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Berlin museum tickets: Museum Island, DDR Museum, Charlottenburg

Three Berlin museum tickets are listed on this site, plus one viewing ticket next door. The Museum Island ticket is $27 and is valid for one day in all houses of the island: the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Bode Museum, Das Panorama and the Alte Nationalgalerie. The DDR Museum is $16, with furnished rooms to rummage through and a Trabant to drive. Charlottenburg Palace is $21 for the Old Palace and the New Wing, two hours. The TV Tower, a 45-minute visit, is $22.

The columned front of the Altes Museum lit at dusk behind a fountain

Quick answer

The short answer. Three listings here, not thirty. For art and antiquities, the $27 Museum Island ticket opens five houses for a day. For something to touch, the DDR Museum at $16. For a palace, Charlottenburg at $21. All three together come to $64.

Berlin museum tickets at a glance

Museum tickets listed
3plus the TV Tower as a neighbour
Cheapest
$16DDR Museum, the lowest price on this site
Most houses on one ticket
5Museum Island, $27
Most reviewed museum
3,872 reviewsDDR Museum, rated 4.3
Top museum rating
4.5Museum Island and Charlottenburg
Valid for one day
2 ticketsMuseum Island and the DDR Museum
Listed at two hours
$21Charlottenburg Palace
All three museums
$64one of each ticket
Next door
$22TV Tower, 17,396 reviews
Reviews across the three
10,171live listing counts

What each ticket opens

What the three Berlin museum tickets include

Five houses for a day, one museum you can touch, one palace in two wings.

The Museum Island ticket at $27 is the broad one. Its listing says it is valid for one day in all houses of the island and names five: the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Bode Museum, Das Panorama and the Alte Nationalgalerie. It has 3,548 reviews at 4.5.

The DDR Museum ticket at $16 is the hands-on one. The description is a list of things to do, not to look at: rummage through cupboards and drawers in originally furnished rooms, drive a Trabant, dance to East German rock, play football. The listing shows Free cancellation and holds 3,872 reviews at 4.3.

The Charlottenburg Palace ticket at $21 covers the Old Palace and the New Wing, which the listing calls the most important palace complex of the Brandenburg electors, Prussian kings and German emperors in Berlin. It is listed at two hours, with 2,751 reviews at 4.5.

Every trip, current fare

Berlin museum tickets and the TV Tower, priced

The three museum tickets and the TV Tower ticket, cheapest first. Cost per hour appears where the listing gives a fixed length; day tickets show a dash.

TourLengthPriceWhat you getCost per hourRating
Berlin: DDR Museum Entry Tickets with Interactive Exhibits1 day$16Furnished rooms and a Trabant—4.3 · 3,872
Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace Entry Ticket2 h$21Old Palace and New Wing$10.504.5 · 2,751
Berlin: Museum Island Multiple Museum Entry Ticket1 day$27One day in five museums—4.5 · 3,548
Berlin: Ticket for TV Tower - The Highest Berlin Experience45 min$22Panorama from 203 metres$29.334.4 · 17,396

Which one, honestly

Which Berlin museum tickets to buy if…

Five situations, matched to the listing whose own description fits them.

  • …you want the most museum for the money

    Museum Island: five named houses on one $27 ticket, valid for one day. How many of the five you reach in that day is up to your legs.

  • …you have children with you

    The DDR Museum at $16. Its description is built on opening drawers, driving a Trabant and playing football, which is easier on a child than a gallery.

  • …you want a palace without leaving the city

    Charlottenburg Palace, $21, two hours for the Old Palace and the New Wing. The palaces of Potsdam are a separate four-hour tour from Berlin at $71, with Sanssouci entry.

  • …you have under an hour

    None of the three museums is listed that short. The TV Tower is: 45 minutes, $22, a 360-degree panorama from 203 metres.

  • …you want all three

    One of each comes to $64. Add the TV Tower and the four tickets are $86.

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Book Berlin museum tickets

The three museum tickets and the TV Tower ticket, with live prices and ratings.

Berlin: DDR Museum Entry Tickets with Interactive Exhibits
Lowest price here3,872 reviews
1 day

Berlin: DDR Museum Entry Tickets with Interactive Exhibits

★ 4.3 · 3,872 reviews

  • A full day, Furnished rooms and a Trabant
  • Entry ticket
  • Cheapest here
  • Free cancellation
Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace Entry Ticket
2,751 reviewsRated 4.5
2 h

Berlin: Charlottenburg Palace Entry Ticket

★ 4.5 · 2,751 reviews

  • Two hours, Old Palace and New Wing
  • Entry ticket
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
$21$10.50 / hour
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Berlin: Museum Island Multiple Museum Entry Ticket
3,548 reviewsRated 4.5
1 day

Berlin: Museum Island Multiple Museum Entry Ticket

★ 4.5 · 3,548 reviews

  • A full day, One day in five museums
  • Entry ticket
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
Berlin: Ticket for TV Tower - The Highest Berlin Experience
17,396 reviewsRated 4.4
45 min

Berlin: Ticket for TV Tower - The Highest Berlin Experience

★ 4.4 · 17,396 reviews

  • 45 minutes, Panorama from 203 metres
  • Entry ticket
  • Mobile voucher accepted
  • Free cancellation
$22$29.33 / hour
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Is it worth it

Are these Berlin museum tickets worth booking ahead?

The case is simple arithmetic. All three museum tickets together cost $64, and the most expensive of them, Museum Island at $27, opens five houses. The ratings are steady across 10,171 reviews: 4.5 for Museum Island and Charlottenburg, 4.3 for the DDR Museum.

What booking ahead buys is a ticket in hand and a date chosen. The data read for this page does not include box-office prices or queue times, so this page does not claim a saving over the counter. The comparison it can make is between the listings: $16 for one hands-on museum against $27 for five houses.

The DDR Museum is the cheapest listing on the whole site. It is a museum ticket, not a city sightseeing tour, which is why the home page’s from price is the $20 Discover Berlin walk and not this.

The TV Tower ticket, the panorama from 203 metres and the bar at the top are covered on their own page.

TV Tower tickets→

Planning the day

How the tickets fit into a visit

Two of the three are day tickets. Museum Island and the DDR Museum are each valid for one day, so the order and the pace are yours. Charlottenburg Palace is listed at two hours and the TV Tower at 45 minutes.

Museum Island is also a stop on the walks: the $20 Discover Berlin walk runs from the Brandenburg Gate to Museum Island in two to four hours, which puts you at the door of the five houses when it ends. The walk and the island ticket together are $47.

All four listings on this page are entry tickets. None of their descriptions mentions a guide, and the TV Tower’s is the only one that describes skipping the ticket counter line. Opening hours and last-entry times are on each listing.

The DDR Museum also sits on the Berlin Wall page, beside the $28 guided walk along the original route.

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Common questions

Berlin museum tickets, answered

How much are Berlin museum tickets?

On this site: $16 for the DDR Museum, $21 for Charlottenburg Palace and $27 for the Museum Island ticket. Box-office prices are not quoted here because the listings do not state them.

Which museums does the Museum Island ticket cover?

The listing says all houses of the Museum Island and names the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Bode Museum, Das Panorama and the Alte Nationalgalerie.

How long is the Museum Island ticket valid?

One day. The DDR Museum ticket is also valid for one day; Charlottenburg Palace is listed at two hours.

Is the DDR Museum good for children?

Its description is hands-on: cupboards and drawers to rummage through in furnished rooms, a Trabant to drive, East German rock to dance to and football to play. Age guidance, if any, is on the listing.

What does the Charlottenburg Palace ticket include?

The Old Palace and the New Wing, for $21, listed at two hours. For anything beyond those two, check the listing.

Is the TV Tower a museum?

No. It is a viewing ticket: 45 minutes, $22, a panorama from 203 metres and the city’s highest bar. It is on this page as a neighbour, not as a museum.

Can these tickets be cancelled?

Free cancellation is shown on the DDR Museum listing. For the other two museum tickets, read the cancellation line on the listing before you pay.

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