Tickets + Opening Hours

Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (public holidays included)
Every first Thursday of the month: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Closed on Mondays (except public holidays) 

Christmas Eve (December 24), Christmas Day (December 25), New Year's Eve (December 31) and New Year (January 1, 2025) closed

2nd Christmas Day (December 26) open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Adults: €13 
Reduced*: €8,50 
Kids + Teens up to 18 years of age: free admission
Groups: €9 per person (minimum 20 people)
People with 50 degree of disability and above: €6.50 

First Thursday of the month**: €7 after 5 p.m. (free admission for Cologne inhabitants)

Payment methods: cash, debit and credit card

Are available here (including a round-trip ticket for public transportation to the museum).

• Children and young people up to 18 years old
• Schoolchildren (individually)
• Students in school classes, including two accompanying persons per class
• Accompanying persons of people with disabilities whose severely disabled pass bears the letter ‘B’
• Holders of the Künstlerkarte für Kölner Künstler*innen
• Artisans
• Art history students enrolled at a university in Cologne or Bonn 
• Refugees, plus one accompanying person
• Holders of the Förderkarte der Museen der Stadt Köln
• Cologne residents on their birthday
• Holders of the Köln-Pass
• Members of the following associations: 
  • Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museum und Museum Ludwig e.V.
  • Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig e.V.
  • International Council of Museums (ICoM) 
  • Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V.
  • Deutscher Museumsbund e.V.
  • Bundesverband Museumspädagogik e.V.  

• University students
• Trainees
• Members of the Verband Bildender Künstler (in Germany and internationally) 
• Members of the Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildendenden Künste 
• Youth leaders in volunteer organizations
• Volunteers with proof 

• For Cologne resi­dents: free ad­mis­sion from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Dis­count­ed ad­mis­sion for ev­ery­one else from 5 p.m. on —for on­ly €7

Free admission to the permanent collection and all special exhibitions (including two accompanying persons per class)

People with severe disabilities (50 degree of disability and above) receive a 50% discount on the current full admission price. Please show your disability card at the ticket desk.

If the disabled person's ID card also shows the letter ‘B’, the person accompanying the disabled person receives free admission.

KölnCard holders enjoy a 20% discount on admission to all municipal museums in Cologne.

The MuseumCard includes admission to all municipal museums in Cologne on two consecutive opening days. 

• Single MuseumCard: €18.00 
• Family MuseumCard: €30.00

The annual ticket allows you to enjoy art and culture as often as you like. For twelve months, six days a week, you can visit all nine municipal museums in Cologne and the Archaeological Zone.

Permanent collections and special exhibitions
Adults: €90.00
Reduced: €68.00 

Permanent collections without special exhibitions
Adults: €45.00
Reduced: €34.00

More information on the annual ticket to the Cologne municipal museums is available here.