Berlin's Altes Museum at EUR 14: add a second museum the same day and the official EUR 24 island ticket saves four euro

The commonest miscalculation on a first visit to Berlin's Museum Island is buying a single-museum ticket online and only then finding four more museums next door. The Altes Museum entry ticket on Tiqets is EUR 14.00, rated 4.8 from 78 reviews, delivered to your phone and not cancellable. The Altes Museum opened in 1830 as the Royal Museum beside the Lustgarten to plans by Schinkel, the building the Berlin museums grew out of; inside are the classical antiquities collection and the coin cabinet, entered through a rotunda.

The official price page puts the answer in a single table: the Altes Museum on its own is EUR 14 (EUR 7 reduced), the Museum Island day ticket EUR 24 (EUR 12 reduced) and the Museum Pass Berlin for three days EUR 32 (EUR 16 reduced). So 2 × 14 = 28, four euro more than 24: enter a second museum the same day and the island ticket is the one to buy. And 32 ÷ 14 = 2.29, so the three-day pass only starts to pay on a third museum. For the Altes Museum alone, this EUR 14 ticket matches the official single price.

The island ticket covers the Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum, Bode-Museum, Friedrichswerdersche Kirche, Neues Museum and the Pergamonmuseum. Das Panorama. The main Pergamonmuseum is closed for major renovation until 4 July 2027, according to the museums, so what you see now is Das Panorama in the building nearby. One official rule changes the sum outright: under-18s go free, so a family only needs tickets for the adults.

• Tiqets ticket: EUR 14.00, rated 4.8 from 78 reviews; includes admission to the Altes Museum, temporary exhibitions may need a separate ticket; wheelchair accessible; not cancellable. (source 1)
• Official prices: single museum EUR 14, reduced EUR 7; Museum Island day ticket EUR 24, reduced EUR 12; Museum Pass Berlin three days EUR 32, reduced EUR 16, covering more than 30 museums. (source 2, source 3)
• Building: opened in 1830 to Schinkel's design; the coffered ceiling of the rotunda and the outdoor stairway have been restored, and no start date for the full refurbishment has been set. (source 4)

Price

EUR 14.00 (Tiqets, checked 11 September 2026); official island ticket EUR 24, three-day pass EUR 32

Rating

4.8 from 78 reviews (Tiqets)

Specs

Tuesday to Friday 10:00–17:00・Saturday and Sunday 10:00–18:00・closed Monday・free under 18・Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin

Platform

Tiqets (affiliate link)

Checked

11 September 2026, on the Tiqets product interface, the smb.museum price pages and the SPK building project page

Hokimi field note: for one museum on a weekend afternoon the EUR 14 single ticket is enough, but check the other island museums' hours before deciding; if a second one fits the same day, swap the single ticket for the island ticket.