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Opening hours & directions
Museum opening hours starting May 18, 2026
We are carrying out refurbishment work. As a result, our opening hours will be as follows from 18 May until the end of October 2026:
Wednesday: 1 pm–5 pm
Thursday, Friday: 1 pm–8 pm
Saturday, Sunday: 10 am–5 pm
Monday, Tuesday: closed
Ask me!
Our Welcome Guide is on hand to answer questions and play instruments live.
From 22 May 2026 until the end of October, every Friday from 6 pm to 7.30 pm.
This is included in the museum admission fee (10/concessions 5 euros).
Museum opening hours from 3 November 2026
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 9 am–1 pm
Wednesday, Friday: 9 am–5 pm
Thursday: 9 am–8 pm
Saturday, Sunday: 10 am–5 pm
Special opening times 2026
German Unity
Day, Saturday 3 October: 10 am to 5 pm
Christmas
: Christmas Eve, Thursday 24 December: closed
; Christmas Day, Friday 25 December: 10 am to 5 pm
; Boxing Day, Saturday 26 December: 10 am to 5 pm
New
Year’s Eve, Thursday 31 December: closed
New Year’s
Day, Friday 1 January 2027: 10 am to 5 pm
Subject to change.
Approach
Ben-Gurion-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin
Phone: 030.254 81-178
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By long-distance railway
Central station: Continue with bus M 85 to Varian-Fry-Straße orwith
S-Bahn S 1 (Wannsee), S 25 (Teltow Stadt), S 26 (Teltow Stadt) direction Friedrichstraße, change, from Friedrichstraße direction south to stop S+U Potsdamer Platz Bhf or with the Regionalexpreß to S+U Potsdamer Platz
By aeroplane
Schönefeld Airport (BER): FEX regional trains to Potsdamer Platz station, RB 14, S-Bahn lines S 9 and S 45 to Friedrichstraße, then S-Bahn lines 41 or 46 to Potsdamer Platz
By car
A 115 motorway, exit AVUS, then A 100 towards Kurfürstendamm - Halenseestraße - Kurfürstendamm - Tauentzienstraße - Nürnberger Straße - Budapester Straße - Stülerstraße - Tiergartenstraße - Ben-Gurion-Straße
Please use the car parks at the Kulturforum and Potsdamer Platz. The car parks at the Kulturforum are free of charge on Sundays, unless otherwise indicated.
By boat
Numerous passenger shipping companies stop at the Potsdamer Brücke landing stage. From there it is about 500 metres north to the State Institute for Music Research.