Bookable tours for groups

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin offer bookable guided tours for groups to their collections and selected special exhibitions. 

Unless otherwise stated:
Duration: 60 minutes
100 € plus admission
Limited number of participants.

The number of participants is currently limited to 20 people.
Please book your guided tour at least 2 weeks before the desired date.

Please refer to the admission prices on the individual museum pages. When booking a tour, we reserve the specified number of admission tickets for you. On the day of your visit, you can buy the actually required number of tickets at the museum ticket office. It is not necessary to book online time slot tickets in advance. Please note that we cannot grant group discounts on admission prices.

Other foreign languages available on request. A booked tour can be cancelled free of charge up to one week before the date.

From now on, third-party tours and group visits without a guided tour can be booked again. The maximum group size is 20 people. Larger groups may be split up and admitted to the exhibition time delayed.

Please register you group until one week before the desired date in our online-shop (groups).

Travel guides, city guides, and others can do guided tours in all our museums, but they must first register their groups before bringing them on a tour of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

A licence fee of 50 EUR is charged per group (up to 20 persons). Depending on the museum and capacity, these licensed tours are only possible at certain times. Licensed tours always have to be registered at least one week in advance.

The guide buys the number of tickets actually needed at the admission desk, where the tickets are reserved for his group.

Please book your guided in our online shop (groups): shop.smb.museum

You pay the fee in the our online-shop by instant bank transfer or credit card. If an invoice is required, please contact our service team (see Information and booking).

Please register all groups from 10 persons at least one week in advance of your proposed visit to the museum. Depending on the capacity of the museum groups will be split up to enter time delayed in to the exhibition.

The advantages of the registering a group are:

_The museum rooms are not overcrowded.
_You will not have to queue to get in and do not have to buy your tickets in advance.
_Simply pay for the number of tickets that you actually need at the special group admission desks.
_Handling fee per booking: 10 € per group. Should larger groups be split, the fee is per subgroup.

Please note that groups without reservations may be denied entry.


Free admission for student groups

Students taking part in educational activities receive free entry to the entire network of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. You must, however, register your visit in advance and bring a letter of confirmation from your college or university with you to the museum. The letter should clearly state the date of the visit, the name of the course or seminar and the purpose of the visit.

Please register your group here: shop.smb.museum

Your choice of bookable tours

Arnold Böcklin, Isle of the Dead, detail, 1883
Arnold Böcklin, Isle of the Dead, detail, 1883 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger


Masterworks of the 19th Century
With paintings by Caspar David Friedrich, Adolph Menzel or Claude Monet, the Alte Nationalgalerie shows masterworks of the 19th century. The tour includes works of Classicism, Romanticism and Modern Art.

Caspar David Friedrich (5.9.1774 - 7.5.1840), The monk by the sea, 1808 - 1810, oil on canvas © Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger
Caspar David Friedrich (5.9.1774 - 7.5.1840), The monk by the sea, 1808 - 1810, oil on canvas © Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Andres Kilger


The German Romantics – Caspar David Friedrich and Co.
The Alte Nationalgalerie houses many paintings from the era of German Romanticism. Caspar David Friedrich’s Mönch am Meer (Monk by the Sea) and his Abtei im Eichwald (Abbey in the Oakwood) are the best known works among them. And yet, there are other painters, including Carl Blechen and Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who decisively helped shape this epoch.
 

Adolph von Menzel (8.12.1815 – 9.2.1905), Das Eisenwalzwerk, Gemälde / Öl auf Leinwand (1872 – 1875)  © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Jürgen Liepe
Adolph von Menzel (8.12.1815 – 9.2.1905), Das Eisenwalzwerk, Gemälde / Öl auf Leinwand (1872 – 1875) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Jürgen Liepe


Adolf Menzel – A Painter of History and Society
Adolf Menzel’s paintings are fully committed to realism. This is particularly apparent in his work Das Eisenwalzwerk (The Iron Rolling Mill (Modern Cyclopes)). Menzel’s numerous works portraying the life of Frederick the Great are also well known. However, more than just his large-scale works are on view at the Alte Nationalgalerie ‒ there are also small oil paintings that capture the magic of a fleeting moment.
 

Claude Monet (14.11.1840 - 6.12.1926), summer, painting / oil on canvas (1874)  © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders
Claude Monet (14.11.1840 - 6.12.1926), summer, painting / oil on canvas (1874) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders


Impressionism – Monet, Renoir, Cézanne
The Alte Nationalgalerie presents masterpieces of French painting, including important works such as Monet’s Saint-Germain-l’Auxerrois and Renoir’s Blühender Kastanienbaum (Flowering Chestnut Tree). Many other paintings illustrate the development of Impressionism and its influence on German painting.
 


For the special exhibition: Caspar David Friedrich. The rediscovery (19.4.2024 to 4.8.2024)
Caspar David Friedrich is one of the most important painters of German Romanticism. His timeless landscapes of longing are world famous. At the beginning of the 20th century, Friedrich's work was rediscovered in Berlin. Explore his greatest masterpieces in the special exhibition. Book your desired date now.

Cost: €100

Portraits of Gaius Iulius Caesar and Cleopatra VII; Caesar, 1st century BC-1st century AD; Cleopatra, c. 50-38 BC.
Portraits of Gaius Iulius Caesar and Cleopatra VII; Caesar, 1st century BC-1st century AD; Cleopatra, c. 50-38 BC. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Johannes Laurentius CC NC-BY-SA

Altes Museum
The Altes Museum – Highlights of Greek and Roman Antiquity
Karl Friedrich Schinkel's Altes Museum is one of the most important buildings of Classicism. Starting at the central rotunda with sculptures of deities, the tour leads to highlights of the collection of antiques and the most famous couple of Roman history: Caesar and Cleopatra

So-called Aphrodite Heyl, detail
So-called Aphrodite Heyl, detail © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Johannes Laurentius


Greek clay figures - small everyday testimonies, great art
Experience the thematic and artistic diversity of ancient clay figures. In conversation with cultural mediators, you will learn when and where the figures were used in everyday life. Using individual pieces, you can understand how clay figures of outstanding quality could be created through the skilful combination of serially produced parts and the often still preserved painting.
 

Antonio Canova: Dancer, Rome, 1809/12
Antonio Canova: Dancer, Rome, 1809/12 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt CC NC-BY-SA

Bode-Museum
Bernini, Canova, Riemenschneider – Masterpieces from Five Centuries
The Bode-Museum has an unrivalled sculpture collection and impressive architecture. The tour presents masterpieces of medieval woodcarving by Riemenschneider, Baroque marble figures by Bernini and Neoclassical sculptures by Canova.

Sandro Botticelli: Portrait of a Lady (Simonetta Vespucci), c. 1475-1480
Sandro Botticelli: Portrait of a Lady (Simonetta Vespucci), c. 1475-1480 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Anders


Botticelli, Caravaggio, and Rembrandt
A Who’s Who of art history awaits you in one of the world’s most important collections of European painting with artists including Botticelli, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Rubens. The tour offers an entertaining and inspiring overview of the Gemäldegalerie (Old Master Paintings) collection.




 

Hugo van der Goes, The Nativity, detail, ca. 1480 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Dietmar Gunne
Hugo van der Goes, The Nativity, detail, ca. 1480 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Dietmar Gunne


Hugo van der Goes
For the special exhibition "Hugo van der Goes. Between Pain and Bliss" (31.03.2023 to 16.07.2023)
Visit the exhibition with your family or friends. An art mediator will accompany you on your individual tour. In a personal conversation, you will learn details about the exhibited works, the exhibition concept and the historical background. Secure your preferred date!

Cost: € 90, foreign language: € 100

View into the foyer in the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
View into the foyer in the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker


From the 1960s Until the Present
The Hamburger Bahnhof shows art from the 1960s until the present in temporary theme-based exhibitions. A tour to the works by Joseph Beuys, Robert Smithson, Hanne Darboven, Candida Höfer and contemporary artists invites you to investigate fundamental developments from the 1960s until the present.
 

 

Event at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Event at Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Juliane Eirich


Art and Society
Social and political contexts can be used as starting points to engage with works of art. In one approach, works of art can be interpreted historically within the context of their own time. But seen in another light, they offer us an opportunity to associate and compare them with current topics from today’s perspective. Whether historical or topical issues, we would like to explore these social contexts with you in exhibition talks.

Large outrigger boat from Luf Island (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea) in the module "Oceania: Man and the Sea. A Sea of Islands" of the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel
Large outrigger boat from Luf Island (Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea) in the module "Oceania: Man and the Sea. A Sea of Islands" of the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel


The new presentation of the ethnological collection.
The collection areas of West Africa, Oceania and ethnomusicology as well as contemporary art from the societies of origin will be presented. Questions of provenance, restitution and colonial continuities will be addressed.

Duration: 60 Minutes
German  and foreign language: 160 € each
Limited number of participants.
Bookable under +493099 211 8989 (daily 10am to 6pm)
ttps://www.humboldtforum.org/de/kontakt/

Exhibition view of the module "Art and Cult. Sacred Art in China and Japan" of the Museum of Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel
Exhibition view of the module "Art and Cult. Sacred Art in China and Japan" of the Museum of Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel


The new presentation of the Museum of Asian Art
Visitors will gain an insight into the new presentation of the outstanding art collections from South, Southeast, East and Central Asia. Questions of provenance and restitution as well as colonial continuities will also be discussed.

Duration: 60 Minutes
German  and foreign language: 160 € each
Limited number of participants.
Bookable under +493099 211 8989 (daily 10am to 6pm)
ttps://www.humboldtforum.org/de/kontakt/

Exhibition view of the module "Sounds of the World. Exploring Organized Sound" of the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum  © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel
Exhibition view of the module "Sounds of the World. Exploring Organized Sound" of the Ethnological Museum in the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Colonial present
Ever since its foundation stone was laid, the Humboldt Forum has been involved in the debate surrounding the subject of colonialism. With the aid of selected objects from the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, visitors explore the issues of provenance, the restitution of cultural property, and the effects of colonialism on our society today.

Duration: 60 Minutes
German  and foreign language: 160 € each
Limited number of participants.
Bookable under +493099 211 8989 (daily 10am to 6pm)
ttps://www.humboldtforum.org/de/kontakt/

James-Simon-Galerie / View towards the main entrance
James-Simon-Galerie / View towards the main entrance © Ute Zscharnt for David Chipperfield Architects


The Architecture of the James-Simon-Galerie
The new entrance building, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, complements the World Heritage site on Museumsinsel (Museum Island). It references neoclassical motifs of the neighbouring museum buildings while setting contemporary accents at the same time. The tour focuses on the significance of the new building within the Museumsinsel ensemble, the history of the new building’s construction and its architectural features.

Sitting Buddha under the ground shrub, detail, flanked by two standing monks. Fayaztepa, Uzbekistan. Limestone. 1st-2nd century A.D. State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. © Art and Culture Development Foundation
Sitting Buddha under the ground shrub, detail, flanked by two standing monks. Fayaztepa, Uzbekistan. Limestone. 1st-2nd century A.D. State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. © Art and Culture Development Foundation


Special Exhibition: Archaeological Treasures of Uzbekistan. From Alexander the Great to the Kushan Empire (4.5.2023 to 14.1.2024)

Visit the exhibition with your family or friends. Amediator will accompany you on your individual tour. In a personal conversation, you will learn details about the exhibited works, the exhibition concept and the historical background. Secure your preferred date!

Cost: 100 €

 

Interactive station: The Material Decides, 2021 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug
Interactive station: The Material Decides, 2021 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug


Basketry
Basketry is a handicraft practised worldwide, which no machines have yet managed to master. The interactive exhibition ALL HANDS ON: Basketry brings together experience, knowledge, innovation and histories related to the subject of basketry. Who weaves? With what? Why? The tour traces the development of an artisanal craft closely tied to issues such as economic growth, globalisation and social injustice. The walk-in installation Geflochtene Garten (Woven Garden) by artist Olaf Holzapfel is a particular highlight.

Cost: 100 €

Photomontage with the portrait of photographer Mendel Grossman in an album of the Department of Statistics of the "Judenrat" in the Łódź Ghetto, o.J. © Yad Vashem Archives
Photomontage with the portrait of photographer Mendel Grossman in an album of the Department of Statistics of the "Judenrat" in the Łódź Ghetto, o.J. © Yad Vashem Archives

Tour: Flashes of Memory. Photography During the Holocaust
Under what circumstances and from what perspectives were photographs of the Shoah taken? How are the anti-Semitic Nazi crimes visually documented? In the guided tour you will learn about the possibilities and limitations of photography as a technique, medium and historical source. The following topics will be covered: Photography in National Socialism, photographs from the ghettos, and photographs of the liberation of the concentration camps. An emphasis is placed on Jewish perspectives. Secure your preferred date!

Museumsinsel Berlin © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Hans Christian Krass
Museumsinsel Berlin © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Hans Christian Krass


The Museumsinsel / Museum Island – World Heritage in the heart of Berlin
The Museumsinsel located in the heart of Berlin was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The unique ensemble unites five outstanding museum buildings of the 19th and the beginning 20th century. The tour provides an insight into the history of the Museumsinsel and its architecture and leads through highlights of the Altes Museum (Old Museum), the Neues Museum (New Museum) and the Pergamonmuseum.

Duration: 120 Minutes
Fee: 160 €

Gerhard Richter, Birkenau, detail, oil on canvas, 2014, permanent loan Gerhard Richter Kunststiftung © Gerhard Richter Kunststiftung
Gerhard Richter, Birkenau, detail, oil on canvas, 2014, permanent loan Gerhard Richter Kunststiftung © Gerhard Richter Kunststiftung


Tour of the Special Exhibition: Gerhard Richter: 100 Works for Berlin (1.4.2023 to 2026)

Painted History – Birkenau Cycle
Abstraction and reflection: How can the Holocaust be depicted? What are the implications and emotions of Gerhard Richter´s overpaintings? Next to the famous Birkenau Cycle, the exhibition shows almost 90 other works of the artist from several creative phases, which Richter has left to the Nationalgalerie on long-term loan.
 

 

Neue Nationalgalerie, 2021 (Sigismundstrasse)  © BBR / Marcus Ebener / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Neue Nationalgalerie, 2021 (Sigismundstrasse) © BBR / Marcus Ebener / Ludwig Mies van der Rohe / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021


Mies van der Rohe: Museum architecture in a new light
The Neue Nationalgalerie reopens its doors after a six-year renovation phase. What has changed as a result of the renovation? Why? The guided tour will focus on the stories and processes surrounding the renovations.
 

Wolfgang Mattheuer, Brasker landscape, detail, 1967 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Roman März
Wolfgang Mattheuer, Brasker landscape, detail, 1967 [Translate to english:] © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Roman März

Tour of the Special Exhibition: Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society | Collection of the Nationalgalerie 1945 – 2000 (to 28.09.2025)

Confrontations. Art from 1945 to 2000
Abstraction and figuration, everyday life and pop, feminism and identity, nature and ecology: how can the history of the Nationalgalerie's collection be told? What social and political areas of tension are revealed? Art and society were renewing themselves. At the same time, the era was characterised by division and discord. A variety of methods, media and materials characterised the art of the second half of the 20th century. Find out more about the exciting background and book a personalised guided tour on the date of your choice!

Büste der Nofretete, Ägypten, Tell el-Amarna, Neues Reich, 18. Dynastie, um 1351–1334 v. Chr. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Sandra Steiß CC NC-BY-SA
Büste der Nofretete, Ägypten, Tell el-Amarna, Neues Reich, 18. Dynastie, um 1351–1334 v. Chr. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Sandra Steiß CC NC-BY-SA


Fascination for Nefertiti
The Nefertiti Bust is one of the most valuable objects of the Museumsinsel (Museum Island Berlin) and is of world renown. Being more than 3,000 years old, it shows an accomplished beauty: the wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. In the tour through the Ägyptisches Museum (Egyptian Museum), the bust is discussed with regard to its historical significance and placed in relation with selected objects of the collection.
 

View from the bust of Queen Nefertiti through the rooms "Library of Antiquity", "Boy of Xanten" and "Rome's Provinces" to the room "Roman Gods". © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker
View from the bust of Queen Nefertiti through the rooms "Library of Antiquity", "Boy of Xanten" and "Rome's Provinces" to the room "Roman Gods". © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker


The Neues Museum by Star Architect David Chipperfield
Since its reopening in 2009, the Neues Museum refurbished by the British star architect David Chipperfield has won numerous prizes. The architecture tour focuses on the special quality of the construction, which combines historical elements with a contemporary design language.

Room "Knabe von Xanten"  © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker
Room "Knabe von Xanten" © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Achim Kleuker


Take five – Highlights of the Neues Museum
The Neues Museum is not only home to two fascinating archaeological collections of prehistory and protohistory and of ancient Egyptian art, it is also itself a cultural monument of the highest calibre. The tour presents five highlights in both the collection and the building’s architecture.
 

Sitting Buddha under the ground shrub, detail, flanked by two standing monks. Fayaztepa, Uzbekistan. Limestone. 1st-2nd century A.D. State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. © Art and Culture Development Foundation
Sitting Buddha under the ground shrub, detail, flanked by two standing monks. Fayaztepa, Uzbekistan. Limestone. 1st-2nd century A.D. State Museum of History of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. © Art and Culture Development Foundation


Special Exhibition: Archaeological Treasures of Uzbekistan. From Alexander the Great to the Kushan Empire (4.5.2023 to 14.1.2024)

Visit the exhibition with your family or friends. Amediator will accompany you on your individual tour. In a personal conversation, you will learn details about the exhibited works, the exhibition concept and the historical background. Secure your preferred date!

Cost: 100 €

 

© Uli Aigner / Michal Kosakowski ONE MILLION BY ULI AIGNER – ARCHIVE SCULPTURE 2022 and RESHAPE II (FILM), exhibition view / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in the Neues Museum, Museumsinsel Berlin


Special Exhibition: The Porcelain Code. One Million by Uli Aigner (06.10.2022 to 28.05.2023)

The Porcelain Code
Discover vessels from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age and their relatives from the present! These stand out in white porcelain from the prehistoric finds and let you perceive the timelessness of form and function.

Cost: in German 90 €, in English 100 €

Krokodil © Privatsammlung / Matthias Lehr
Krokodil © Privatsammlung / Matthias Lehr


Special Exhibition Corinthium Aes. The Mystery of Black Copper (6.4.2023 to 27.8.2023)

Visit the exhibition with your family or friends. A mediator will accompany you on your individual tour. In a personal conversation, you will learn details about the exhibited works, the exhibition concept and the historical background. Secure your preferred date!

Cost: in German 90 €, in English 100 €

The Market Gate of Miletus, reconstruction with modern additions, Roman, Trajan era, Miletus, ca. 100 AD
The Market Gate of Miletus, reconstruction with modern additions, Roman, Trajan era, Miletus, ca. 100 AD © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Foto: Johannes Laurentius; CC NC-BY-SA

Highlights of the Pergamonmuseum
On the trails of 2,500 years of human history, the tour leads through the Procession Street of ancient Babylon and the Market Gate of the Roman Miletus to the early Islamic Mshatta Facade and ends in the Aleppo Room from the 17th century.

Pergamon. Das Panorama, Visitors on the viewing platform
Pergamon. Das Panorama, Visitors on the viewing platform Pergamon. Das Panorama © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Marcus Glahn

Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama
Time Travel to Pergamon
Discover the Antikensammlung’s (Collection of Classical Antiquities) most important works from Pergamon and view the 360° panorama by artist Yadegar Asisi. Immerse yourself in the ancient city on Asia Minor’s west coast. Accompanied by a cultural guide, you visit the exhibition in a small group and learn about the history of the city of Pergamon in relaxed conversation.
 

Odilon Redon: Hommage à Goya, around 1895 (detail)
Odilon Redon: Hommage à Goya, around 1895 (detail) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Roman März


The art of Surrealism
The presentation in the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection focuses on Surrealist art. The tour offers an insight into the pictorial worlds, visions and techniques of artists such as Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst or René Magritte and provides references to historical models of surrealist art.

Ernst Wilhem Nay, Männer mit Stier, Detail, um 1947 © Ernst Wilhelm Nay Stiftung, Köln


Striking similarities
Tour of the special exhibition: Myth and Massacre. Ernst Wilhelm Nay and André Masson (08.12.2023 to 28.04.2024)

What do Surrealism and post-war modernism have in common? In terms of the artistic themes, the two artists, who never met, were driven by very different preoccupations. Whereas Masson focused on the memory of the savagery and destruction of the First World War (he was discharged in 1917 after suffering a severe chest injury), the young soldier Nay conjured an alternate, mythical world to counter the catastrophe of the Second World War. Find out more about the exhibition on a guided tour on the date of your choice.

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