How to visit and the Pergamon Museum (Berlin): prices, schedules

Surely if you are going to travel to berlin Coming soon, you have noted the visit of the Pergamon museum as one of the essential during your days in the capital of Germany.

El Pergamon Museum shows some of the great wonders of the Antiquity, such as the Ishtar Gate of Babylon or pergamon altar, plus Middle Eastern and Islamic art collections.

You can find this museum in the so-called Museum island, in the most central area of ​​the historic berlin, next to the enormous Alexanderplatz square.

You must keep in mind before your visit that, due to important remodeling works that are being carried out in the Pergamon Museum, the aforementioned pergamon altar and the north wing of the museum, with the Hellenistic Theater, are closed to the public until at least 2025.

Pergamon Museum Exhibition, The Panorama (Berlin)

As an alternative, a large temporary exhibition Pergamon Museum, the Panorama, which is shown in a building located in front of the Museum island, with more than 80 works of his antique collection.

But also, as a great attraction it has a spectacular 360 degree panorama of the Pergamon Altar in its original location made by the artist Yadegar Asisi.

During this period of works you can continue visiting the aforementioned collections of islamic art and the Middle East of the Pergamon Museum.

Visiting hours of the Pergamon Museum (Berlin)

The Pergamon Museum visiting hours en Berlin They are currently every day of the week, from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m. except on Thursdays when it closes at 20 p.m.

It should be noted that the museum is open on all holidays, even on Valentine's Day. Christmas.

It only has a special schedule on December 31, End of Year (closes at 14 p.m.), and in New Year (opens at 12 noon), and closes on December 24.

Pergamon Museum ticket prices (Berlin)

The Pergamon Museum ticket prices It is 12 euros for the general ticket, and 6 euros for the reduced ticket, from which children and young people up to 18 years old, unemployed and disabled, among others, can benefit.

El joint ticket price to visit the Pergamon Museum and the Panorama It is 19 euros for the general one, and 9,50 euros for the reduced one.

Here you have all the information about the beneficiaries of reduced admission to visit the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

How to skip lines at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin

When visiting the museum, you must keep in mind that during holiday periods or on weekends long periods of time are common. queues to enter the Pergamon museum.

As a reference, I can say that I went to visit it on a Friday mid-afternoon in the month of August, and I had to wait about 20 minutes in line to buy tickets.

Below I suggest a trick to skip the lines at the Pergamon Museum.

Combined ticket prices for Museum Island in Berlin

If you plan to visit any other museum in the Museum island, you should know that there is a combined entry that you can buy in advance.

For the amount it allows you to visit the museums in this area of ​​Berlin in one day, that is, the Pergamon, Bode, Old one, New y Old National Gallery.

The combined ticket prices for museums on Museum Island, including the Panorama exhibition, They are 19 euros for the general ticket, and 9,50 euros for the reduced ticket.

It is undoubtedly worth buying this combined ticket because for a similar price you can see several museums, and also, by purchasing in advance, you will not have to wait in lines to access the museums.

Tours and guided visits in Berlin

Looking ahead to your trip to the German capital, you may be interested in information about excursions and guided tours in Spanish in Berlin, with various options thematic tours around the city, and also excursions in the surrounding area.

Here you have detailed information and you can reserve the best tours and activities in Berlin.