Info & Tickets

Please note:

• An online ticket grants admission to the museum on the booked day during regular opening hours.
• An online ticket does not provide priority access to the museum.

Free admission during regular museum opening hours.

Visit the museum during regular opening hours on the following holidays.

The museum is open:

• New Year’s Day (until 6:00 p.m.)
• Epiphany
• Easter (Good Friday to Easter Monday until 6:00 p.m.)
• Ascension Day (until 6:00 p.m.)
• Whitsun (Whitsun Sunday to Whitsun Monday until 6:00 p.m.)
• Corpus Christi (until 6:00 p.m.)
• Assumption Day
• Day of German Unity
• Boxing Day

The museum is closed:

• Shrove Tuesday
• Labor Day
• All Saints’ Day
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas Day
• New Year’s Eve

Exceptions are stated separately, subject to change.

From Tuesday to Saturday, group visits of up to 26 people (including a guide) are welcome. Processing can only be guaranteed if booked at least 14 days in advance.

During certain periods, visitor numbers are particularly high. Group visits cannot be guaranteed during these times:

• Before and after Easter / the Bavarian Easter holidays
• End of July
• End of September / beginning of October

Register a group without a guided tour

Please send an email to buchung@pinakothek.de with the following information:

• Date and time of the visit
• Museum Brandhorst and, if applicable, desired theme
• Number of participants
• Contact details and, if applicable, the name of the guide, teacher, or institution

Registering groups with a guided tour

Information about group tours at the Museum Brandhorst can be found on the Guided Tours page. Select the desired private tour and complete the corresponding booking form to confirm your registration.

Notes for group tours:

• Please adhere to the maximum group size.
• Please be considerate of other individual visitors and groups.
• Please complete your tour 15 minutes before the museum closes.
• Please avoid overlapping with regular museum tours (dates listed in the calendar).
• Different times and group sizes may apply for special exhibitions.

With the Combined Ticket, you receive admission to the Alte Pinakothek, the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Museum Brandhorst and the Sammlung Schack on the same day. Paid special exhibitions are not included.

Combined ticket: 12 €

Combined ticket

The annual pass grants free admission to the Alte Pinakothek, the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Museum Brandhorst, and the Sammlung Schack, as well as all branch galleries of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, including special exhibitions.

Regular: 90 €
Reduced: 60 €
Annual Pass

Would you like to give an annual pass as a gift? You can purchase a voucher for this here.

Reduced admission is available to the following persons upon presentation of proof of eligibility (ID or as specified below):

• Senior citizens aged 65 and over
• Students and participants in courses of the Goethe-Institut. Valid student ID from your university, college or the Goethe-Institut must be presented. If the ID does not show a date of expiry, we recommend that you acquire an International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which will display this date.
• Severely disabled (the registered companion shall be admitted free of charge)
• Tour and visitor groups with at least 15 participants. Admission must be purchased by one person (tour guide or similar) and settled.
• In exceptional cases, reduced admission is also available for visitor groups of fewer than 15 persons, whose visit is conducted by a charity. In such a case, please contact the Visitor Service with sufficient advance notice (e-mail: buchung@pinakothek.de).
• Members of the following associations: the Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V., the Berufsverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler and the Vereinigung Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler in ver.di Bayern
• Persons currently in their voluntary year of service (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr) and participants in the voluntary ecological year (Freiwilliges Ökologisches Jahr)
• Persons currently doing voluntary military service, and volunteers under the Federal Voluntary Services Act
• Local conservationists

Admission is free for school classes, preschoolers, daycare groups, youth groups from EU member states, as long as they are accompanied to the museum by a teacher or supervisor.

In addition, admission is also free for the following persons, upon presentation of proof of eligibility (ID or verification as listed below):

• Children and young people aged 18 and under
• All school pupils older than 18 (except pupils at evening secondary schools, colleges, distance-learning courses and language schools). Valid pupil ID or (for groups) a letter from the school must be presented as proof.
• Students of the subjects of art, art history, aesthetics and art education. Valid student ID from your university or college on which the subject of study is noted must be presented. If the ID does not show a date of expiry, we recommend that you acquire an International Student Identity Card (ISIC), which will display this date.
• Teachers, youth group leaders, supervisors during the museum visits of the children’s youth and school groups under your care, as well as in preparation for a museum visit. We request that you present a current letter from your school or institution at the cash desk.
• University teachers in the context of lectures with the students under your supervision in the subjects of art, art history, aesthetics and art education, as well as in preparation for a museum visit.
• Registered companions of severely disabled visitors
• Journalists with a currently valid press pass
• Tour group leaders and tour guides with professional ID (maximum one person per 25 paying participants), as well as the bus drivers of the travel companies if they participate directly in the museum visit.
• Members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
• Holders of the Bayerische Ehrenamtskarte
• Friends and members of associations promoting the relevant museums and collections, and of the “Friends of the MPZ e.V.” association
• Employees of the Museumspädagogische Zentrum (MPZ)
• Recipients of the Bavarian Order of Merit, the Bavarian Medals for Life Saving, the Bavarian Order of Maximilian for Science and Art (in each case upon presentation of the order’s identity card)
• Elected officials and members of the diplomatic service

Free of charge (German | English)

Tram

Lines 27/28: Pinakotheken

Subway

U2: Königsplatz or Theresienstraße
U3/U6: Odeonsplatz or Universität
U4/U5: Odeonsplatz

Bus

Line 154: Türkenstraße
Line 100: Pinakotheken
Line 68: Maxvorstadt/Sammlung Brandhorst (toward Hbf)
Line 58: Pinakotheken (from Hbf)

Schedule information: MVG

The museum provides lightweight strollers for visitors with children and wheelchairs for visitors with mobility impairments, which are easy to maneuver in the galleries. Please contact the information desk in the foyer.

Parking

There are 2 disabled parking spaces in front of the main entrance to Museum Brandhorst.

Elevators

There are two elevators for visitors. The elevators provide access to all exhibition levels (lower level, ground floor, upper floor). Another elevator connects the entrance foyer (ground floor) with the cloakroom level (lower level).

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs are available at the information desk upon request. It is of course possible to visit the exhibition galleries with the help of a wheelchair.

Restrooms

The museum provides restrooms for disabled visitors in three locations: on the upper level beyond the Lounge, on the lower floor near the cloakroom, and beside the media suite.

Assistance dogs

Assistance dogs, e.g. guide dogs or epilepsy warning dogs, are allowed as long as they are marked accordingly. Please note that other animals are not allowed.

Lockers are available in the foyer’s basement.

Deposit: 1 € or 2 €

Whether after visiting the exhibitions or during lunch, our museum café invites you to relax and enjoy.

Opening hours

Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Contact: officebrandhorst@pavesi.de

Bags up to DIN A4 size (no larger than 30 × 20 × 10 cm) may be brought into the museum. Please check in backpacks and larger bags at the cloakroom or store them in our lockers.

We kindly ask you consider the House rules, Cloakroom rules and the Terms & Conditions that apply in all our museums.