The Long Night of Museums takes place on 29 August 2026 from 6 pm to 2 am.

Most of the museums are open from 6 pm to 2 am.

Some museums have different opening hours:
the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is open from 5 pm to 1 am, and the Stasi Museum in Lichtenberg from 6 pm to midnight.
Both children’s museums, the Labyrinth Children’s Museum in Wedding and the MACHmit! Children’s Museum in Prenzlauerberg, are open from 4 pm to 10 pm.
The Archenhold Observatory in Treptow is open from 6 pm to midnight, and the Wilhelm Foerster Observatory in Schöneberg from 8 pm to midnight.

From August 3 to August 16, tickets cost 15 euros, reduced price is 12 euros, afterwards 23 euros, reduced price is 17 euros. Children up to the age of 12 have free admission, but require a free children’s ticket.  All information on reduced tickets and free children’s tickets can be found on the ticket information page.

The ticket allows you to visit all the participating museums and to use the Long Night of Museums’ shuttle service, which this year will include historical S-Bahn trains along with buses.

You can buy a ticket for the Long Night of Museums in the online shop here on this website. They are also available at the visitBerlin tourist information offices at the Humboldt Forum (Mon–Sun 10 am–6 pm), at the Brandenburg Gate (Mon–Sun 10 am–6 pm), at Berlin Central Station (Mon–Sun 8 am–8 pm) and at BER Berlin Brandenburg Airport (Mon–Sun 9 am–8 pm). On the day of the event, tickets will also be available at all participating museums participating museums.

The 5 Euro voucher from the Museum Island Festival of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (June 6, 2026) can only be redeemed on the day of the Long Night of Museums, August 29, 2026, between 5 pm and midnight, at our information stand on Museum Island. Only cash will be accepted when redeeming the voucher. Only one voucher can be used per ticket.

The ‘My Route’ section allows you to save events, museums and exhibitions that you would like to visit during the Long Night of Museums and to create your own personal route. To add events, museums or exhibitions to your route, click on the route icon (white, wavy line with a plus sign) to the right of the event preview in the programme overview or at the respective content page. You can view and customise your route using the route icon at the top of the website.

You can start your Long Night anywhere, for example at a museum in your own neighbourhood. At all participating museums, you’ll receive tickets and folding maps with information about the museums and their programmes.

We recommend that you visit no more than four or five museums. Berlin is large, and the distances between museums can be long. Allow yourself time for encounters and new impressions and give yourself the freedom to make spontaneous decisions.

You can reach many of the museums in the Long Night of Museums quickly and easily by public transport. The U-Bahn and S-Bahn, and many trams, will be running all night. If you don’t have a BVG subscription or Deutschlandticket, we recommend you buy a 24-hour ticket for 11.20 Euro, reduced fare 7.40 Euro. It is valid for one adult and up to three children between 6 and 14 years old, younger children can ride for free. The Long Night of Museums also has its own shuttle service.

For the Long Night of Museums, shuttle buses will take you to museums located outside the city centre and often drop you right at their doors. There are also many museums located along the route of the historical S-Bahn train, between Nordbahnhof and Priesterweg. You can ride to the Archenhold Observatory in rickshaws. You can find all the information in the shuttle overview.

You can enter most of the participating museums of the Long Night of Museums at any time without waiting. In some museums in Berlin-Mitte you have to expect waiting times. Up-to-date information will be indicated here on this website on the day of the event and on Threads @lndmberlin.

For security reasons, many museums require you to deposit rucksacks and large bags in cloakrooms or to store them in lockers.

There are many events during the Long Night for which you don’t need to speak German, such as concerts, DJ sets, performances and workshops. Many museums offer guided tours in English; other languages are also offered by some.

There are many events for children and families on the Long Night of Museums, including activities to take part in, vintage shuttles, puzzlehunts and tours. You can find these events using the filter ‘Kids & Families’ in the programme calendar. Both museums for children, the Labyrinth Children’s Museum in Wedding and the MACHmit! Children’s Museum in Prenzlauer Berg, already open at 4 pm.

Photos and videos will be taken during the Long Night of Museums and will be used exclusively to promote the Long Night of Museums on our social media channels, the website and in print brochures. The right of use does not pass to third parties. By participating in events at the Long Night of Museums Berlin 2026, you agree to the possible publication of image and sound material in which you can be seen.