confused: the Deutsches Museum has two branches outside the Munich region – the Deutsches Museum Bonn and the Deutsches Museum Nürnberg, which calls itself “Das Zukunftsmuseum” (the Museum of the Future). The Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin is an entirely different institution. Incidentally, on English-language maps and websites the Deutsches Museum in Munich appears under its German name, often as “Deutsches Museum Munich”.

Conclusion

The Deutsches Museum is well worth a visit even during the modernisation, as long as you know what is open and split your visit into two shorter sessions. If you would like to stay close to the Museumsinsel, from autumn 2027 you will find a holiday apartment in Munich in Lehel, just a twelve-minute walk away.

Frequently asked questions about the Deutsches Museum

When is the Deutsches Museum in Munich open?

The Deutsches Museum on the Museumsinsel is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm, with admission until 4:30 pm. It is closed on 1 January, Good Friday, 1 May, 1 November and on 24, 25 and 31 December (as of October 2026).

How much does admission to the Deutsches Museum cost?

Adults pay 16 euros on the Museumsinsel; children and young people aged 6 to 17, pupils, apprentices and students pay 9 euros. The family ticket costs 33 euros, and children up to five get in free (as of October 2026).

Is there 1-euro admission to the Deutsches Museum on Sundays?

No, according to the current price information there is no 1-euro Sunday at the Deutsches Museum. That rule applies to state museums such as the Pinakotheks in the Kunstareal (art district).

How long do you need for the Deutsches Museum?

For a first visit to the Deutsches Museum, allow three to four hours. With children, breaks are important, and even with the modernisation under way a whole day fills up quickly.

Is the mine at the Deutsches Museum open?

No, the mine has been closed since July 2022. According to the Deutsches Museum, the modernisation is due to be completed in 2028; there is no specific reopening date for the mine yet.

Where can you park at the Deutsches Museum?

There are hardly any parking spaces directly on the Museumsinsel, so you park in the surrounding car parks. Disabled parking spaces are at Boschbrücke and Ludwigsbrücke; it is easier to arrive by S-Bahn, tram or on foot.

What is the difference between the Museumsinsel, the Verkehrszentrum and the Flugwerft Schleißheim?

The Museumsinsel is the main building covering science and technology, while the Verkehrszentrum on the Theresienhöhe shows cars, trains and bicycles. The Flugwerft Schleißheim in the north of Munich is the Deutsches Museum’s aviation museum.