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Museum opening hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursday: 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday closed
On Sundays, when concerts in our Early Music Live series take place, the museum does not open until 1 p.m.
Special opening hours 2023/24
Christmas
Christmas Eve, Sunday, 24 December: closed
Christmas Day, Monday, 25 December: closed
Boxing Day, Tuesday, 26 December: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
New Year's Eve
Sunday, 31 December: closed
2024
New Year
Monday, 1 January: closed
International Women's Day
Friday, 8 March: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Easter Holidays
Good Friday, 29 March: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Holy Saturday, 30 March: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Easter Sunday, 31 March: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Easter Monday, 1 April: closed
May Day
Wednesday, 1 May: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Ascension Day
Thursday, 9 May: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Whitsun
Whit Sunday, 19 May: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Whit Monday, 20 May: closed
German Unity Day
Thursday, 3 October: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Christmas
Christmas Eve, Tuesday, 24 December: closed
Christmas Day, Wednesday, 25 December: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
2nd Christmas Day, Thursday, 26 December: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
New Year's Eve
Tuesday, 31 December: closed
New Year
Wednesday, 1 January 2025: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
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Visitor entrance on Ben-Gurion Street.
Arriving by public transport
U-Bahn and S-Bahn stop Potsdamer Platz
Bus M 29 stop Potsdamer Brücke
Buses M 48, M 85, 200 stop Varian-Fry-Strasse
Arriving by long-distance train
Central Station: Continue with bus M 85 to Varian-Fry-Straße, or with S-Bahn S 1 (Wannsee), S 25 (Teltow Stadt), S 26 (Teltow Stadt) to Friedrichstraße, change there to any southbound train and disembark at S+U Potsdamer Platz, or with the regional express to S+U Potsdamer Platz
Arriving by plane
Schönefeld Airport (BER): Regional trains FEX to Potsdamer Platz station, RB 14, S-Bahn S 9, and S 45 to Friedrichstraße, then S-Bahn lines 41 or 46 to Potsdamer Platz
Arriving by car
A 115, exit AVUS, then A 100 direction Kurfürstendamm – Halenseestraße – Kurfürstendamm – Tauentzienstraße – Nürnberger Straße – Budapester Straße – Stülerstraße – Tiergartenstraße – Ben-Gurion-Straße
Please use the parking facilities at Kulturforum and Potsdamer Platz. Parking at the Kulturforum is free of charge on Sundays, unless otherwise indicated.
Arriving by ferry
Numerous passenger ferries stop at the Potsdamer Brücke pier. From there it is about 500 m north to the Staatliche Institut fü Musikforschung (State Institute for Music Research).