Imagine being able to see your favourite work every day. Are yo looking forward to discovering what's new in the collections? You can't wait for the next special exhibition? With an annual pass (Jahreskarte) to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, you’ll be able to enjoy art and culture as often as you like!
Digital annual passes and gift certificates for annual passes are available online.
They can also be purchased at all museum ticket offices. A printed annual pass in ID card size can be issued at the information desks of the following locations: Hamburger Bahnhof, James-Simon-Galerie, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Kulturforum (foyer), Museum für Fotografie, Neue Nationalgalerie, Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama, Schloss Köpenick.
For enquiries about the annual pass, please get in touch with our information service (phone: +49 30 266 42 42 42, email: jahreskarte[at]smb.museum).
This particularly inexpensive pass grants you access to all permanent exhibitions of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin for one year at times when there are fewer visitors.
With the BASIC Annual Pass, admission to the museums is possible as follows:
Tuesday to Friday from 3 pm until closing time in the evening according to opening hours. Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 1 pm.
You may stay in the museum for as long as you like during opening hours.
In all museums you can go directly to the ticket control at the entrance with your annual pass.
In connection with special exhibitions, it may be necessary to book additional tickets to visit the museum. Please refer to the respective exhibition websites for more information.
The classic among the annual passes for anyone who wants to visit their favourite works in the permanent exhibitions on a regular basis.
The CLASSIC Annual Pass grants you access to all permanent exhibitions at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin throughout opening hours.
In all museums you can go directly to the ticket control at the entrance with your annual pass.
In connection with special exhibitions, it may be necessary to book additional tickets to visit the museum. Please refer to the respective exhibition websites for more information.
This is the right choice for adventurous art enthusiasts wanting to experience unlimited exhibition enjoyment.
The CLASSIC PLUS Annual Pass grants you access to all permanent and special exhibitions at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin throughout opening hours and at no extra charge. With the CLASSIC PLUS Annual Pass, you receive priority admission. In all museums you can go directly to the ticket control at the entrance with your annual pass.
The annual passes are valid for twelve months from the selected starting date.
Depending on the type of pass, annual passes are valid for all permanent exhibitions of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin or additionally for all of its special exhibitions as well.
Annual tickets are not valid on the Long Night of Museums.
The annual passes are personal and non-transferable. They are only valid in conjunction with a photo ID.
General Terms and Conditions for the Purchase of Tickets and Educational/Informative Offers apply (PDF, 125 KB).
Reduced annual passes are available for
upon presentation of appropriate identification.
Children and young people under 18 are admitted free of charge.
Digital annual passes are available online.
After purchasing a digital annual pass in the online shop, you will receive a link via email where you must enter the desired start date and the name of the cardholder. Once you have completed the entry, you will immediately receive the annual pass as a wallet file and PDF.
Save the wallet file (file extension .pkpass) on your smartphone in a wallet app (e.g. Apple Wallet or Google Wallet). The annual pass can then be presented via the app.
Alternatively, you can also present the PDF on your mobile phone or as a printout.
Annual passes can also be purchased at all museum ticket offices. The digital annual pass can then be created using your smartphone via a QR code.
A printed annual pass in ID card size can be issued at the information desks of the following locations:
Are you looking for an individual gift? With a gift certificate for an annual pass to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, you are giving a full year of art enjoyment.
Gift certificates for annual passes are available online.
Gift certificates will be sent to you as a PDF immediately after purchase.
Annual pass gift certificates can be redeemed directly in the online shop for a digital annual pass (enter the code in the shopping cart).
A printed annual pass in ID card size can be issued upon presentation of the gift certificate at the information desks of the following locations:
They are also available at all our museum ticket desks.
The CLASSIC and CLASSIC PLUS annual passes are available at a special price when booking at least one lecture or discussion series of the Akademie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin.
Customers and members of the following educational and cultural partners can also purchase CLASSIC and CLASSIC PLUS annual passes at a reduced price. Information on the conditions can be obtained from these partners.
Phone: +49 30 266424242 (Mon–Fri, 9 am–4 pm)
E-Mail: service[at]smb.museum